Inequalities keep shifting as knowledge enters market

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Tricks of the e-waste trade

New rules offer no help to informal operators. They ignore reality and are likely to be toothless  

IT's underbelly

India produces about 400,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year, growing exponentially. Handling this is a great challenge. What adds to it is …

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Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

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Taming wild fires

Computer simulations can help prevent devastating wildfires

Exporting e-xposure

The US ships out highly toxic electronic waste to Asian countries

Of electronic revolution and sustainability

Foss time in India

Microsoft is the most familiar term in the proprietary software industry. The company's penetration in people's minds is so deep that it is often …

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With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

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E-waste posing health risks for workers in scrapyards

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Take it back

European and Japanese manufacturers are made responsible for recycling their products

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Nigeria slaps heavy duties on old computers

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