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Apple-backed rules prohibit electronics makers from buying minerals used to fund wars

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 2nd, 2011)

Bloomberg reports that new rules have gone into effect which prohibit electronics makers from buying minerals that help fund wars in Central Africa. The Conflict-Free Smelter program specifically bars electronics makers like Apple and Intel from buying tungsten, tin ore, gold and coltan from ...

Flickr find: Macs really ARE easy to use

by Dave Caolo (Mar 23rd, 2006)

Flickr user amalthya is living in Goma, Democratic of Congo where she works at a chimpanzee sanctuary (no, that's not a pet). She says that the chimp pictured above is one of the orphans they look after. I asked her about her experiences using Macs all the way out there, and this was her reply: ...