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The <endeca_term>Sweatshop</endeca_term> 2.96

The Sweatshop 2.96

Getting hungry? Order some delicious food from The Sweatshop! You can now order directly from your phone or tablet Read more

6 October, 2011
Santa's <endeca_term>Sweatshop</endeca_term> 2.0.0

Santa's Sweatshop 2.0.0

...most important of all, can you make them correctly?Play Santa's Sweatshop to see if you have what it takes to succeed, the kids... Read more

5 March, 2011

Apple begins labour checks at Foxconn plants

...it has asked the Fair Labor Association, an organisation "dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide", to investigate Foxconn facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu... Read more

14 February, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Hackers - 25th Anniversary Edition

Twenty-five years ago the term 'hacker' didn't mean a cybercriminal, and the few who used it meant it as high praise.... Read more

7 September, 2010
National Green Pages 6.3.00

National Green Pages 6.3.00

...made firm commitments to sustainable, socially just principles, including the support of sweatshop-free labor, organic farms, fair trade, and cruelty-free products. Brought to... Read more

11 September, 2011
Strawberry and Pear Lookbook 1.0

Strawberry and Pear Lookbook 1.0

...the go.Browse our current catalogue including our 100% Organic cotton and sweatshop free tees in plus-sizes Read more

24 August, 2011
Brighton Half Marathon 2

Brighton Half Marathon 2

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15 February, 2011
Brick Lane Tour 1.0

Brick Lane Tour 1.0

...he returned to the UK and found himself living above a Bangladeshi sweatshop on Brick Lane. The extraordinary characters he met became the basis of... Read more

24 August, 2010

It's time to put ethics into IT

...is that it is way too late. During the 90s, when the sweatshops that produced Nike's trainers had everyone hopping mad, in the world... Read more

28 January, 2004 by Matt Loney

Charity sees big loophole in ethical IT code

CAFOD, which exposed the sweatshop conditions in third-world electronics factories earlier this year, says the code... Read more

25 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

IT vendors exposed over 'sweatshop' factories

An investigation has uncovered harrowing tales of unacceptable working practices in the developing world where major technology firms have outsourced their manufacturing Read more

28 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft supplier criticised for 'prison-like' factory

A Chinese factory supplying major technology vendors has been described as being 'like a prison' by a human rights organisation Read more

15 April, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Tech coalition launches sweatshop probe

The EICC, a tech-industry watchdog, will investigate a human-rights group's allegations of 'dehumanising' conditions in a Chinese keyboard factory that supplies members IBM, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Lenovo Read more

13 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

...Sweatshop' call centres threatening workers' health

Call centre staff earn up to 40 per cent less than the national average and work long hours in conditions which can seriously damage their health. Read more

12 February, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Call centres are the new e-commerce selling tool

Phrases such as 'sweatshops' and 'slave labour' could be a thing of the past now that... Read more

18 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

16 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

22 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

24 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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