Nokia publishes its 2009 Sustainability Report Tweet

Espoo, Finland - Nokia published its 2009 Sustainability report. The report contains facts, figures and examples of sustainability initiatives and provides a new level of transparency regarding social and environmental responsibility.

"This report gives some great insights into the work Nokia does to enhance sustainability," says Esko Aho, EVP Corporate Relations and Responsibility. "We believe that mobile technologies can contribute to economic growth while offering considerable opportunities to address climate change and sustainability."

Highlights from 2009 include the honor of being ranked as "World Technology Supersector Leader" by the widely recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Index, positioning Nokia as number one in sustainability across the entire global technology sector on the basis of a detailed corporate sustainability analysis.

In 2009, Nokia continued to reduce the environmental impact of its mobile devices and operations. Nokia reduced the CO2 emissions of its own facilities by 12 percent, compared with levels in 2006. During 2009, the company also reached its 2012 energy savings target ahead of schedule.

The year had its challenges brought about by the global recession, requiring even more focus and greater efficiencies in our operations. With voluntary measures the company was able to reduce the need for involuntary personnel reductions.

The comprehensive report covers a wide range of areas including ethics and compliance, health and safety, materials management, supply chain management, logistics, the environmental impact of products and services, corporate social investment and various other areas.

The 2009 report follows the guidelines of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a network-based organization that has pioneered the development of the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework. A third-party GRI Application Level check has confirmed Nokia's self declaration that the report meets the requirements for GRI's Application Level A+, the highest level, indicating the wide extent of reporting.

The full report is available here [http://www.nokia.com/corporate-responsibility/reporting/sustainability-report-2009]

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Virus Spread through Twitter is Still Occurring Tweet

Some security researchers warn that Twitter is dangerous spam attacks are still going to happen. This attack is to install the devices 'cheat' anti-virus, so they can freely get into the PC. Spam attacks usually via a link that brings users to a site which contained the source code to download user the actual password.exe actually contain harmful viruses.

Unbeknownst to the user, the virus disguised as a file that infiltrated by malware. Users do not realize that, if the file has undermined their computer systems. "Anti-virus can not detect deceived your desktop to display some bad files, until finally they install themselves," said Carl Leonard, a senior research manager at Websense security labs.

"This makes the attack seem more believable. Antivirus company needs to consider solutions that will provide real time security to reduce cyber threats," he added, and the security vendor said it has seen about 55 000 cases of this dangerous spam emails so far

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iPhone Free Application for 2010 World Cup Tweet

Euphoria of 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, a matter of time only. Millions of pairs of eyes ready to welcome football's most festive event of this. No lag for iPhone users who also use the event in 2010 world cup in South Africa. Yes, some special applications already stuffing the World Cup since the App Store some time ago. There are paid, but not the least that give it for free. Here are five free iPhone applications that are provided specifically to accompany important moments in World Cup 2010 which you can use.

World Cup Countdown 
We know you're counting the days until football action will take place. This application is a tool for counting down the joy of each day, minutes, hours and seconds until all began on June 11. This application also contains an interactive photo slideshow with a series of cool images that exist in South Africa such as video draw on rural areas and some local music and dance movement typical of Bafana Bafana.

World Cup and History Factoids
If you are a football enthusiast incomplete seemed to enjoy these applications on handheld devices, the first who wanted to know the history of the World Cup from year to year.

AP World Cup 2010
The Associated Press has been covering the game from the start and committed to providing special for the fans. After the World Cup to roll, this application will provide news up-to-the-date from more than 100 journalists in South Africa. Having a multi-language platform and users turn it into English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

ESPN FIFA World Cup 2010
Applications memberitakkan just about everything you need to prepare for the tournament. With a full schedule, you will not lose the opportunity to see favorite teams competed in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and you see a biography and statistics of every player who will compete.

World Football Live
Same as before, apalikasi It also provides the latest news on all things about World Cup 2010 South Africa who were taken from the BBC, Yahoo!, And ESPN News. Interestingly, the news is presented will be updated in real-time and you can bookmark your favorite articles or e-mail to your friends.

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