Amazon Dumps Plastic Packaging
Published on November 4, 2008 to Influence of Technology on SocietyAmazon is finally doing something about the worst invention in modern product packaging, the hard plastic clamshells. Read more
Everyone Hates Clamshell Packaging
Published on November 17, 2008 to Digital Life StyleAt one point or another, we’ve brought home a shiny new toy only to discover that it’s protected by some custom shaped force field that prevents us into easily freeing our purchased good as quickly... Read more
iPhone 3G Will Ship In Eco-Friendly Dutch-Potato Packaging
Published on June 30, 2008 to Mobility MiscellaneousHaving come in for some criticism in recent times from groups such as Greenpeace due to its decidedly un-eco-friendly policies, hipsters Apple will be packaging the new 3G iPhone in 100 percent... Read more
DRAM Testing And Packaging Houses To Cut Quotes By 5% In Q1
Published on January 10, 2008 to ComponentsDespite contract prices for DRAM showed signs of stabilizing in the first half of January, the stiff cost pressure that DRAM makers are still exposed to has pressured back-end houses to cut... Read more
Who Designed This Crap? Product Packaging, Where's My Chainsaw?
Published on August 9, 2006 to Desktop ComputersMobile computers and accessories are cool. However the way they're packaged is a real horror show, almost literally. With impenetrable shipping boxes and envelopes, as well as plastic blister packs sealed tighter than most tombs, it seems like vendors really don't want you to get to their products. Read more


