A new California lawsuit accuses Apple, Google, Adobe Systems, Intel, and other tech companies of violating antitrust laws by allegedly conspiring to fix employee pay, as well as working out "no solicitation" deals with one another. The suit (PDF), which…
Stung by labor shortages and a rash of suicides this year at its massive factories in southern China, Foxconn Technology said Wednesday that it would immediately raise the salaries of many of its Chinese workers by 33 percent. The pay…
L'organisation des principaux producteurs et fonderies de l'étain (ITRI), s'est dit pràªt à débuter la seconde phase d'essai pilote au sujet de la traà§abilité de l'étain provenant des mines de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). La plus haute autorité…
Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple. The company did…
Today, a coalition of NGOs, representing over a million members, launched a campaign at www.StopTheChamber.com to stop the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from undermining health care, environmental protection, elections and big business regulation.The coalition is asking the Department of Justice…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all? Top manufacturers of personal computers in the U.S. -- Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, and fourth-place Apple Inc. -- are each claiming to have the "greenest" PCs on the market.…
Innovative green and social products greatly contribute to the ethical reputation of technology hardware companies, while labour, legal, institutional and production-related challenges are rising, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Technology Hardware Industry Report…
Apple has recently added free cell phone and iPod recycling to its mix of recycling programs. The program allows anyone to send in any cell phone or iPod to Apple for free recycling. Apple processes all electronics in the US…
While just about all big computer makers are taking steps to make technology more environmentally friendly, Asustek is one of the first to unveil a bamboo-encased computer. Some niche companies geared toward eco-conscious consumers offer bamboo computer mice, keyboards and…
The act of buying a product or service is one that involves a number of physiological processes. Corporations have increasingly become sensitive to this fact, and realize that the functionality of their products is only one factor among many that…
