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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. A United Nations-led initiative aims to shrink the world's massive 'e-scrap... [07 Mar 2007]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News The summit brings together governments, businesses, the UN and the man in the street and aims to hammer out a general agreement on ICT strategy and then put a plan of action in place. The anti-Icann countries would prefer to see the internet in the... [10 Dec 2003]
UN appoints head for developing world technology push
News Figueres, who promoted the use of IT to help boost his country's development, is to lead the UN Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Advisory Group, which includes technology experts from the public and private sectors. [14 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: the Red Hat rumours, Informix's passion for Ardent, and XML stumbles towards standardisation
Comment But two standards groups - OASIS (Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and e-Business) - have joined together with end user organisations to create a... [05 Dec 1999]
