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For those of us living north of the equator, autumn is just about over and winter is getting started. Here in the UK that means even more rain and grey skies than we’ve had for most of this year, and for everyone it means lower temperatures. Like most electronic devices, digital cameras can be affected […]

Most Americans think they’re helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cellphones. But chances are they’re contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas.
While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80% of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics […]

Garnet VM being beta tested.
ACCESS CO. LTD. claims that 30,000 Palm OS applications will now run on Nokia’s Linux-based Nseries web tablets; N770, N800, and N810 Internet Tablets.
The Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is an embedded operating system initially developed in 1996 by U.S. Robotics’ owned Palm Computing, Inc. for personal digital assistants […]

Urwego Opportunity Microfinance Bank (UOMB) has introduced biometrics, a new technology used in banking.
The technology can be used to verify the identity of an individual client in the bank.
Nathan Ross, UOMB voice president for urban operations and technical advisor said the system is to help during customer registration.
“We capture their photos and finger prints,” he […]

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattled northern Chile on Sunday, the latest aftershock to hit the area since a deadly tremor on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Service said.There were no early reports of damage or injuries from Sunday’s quake, which was centered in the Pacific about 40 miles north-northwest of Antofagasta, Chile, near the mineral-rich country’s […]