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China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday that urges governments to ease the way for such initiatives. The report by the China Greentech Initiative, a group of more than 80 leading technology companies, non-governmental organizations and policy advisers, pinpointed opportunities from 300… Read More

It might be an idea whose time has come – shop and save the planet. In the UK, online shoppers can now build up credits to offset their annual carbon footprint.   A new portal, Smartly Green, allows shoppers to click through to the web sites of major High Street retailers like John Lewis, Asda and Comet. When they make a purchase, Smartly Green receives a commission from the retailer.   Of the commission, 50% isreturned to the… Read More

From Samsung's press release: Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the industry's first "CVD aluminum" process technology, the very latest 70-nanometer node DRAM process technology employing the Chemical Vapor Deposition or CVD method. The CVD aluminum process technology is one of the key interconection technologies in DRAM manufacturing process. It involves forming conducting films by turning metal organic… Read More

The 13,000 yen ($A167) Campho Advance from Kyoto-based Digital Act Co., which makes mobile and Internet equipment, slips into the top of the Game Boy Advance just like any video-game cassette. When connected to an analogue telephone outlet, the display shows live video of the person on the other end of the line, who must also own both the Game Boy Advance and the Campho Advance. Your own image will show up in the corner of the… Read More

The new model has sold at a rate of more than 10 per minute, non-stop, since launch. To build upon its success, Nintendo is launching new color casings. On Sept. 8, Onyx (black) and Flame (red) will join the current Platinum (silver) and Cobalt (dark blue) systems. Since its inception in 1989, Nintendo's Game Boy® line has become a household name as the world's most successful and storied video game system, selling through… Read More