Posts Tagged ‘iPods’

The Trade in Blood Minerals: Your Gadgets are Killing the Congo

Thursday, October 29, 2009 21:45 By GSerrano

The mindboggling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past ten years has seen more dead bodies than the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur and Iraq combined. At the heart of the conflict are the so-called ‘blood minerals’ or ‘conflict minerals’ whose unregulated trade has been ruling the country, enriching its politicians and [...]

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The Plugged-In Age

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 10:04 By GSerrano

According to Alan Meier, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a leading expert on energy efficiency, “We have entered this new era where essentially everything is on all the time.”
‘The biggest offender is the flat-screen television. As liquid crystal displays and plasma technologies replace the old cathode ray tubes, and as [...]

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Hero Jackets for Gallant Mountaineers

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:05 By Jaiyant Cavale

The Hero 3 ICU iPod jacket and the Hero 3 ICU Speaker jackets have been launched by UK based Location Company. These jackets look cool and come with a dedicated iPod pocket and you would never have to go without your favorite music even if you are at the top of a mountain.
The Speaker jacket [...]

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Fund Raising Swarovski Studded iPods

Monday, February 2, 2009 20:26 By Jaiyant Cavale

If the word ‘bling’ annoys you just as much as it annoys me, there is a flamboyant person who would gladly associate the word with himself. Elton John has an AIDS foundation named after him and a new range of Swarovski-studded iPods have been launched for the organization. proceedings from the sales would go to [...]

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