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  • Defense bill could stifle computer trade

    In a move that has re-energised the debate over export controls on high-performance computers, the latest version of a US defense-spending bill would require companies to seek licenses to export even underpowered desktop computers.

  • Report raps dumping of high-tech trash

    An international array of environmental groups is charging computer makers and their consumers, along with the United States government, with using Asian nations as a dumping ground for hazardous electronic waste.

  • Will India price itself out of offshore markets?

    The U.S. technology industry's demand for offshore services is apparently beginning to drive up pay rates in India, raising questions about the long-term benefits of outsourcing work to that country.

  • Globalised grime: Tech pollution and IT’s side effects

    Mention the words "industry" and "pollution," and most people probably think along the lines of coal-fired power plants and pesticide-slathered mega-farms. Ted Smith thinks about the computer on your desk.

  • Outsourcing overseas

    Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development?

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  • Will India price itself out of offshore market?

    Growing demand for offshore services in India is raising the cost of labour there, causing US firms to begin eyeing China, Romania and other options. But India has some tricks up its sleeve.

  • Outsourcing overseas

    Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development?

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