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Best Buy’s Buy Back Program is not worth it — a review and a warning

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March 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A clever ripoff

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EarthTalk: Green electronics? Trayless Tuesdays at school?

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Nov. 29, 2010   2 Comments  

Nokia got top honors from the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics for the second year in a row: All of the company’s new phone models and accessories for 2010 are free of brominated compounds, chlorinated flame retardants and antimony trioxide, three of the most toxic chemicals used commonly in most mobile phones and other consumer electronics today. Pictured: The Nokia N97. (Media credit/William Hook via Flickr)

Can you get a green cellphone?

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Technocel unveils the Battery Boost

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Aug. 11, 2010   Leave a Comment  

boost!

It’s a cellphone charger AND a Micro SD Card reader

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Technological emergency preparedness tips and tools

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June 22, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Storm-Kit

Plan ahead

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Watch for fake Chinese video game chargers

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May 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Beware of counterfeit Teknocreations video game chargers.

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EarthTalk: Green computers? Meat?

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Feb. 25, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Dear EarthTalk: As an online gamer, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. What’s the environmental impact? And are “greener” PCs available?  – Bob Grant, Burlington, Vt. Online gamers and other heavy computer users are definitely leaving an environmental mark. Depending on when it was made and how it was designed, [...]

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