IDG News Service - While NoSQL may be getting all the buzz, in many cases an old fashioned relational database, such as MySQL, may work just as well if not better. That was the message from a number of MySQL users who presented their ...
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December 28, 2012 - A recent report from Pike Research finds the community and residential energy storage (CRES) market will experience sharp growth over the next 10 years, driven by the expansion of distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) ...
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December 28, 2012 - Quebec’s City of Rivière-Rouge, along with the founding partners of The Electric Circuit—Les Rotisseries St-Hubert, Rona, Metro, the Agence metropolitaine de transport (AMT) and Hydro-Quebec, has ...
Tags: public charging station, electric vehicles, Electric Circuit, Quebec
IDG News Service - Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Qualcomm have formed the In-Location Alliance, which will work to improve the accuracy of indoor positioning, the companies said on Thursday. Indoor positioning is the next frontier ...
Tags: Nokia, Samsung, Sony, indoor navigation, mobile services
Japan imported 6.66 million mt of LNG in November, almost stable from October, when imports were recorded at 6.67 million mt, customs data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. However, LNG imports were down 4.5% from ...
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Israeli gasoil and fuel oil consumption for electricity production rose sharply in the first 11 months of the year due to a severe shortage of natural gas, Israel's Energy and Water Ministry said Thursday. Gasoil consumption by Israel ...
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The cash differential for FOB Singapore 0.5% sulfur gasoil fell to more than a three-year low Wednesday, amid ample supply in the region and weak buying appetite for the grade ahead of a change in sulfur specifications for the Singapore ...
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Computerworld-U.S.officials today struck at six long-running scams,freezing assets of 14 companies charged with bilking consumers by posing as tech support from Microsoft,Symantec and others. In a press conference,the Federal Trade ...
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QuizCraze Movies, a new movie trivia game app, is now available for free on the Apple App Store. The new app offers game players a fun alternative to Logos Quiz game and other popular trivia games in the market. BOSTON, MA, August 06, ...
Tags: App Store, US, electronical development, QuizCraze Movies
IDG News Service - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a regulation on Wednesday requiring companies to publicly disclose if they used minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining ...
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Appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den helped Yorkshire cake entrepreneur Allison Whitmarsh secure the backing she needs to build cake factories across the UK. Deborah Meaden invested £50,000 in ProperMaid cakes On the ...
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Computerworld UK-Google is launching indoor maps for Android devices in the UK,to enable smartphone users to easily find their way around train stations,sporting venues,art galleries,shopping centres and department stores. More than 40 ...
IDG News Service - At the CEATEC show that opens in Japan this week, the country's electronics manufacturers will show a host of products that are probably a few years from catching on, as well as a few design concepts that will need a bit ...
Tags: high-definition TV sets, new concept TV, Ultra High-Def TVs, Smart INSECT
IDG News Service - A new television format that has 16 times the resolution of current High Definition TV has been approved by an international standards body, Japanese sources said Thursday. UHDTV, or Ultra High Definition Television, ...
Tags: TV, HDTV, television format, High Definition TV
IDG News Service - Apple released on Sunday an update that fixes a problem where the iPhone 5 draws data from the carrier Verizon despite being connected to a Wi-Fi network. Apple's advisory said the scenario happens "under certain ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone 5, Wi-Fi network, smartphone