MAPPED: Where Do Computers Come From?
*See map below* It's complicated. With steel from Russia and copper from Chile, glass from Korea and lithium from Zimbabwe, the lineup of your laptop...
*See map below* It's complicated. With steel from Russia and copper from Chile, glass from Korea and lithium from Zimbabwe, the lineup of your laptop...
Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Read these brief quotes and you just might find yourself slowing down, smelling the roses--becoming kinder to yourself and others, more efficient, less stressed all the time--and get busy living life fully.
bloomberg.com | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc.'s free mobile-phone operating system will begin running computers next quarter, entering a market dominated by Micro...
NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
Coltan, when refined, is used in many common electronic devices. But Congolese miners have been killed, and women raped, during the 11-year war over the valuable mineral deposits.
David Stark | Posted 02.23.2009 | Style
The sheer quantity of people teeming in the streets of D.C. was overwhelming, but the energy was jubilant and the excitement from young to old was truly palpable. Same at our party.
Discovery News | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
We're getting closer to a truly intelligent electrical-charging system. Tech startup Green Plug announced today that it will be teaming up with power ...
Joanna Stern | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business
The computer makers are betting that there is a need for inexpensive laptops with limited features, dubbed netbooks, ultra-low-cost notebooks or more cleverly liliputers.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?
AP | TED BRIDIS | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a ...
Posted 10.05.2009 | Technology