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  • Lonely carbon trading units seek new database

    The Federal government has put out a tender for a registry system to manage its carbon units and form the backbone for a national emissions trading scheme.

  • Companies must disclose their gases: Govt

    Companies belching greenhouse gases will have to keep track of their footprint as of today so they can report their levels to the government.

  • Movie blackout for P2P networks?

    Researchers at Royal Philips Electronics are developing new "fingerprinting" technology that could automatically identify and block transmission of digital-video files, potentially handing movie studios a new weapon in its war on peer-to-peer networks.

  • The Internet: Saviour of the planet?

    The revolution in communications, sparked by the Internet, might be experiencing growing pains but its one-to-one commerce points to a greener future.

  • Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs

    Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.

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    Dying for attention

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  • Jetstar failure a good case study

    Qantas' budget carrier Jetstar made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when it launched two weeks ago. The root of the problem? Business basics gone awry.

Reviews (2)

  • Manufacturers try out tiny tablets

    The shape is shifting for tablet PCs as hardware makers including Intel, HP and Toshiba test computer buyers' tolerance for offbeat designs.

  • Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs

    Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.

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