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Michael Dell has challenged the PC industry to go green. "Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc., issued a challenge Tuesday to the entire PC industry to adopt free recycling programs for customers as he announced that his company would offer to plant a tree for every PC sold. "Today, I challenge every PC maker to join us in providing free recycling for every customer in every country you do business, all the time — no exceptions," Dell said. "It's the right thing to do for our customers. It's the right thing to do for our earth.""
Roland has sent in word of the new DTX form factor by AMD. Discussion about this can be found here. "AMD today announced the company is developing a new small form factor standard. The new form factor, dubbed DTX, is AMD’s attempt to unify the various proprietary small form factors currently in use. DTX will be an open industry standard available to all case, motherboard and system manufacturers, but will not be limited to AMD-based products."
This interesting article sent in by Yonas talks about the possibility that adding milk to your tea actually "nullifies" the health benefits of the drink. "Studies have shown that drinking green or black tea can be good for you because both types contain an abundance of antioxidants called flavonoids. These improve bloodflow and help to prevent heart disease, and are also thought to protect against some cancers. But German researchers discovered that adding milk to a cup of black tea counteracts the beneficial effects."
ThinkComputers has taken a look at Bill Gates's CES keynote.
It seems that Cisco isn't too happy about the Apple iPhone. Cisco is suing Apple for trademark infringement. It seems that they purchased the trademark a while ago and have a range of VOIP phones under the name.
PCMech has posted this article about making your website more accessable. "As the popularity of the World Wide Web grows, so does the number of disabled people using it. Other media have taken steps to make their content accessible to people with disabilities. Films on DVD and television shows, for example, are closed captioned. Books come in large print and Braille editions. It follows that the content on the web should be accessible too. And yet, few web sites can claim that they are truly accessible."
David has sent in this site which has a lot of great resources about building fabrication machines. "Fab@Home is a website dedicated to making and using fabbers - machines that can make almost anything, right on your desktop. This website provides an open source kit that lets you make your own simple fabber, and use it to print three dimensional objects. You can download and print various items, try out new materials, or upload and share your own projects. Advanced users can modify and improve the fabber itself."
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