China Not Fighting Off E-Waste Nightmare

The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
China Not Fighting Off E-Waste Nightmare

Motorola Unveils Two Linux-Based Phones

Motorola is bringing Linux-based phones with strong entertainment features to the consumer marketplace.Two new phones, introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, are the MOTORIZR Z6, a slide-to-open phone similar to the company's existing Z3, and the MOTOMING A1200, a flip-open, touch-screen communications and entertainment device. More…