Toshiba is greenest vendor
Toshiba of America has had five of its notebooks rated gold by EPEAT, the environmental agency's top green rating, and claims this is more than any other supplier can boast, according to PC World.
EPEAT is a US PC environmental rating organisation. The US government has mandated that federal PC purchases must be of EPEAT-rated PCs, encompassing desktops, notebooks and monitors.
The agency has a searchable database of products rated gold, silver or bronze in terms of their environmental friendliness. A gold rating means a product passed 23 mandatory criteria in eight categories, as well as 75% or more of the 28 optional EPEAT criteria.
PC World's sudden withdrawal
PC World has withdrawn its highly publicised deal, offering a free PC with broadband connection after signing a two-year broadband deal with Orange, according to PC Pro.
The offer is no longer valid. Instead, the original offer on the Web page now says, "We're Sorry. This deal has now ended. You can still take advantage of our great laptop deals at PC World..."
When the company launched the offer it did not indicate that it was time-limited. Spokesman Hamish Thompson told Computer Shopper that the deal was a "victim of its own success".
NEC receives info security award
NEC Corporation of America today announced that the NEC Virtual PC Centre (VPCC) team received the Shaping Info Security 2007 Industry Award, according to dBusinessNews.
This award from the Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley communications publication, recognises individuals and teams worldwide that have made the most positive impact on security.
NEC's goal was to make corporate PC data more secure, while improving the way PCs are used in the workspace. By moving the PC off of the desktop and into the data centre, an individual's data resides securely in the data centre.
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