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E-waste strife, recycling computers ethically
Blog The scrap metal market, upon which a number of recycling companies have depended has literally died over night. Scrap steel prices have plummeted from £200 per tonne to £70- given that you need 300 empty computer cases to make a tonne, the return...
[October 15, 2008, 16:05]
'Stages.worm' on the loose
News The virus is particularly tricky because it utilizes a rare file format called 'windows scrap files'. That means it's easy to make a scrap file appear to be another file type; Stages.worm arrives ending with the letters '.txt' suggesting that it's...
[June 19, 2000, 14:29]
Old PCs go to jail
News We believe we are only part of the solution for the 'e-scrap' problem in this country," Novicky said. Two other e-scrap facilities will open in Pennsylvania and Texas by the end of the year, Novicky said.
[February 16, 2002, 6:31]
UK e-unit Web site goes live
News The Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) has been consigned to the Whitehall scrap heap, completing its transition to become the e-Government Unit on 2 June, 2004. A new website for the UK's e-Government Unit, replacing the e-envoy's homepage, is now available
[June 2, 2004, 15:20]
UPDATE: First-e takes the slow road
News First-e downplayed the influence of the dot-com stocks downturn in its decision, revealed Monday, to scrap an expensive television advertising blitz. Pioneering Internet bank First-e is not worried it will be put out of business by massive rivals...
[October 26, 2000, 11:48]
Cutting down on e-waste and making WEEE work
Blog Apparently the Environment Agency has had its funding cut by up to a third over recent years and just doesn't have the man-power to either make sure vendors are complying with WEEE or to inspect shipments that are supposed to be legitimate...
[September 24, 2008, 13:45]
HandyPad
Downloads An ever-present scrap pad suitable to jot down an occasional idea, a day plan, phone numbers, and Web site or e-mail addresses, as well as for any other word processing purposes and needs that life may bring about, without the risk of losing...
[March 26, 2007, 12:03]
Tories pledge to boost broadband and e-commerce
News Among its promises, the Conservative party pledges: to look closely at BT's domination of the telephone network, with plans to give rivals "fair and equal" access to its lines; to scrap the much-hated IR35 tax, which it describes as a stealth tax...
[April 17, 2001, 13:30]
iOrganizer
Downloads No longer will you have to shuffle through business cards, post-it notes and scrap paper to find the information you need; iOrganizer includes an address book, a bookmark list, an event calendar, and a download list.The address book is very...
[February 6, 2002, 7:00]
Government earmarks £1.2bn for e-Borders
News Brown said there is therefore an urgent need to scrap "old and ineffective" paper-based systems and replace them with electronic systems that allow for "real-time monitoring" and immediate, co-ordinated action.
[August 3, 2007, 8:37]
1-Calc - the Revolutionary calculator
Downloads You don't need to keep constants on a scrap of paper any more! above if you are an existing 1-Calc customer, or e-mail calc@omegaone.com with a e-mail receipt of your qualifying product.New v3.0 - financial, statistics & graphing.
[February 24, 2004, 7:00]
Microsoft calls time on Windows 7 discount
News However, amid widespread criticism and indications from European regulators that the browserless plan would not be acceptable, Microsoft said last month it would scrap the plan. Microsoft's original plan for the operating system was to deliver...
[August 24, 2009, 16:53]
US abandons Internet voting
News The Pentagon will scrap the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) until the current system can guarantee the security of the voting process or a new system is designed, a Defense Department spokesperson said.
[February 6, 2004, 8:55]
Election 2001: Political parties show their IT stripes
News Amid accusations of bandwagon jumping, the Conservatives promised to scrap the controversial IR35 tax on contractors. Labour has also promised to push through a directive to remove barriers to e-commerce across Europe and said it will invest...
[May 25, 2001, 10:57]
News Roundup: Mounting pressure on RIP Bill
News Pressure grows on government to scrap snooping bill Pressure is growing on the government to scrap the RIP bill as the British Chambers of Commerce joins the chorus of disapproval. RIP criticised by former government adviser The Institute of...
[June 13, 2000, 9:28]
PC buyers may pay for recycling
News By September, Cassel said, NEPSI also hopes to address the issue of scrap electronics, or "e-waste," being exported overseas, which a recent report lambasted as "a dirty little secret of the high-tech revolution.
[March 20, 2002, 11:39]
Nigeria gets tough on waste tech
Blog Once in the country, junk machines are being broken down for scrap which includes dangerous practices such as recovering lead in very basic conditions. Nigeria is so concerned with the problem of e-waste being dumped in the country that the...
[December 19, 2006, 15:08]
Markup the National Curriculum
Blog The alternative is a generation of badly behaved markup that will end up on the scrap heap. If anyone is interested, I have set up an e-petition at Number 10. The vast majority of my time is not really spent as a web designer, a web builder, small...
[December 16, 2009, 9:51]
Gloomy expectations for budget from tech industry
News Some experts go a step further, calling on the Chancellor to scrap VAT on online goods. While such an idea would be a huge boost for e-commerce firms and sort out cross-border complexities, it is highly unlikely the government will go down that route.
[March 7, 2001, 13:24]
Election 2001: Fight isn't over for IR35
News In an ideal world we could scrap it, but that's no longer possible," Vincent Cable, trade and industry spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, told ZDNet. Opponents of IR35 claim that it will drive many IT professionals overseas, damaging the UK's...
[May 23, 2001, 17:21]
