Gizmo Watch

The computer industry is encouraging its campaign against electronic waste, a hazardous offshoot of technology's persistent growth. Last year, in the month of November, we were talking about the 'e-waste mountain' driven by the consumerism. Well,...

We find ourselves at ease while living in an electronic world but has anyone ever thought of the hazardous effect of improper disposal of e-waste? In a disquieting revelation, Achim Steiner, head of the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP) said in Nairobi...

The very inventions which were hailed as one more step to paper less office have become a headache for some countries. It is estimated that over 20 million tones of electronic trash is generated each year and much of it gets shipped to our own back..