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    Vehicle tests assess whiplash protection

    New tests at the Thatcham vehicle safety research centre show that many car seats do not protect occupants adequately in rear end accidents.

  • Cybercrime economy ‘is booming’

    The online underground economy that has matured into an efficient, global marketplace in which stolen goods and fraud-related services are regularly bought and sold, and where the estimated value of goods offered by individual traders is measured in millions of pounds.

  • IT and finance depts. ‘disagree’ on key IT security issues

    Enterprise need to align their finance and IT departments when it comes to IT security in the current economic climate, according to online security firm Sophos. A study by the company warns that such contrasting views between two departments could potentially leave holes in IT security, or mean investment is not spent wisely.

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Calculating the carbon cost of your shopping

Can you calculate the carbon cost of your shopping?

Companies are being encouraged to go green by taking up a new scheme for displaying the carbon footprint of their products. E&T wonders if this might encourage marketing greenwash?

The green office myth

The green office myth

How does sustainability sit with current management strategies? 

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