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RSS e-waste in newsSales staff: Worst IT offenders
News Sales staff were the worst bandwidth wasters according to 43 per cent of network managers and 34 per cent of security managers - with remote workers and senior management the least likely to waste resources. [11 Apr 2008]
Techie shortage costing us billions, says Europe
News European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media Viviane Reding said that it is no longer possible to waste the talents of millions of Europeans by leaving them out of the information society. [11 Sep 2007]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News The entire scheme is a misconceived waste of time and money. E is for Ear Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric security checks in airports, nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents to a silicon.com reader poll said they would... [27 Jun 2007]
Are consultants a waste of money?
News Janet Norman-Philips, head of e-government of South Norfolk Council, added: "The right consultant at the right time can save you a fortune and a pile of grief. Janet Norman-Philips, head of e-government, South Norfolk Council [21 Jun 2007]
Apple vows to be "greener"
News Still, Greenpeace said this move did not go far enough: "But while customers in the United States will be able to return their Apple products for recycling knowing that their gear won't end up in the e-waste mountains of Asia and India, Apple isn... [03 May 2007]
UN digs into 'e-scrap' mountain
News Manufacturers including Cisco, Dell, Ericsson, HP and Microsoft are working with the UN and recycling companies on the Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) initiative. The European Environmental Agency calculates the volume of e-scrap is now rising... [07 Mar 2007]
'Vista rip-off': UK customers cry foul over US prices
News The majority of readers seem sceptical and one reader said: "All the petitions are a waste of time and just something else for our spin machine to ignore. Anger over the issue even prompted an e-petition on the Number 10 website which claims the... [28 Feb 2007]
Tories pledge to abolish ID cards
News ID cards are wrong, they're a waste of money, and we will abolish them. Cameron also hit out at the delayed NHS IT "shambles" and listed a litany of high-profile government IT failures during Blair's time in power - "a story of wasted billions... [03 Oct 2006]
Government services miss online deadline
News Live Fish Movements Licenses, Waste Management Licenses, Discharge Consent Licenses; Abstraction licenes and the Waste Carrier Register at the Environment Agency. But in response to a written question last month, Cabinet Office parliamentary... [12 Apr 2006]
MPs knock EDS for CSA IT failures
News The EDS system was finished 18 months after the project deadline, and last year the National Audit Office said the CSA system was understaffed and "an appalling waste of public money". Conservative MP Anne McIntosh said: "[W]e are not convinced... [18 Jan 2006]
Greenpeace slams toxic tech industry
News According to the report the e-waste recycling sector in many parts of Asia remains largely unregulated and "is also poorly studied with regard to its impacts on the environment and on the health of recycling workers and surrounding communities". [19 Aug 2005]
UK fails to enact e-recycling directive - again
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced on Wednesday that the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive will not be enacted into UK legislation until at least June 2006. [11 Aug 2005]
WEEE: e-waste failure could see UK in court
News The UK could be dragged before the European Court for its failure to implement laws that would make manufacturers responsible for the recycling of IT waste. All eight countries have yet to enact the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment... [13 Jul 2005]
Retailers waste cash on communications
News But opinion was divided on the value of website development and e-tailing - while 21 per cent said it was a waste, another 21 per cent insisted it was important in the next 12 months. Investment in SMS text messaging and digital TV has been the... [14 Jun 2005]
E-government is a waste of money, says public
News Although the Whitehall is keen to see e-government become the norm by 2005, users still prefer more traditional methods for getting in touch with their civil servants, with 58 per cent saying their preferred way to contact the various arms of... [15 Jul 2004]
