Tom Jowitt

The EU has been keen to pursue the Galileo project, and remove its dependence upon the global positioning system, which is controlled by the U.S. military.

Analyst firm Gartner is predicting that by 2010, environmental-related issues will be among the top five IT management concerns for more than 50 per cent of state and local government organizations in North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

The analyst firm says by 2010, environmental-related issues will be among the top five IT management concerns for more than 50 per cent of state and local government organizations in Europe, North America and Australia

Chicago municipal leaders have scrapped plans to blanket the city with an ambitious Wi-Fi network, citing high costs and low residential uptake as the main reasons. Negotiations with private-sector partners, including EarthLink, have stalled because any city-wide Wi-Fi would require massive public financing.

Traditional plastics are manufactured from non-renewable resources such as oil, coal and natural gas, but a new portable makes use of plant-based materials for a better environmental impact