One of the more promising stories that came out of CES 2008 (The consumer electronics show) in Vegas apart from the inevitable 150 million inch plasma tv was a new biodegradable laptop from fujitsu. So far its only the casing that can degrade naturally, so its far from perfect but its encouraging to know that IT manufacturers are taking this seriously.

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