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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Blunkett's ID card plans key to e-government?
News Nick Kalisperas, senior programme manager at IT industry trade body Intellect, told silicon.com the government should take full advantage of the technology and not waste it. Home Secretary David Blunkett is being called upon to incorporate his... [31 Jul 2003]
Bull urges ministers to promote e-government
News However, a Cabinet Office spokeswoman said that would be a waste of money. Systems integrator, Bull Information Systems, has criticised the UK government's lack of action to raise awareness of its e-government programme, which aims to put all... [19 May 1999]
Lone e-tailer fights back against fraudsters
News But this doesn't help Goodwill - he still has to waste time ringing through every order to check it's genuine. A UK e-tailer sick of receiving fraudulent orders for goods has established his own early warning system after complaints to the police... [22 Jul 2002]
911 location technology 'useless'
News The technology designed to meet tough US rules on location accuracy for 911 mobile calls has been labeled a complete waste of time by a leading figure in the field. E-OTD (enhanced observed time difference) is the technology used by AirFlash and... [18 Sep 2001]
Dell ups its green credentials
News The mutual fund company began prodding Dell about recycling last year, saying that failure to address the potential "e-waste" hazards posed risks and liabilities that could hurt shareholders. The move to set goals and make results public is a step... [09 Apr 2003]
Americans still positive about using email
News But that time doesn't seem to be going to waste. The study, titled 2003 E-Mail Survey, polled 1,100 US employers. The authors of 2003 E-Mail Survey urged businesses to better track and develop policies for employees' email use in order to avoid... [19 Jun 2003]
'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]
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]
