Intellectual property theft, predominantly by Chinese computer hackers, costs the US economy $300bn (£200bn) a year and must be treated as seriously as terrorism. That's according to The Commission on the Theft of American ...
Intel rival AMD has slipped up in terms of microprocessor market share, according to box-counting analysts IC Insights, with Qualcomm and Samsung leapfrogging it into second and third place respectively. Strong sales of tablet computers ...
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BSkyB was been warned by the BBC that it could soon be facing charges to carry BBC television signals across its networks, after retransmission fee talks between the two companies broke down. Currently, BSkyB charges the BBC and other ...
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Ericsson has announced it plans to close its copper telecoms cable manufacturing facility in Sweden, at the cost of 354 jobs. "The decision is based on the fact that Ericsson's production of telecom cables is small from a global ...
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Much-hacked social networking site Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication in a bid to cut down on the hijacking of accounts. The move follows a string of hacks of high-profile accounts by groups such as the ...
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Warren East, the former CEO of chip designer ARM, is to join a new quango whose purpose is to boost innovation in the UK's "digital economy". East will assume the role of non-executive director of Connected Digital Economy Catapult ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics said its latest flagship Galaxy S4 handset had become its fastest selling phone, passing the 10-million sales mark following its April 26 launch. It's predecessor, the S3, took 50 days to reach the same ...
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Reportedly, Posco is largest steelmaker in South Korea, planned to develop a new 300,000 metric ton/year cold-rolle non-grain-oriented electrical steel sheet plant at Vile Bhagad in the Raigarh district of western India's Maharashtra state. ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
GOOGLE boss Eric Schmidt has insisted his company is trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it pays, saying it is for countries, not companies, to decide tax policies. Schmidt was ...
Tenaris has started operation of two new U and O forming presses at its mill in Brazil. This project is focusing on producing greater wall thickness of various steel grade tubes over 1.5" with diameter between 12 3/4" ~ 48". It’s ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It's reported that the Russian steel producer Severstal planned to invest US$6.4 million to upgrade equipment including a Sever-6 type ultrasonic testing (UST) unit and a controlled cooling unit (CCU) at the plate rolling facility No. 3 of ...
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ONLINE retail titan Amazon announced overnight that it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to more than 170 countries and territories and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries. The move steps up the offensive of Amazon ...
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It is learned that two new steel companies in Ghana is expected to start operations by the end of next month. The new mills are Jordanian-owned Rider Steel and Lebanese-owned United Steel Limited, their production capacity are 5,000 tons ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In March 2013, representatives from MAGMA Foundry Technologies used the Foundry in a Box, donated by AFS, to teach the Racine, WI Sea Scouts, Ship 5750, about metalcasting. Sea Scouting is a division of the Boy Scouts of America for young ...
Tags: Training, Industrial Equipment, Simulation
Frommelt Safety has updated its automated barrier door, the Guardian Defender, to protect employees from the movement of automated stretch-wrap machines as well as other automated machine movement zones. The new door has a patented ...