WEEE Directive Sees Council Ship Old PCs To Africa
News Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping parts of the world in need of a technology boost.
[April 22, 2008, 10:53]
Software Fraudsters Escape Raid
News Brent Council, which organised the raids, said on Thursday that unfortunately traders suspected of selling counterfeit software managed to avoid capture. We had targeted some software stalls that we were aware of and we had someone there from ELSPA...
[January 6, 2006, 12:30]
First UK Wedding Shown On The Internet
News Ravi Ram and Mamta Patel tied the knot this morning at a register office in Brent, north-west London, and the happy event was shown on the council's Web site. Having installed a Webcam in the register office, Brent Council plans to offer this free...
[August 24, 2000, 16:09]
Chipmakers Admit: Your Power May Vary
News AMD measures its power consumption using a "max power" figure, which represents the single largest amount of power that the chip can possibly accommodate, said Brent Kirby, product manager for servers and workstations at AMD.
[June 12, 2006, 10:35]
Benchmarking Boost For E-government
News Initial councils partnering in NeSDS are Hartlepool, Northamptonshire, Leeds, Rochdale, Hertfordshire, Brent and Wandsworth. A different council will lead each stream, with Havering overseeing the whole programme.
[May 20, 2005, 11:40]
Local Authorities Failing On E-accessibility
News Barking & Dagenham, Birmingham City, Brent, Chester City, Devon CC, East Ayrshire, Exeter City, Kensington & Chelsea, Kirklees MBC, Salford City, Shrewsbury & Atcham BC, South Tyneside MBC, Staffordshire Moorlands DC, Stroud DC, Surrey CC, Surrey...
[March 2, 2005, 13:10]
