Companies can be held culpable and can be fined if their data falls into wrong hands and is misused when they dispose of their IT equipment without first sanitizing the information on their hard drives, as well as for trashing old machines without complying with environmental regulations....
And enterprises can no longer count on selling off their used assets at a profit, because the pace of innovation has cut the resale value of used computer equipment in half, according to Robert Houghton, president of Redemtech, a technology recycling firm. “The old practice of asking a ...
A sound made by tapping on the main body of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, and by measuring the time interval between the taps andthe receipt of the echoes the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated.So was born the echo-sounding equipment, now in general use...
My old computer monitor ready to be sent. | Photo by Gregory Lane Consumer Electronics Retailers If you’re buying a new fridge, TV or washing machine, most retailers (Bic Camera, Yodobashi Camera, etc.) will dispose of your old one very cheaply or even free of charge. Don’t forget to...