In 2001, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan's dominant telecom provider, got a shock. It had just started DSL broadband Internet service and was taking its first steps toward reaping the benefits of an ambitious and costly plan to string ...
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Businesses have been urged to prepare for the arrival of HTML5 – the technology that underpins the next generation of the web. Organisations should start evaluating HTML5 now and assess its effect on customers' web browsing ...
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A panel of mobile wallet experts predicted a slow pathway to user adoption of technologies such as Near-Field Communication in the U.S. In fact, widespread adoption will take as long as eight years "at best," Dekkers Davidson, the head of ...
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California has signed a new bill that will bring across self-driving (driverless) cars in the state. California Governor Jerry Brown said that the state is looking at science-fiction becoming tomorrow's reality. "Anyone who gets inside ...
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Daimler’s microcar division Smart is planning to unveil the new electrically driven Forstars concept sports utility coupé (SUC) at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show in France to be held during late September. The new two ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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More than two-thirds of smartphone owners have not yet adopted mobile banking apps because of security concerns, a survey has revealed. By contrast, only 14% of those surveyed by security firm Metaforic said that security concerns were ...
Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED lighting firm Edison Opto, will also be the chairman for LED packaging house Lumenmax starting January 1, 2013. This will allow Edison Opto to expand business into LED packaging. The firm also plans to ...
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European businesses will only need three quarters of a desk per employee by 2020 due to the impact of remote working. According to a survey of almost 2,000 senior IT decision makers commissioned by Citrix, large organisations are already ...
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Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the department that oversees three airports in the LA area, recently implemented a business continuity and disaster recovery plan for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As part of the effort, the ...
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ST JULIANS, MALTA, September 23, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Platinum Play Casinos Online is set to release a new Halloween-themed video slot game in October, Phantom Cash. This highly-anticipated video slot will reward players with up to ...
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Adobe has unveiled a new platform, called Edge, which will offer web developers an alternative to programming interactive websites in Flash. Adobe said the Edge tool will help designers and developers create mobile-ready content and apps ...
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Sprint confirmed Thursday it is negotiating with Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank regarding a "potential substantial investment by Softbank in Sprint." Earlier reports from the Japanese business press said the investment ...
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Columbia - Adamson Systems Engineering recently placed their first E15 system in Latin America with respected sound company and new Energia Beta partner, C. Vilar Amplificacion Professional. During Sir Paul McCartney's last leg of the On ...
Sales of alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics, in the US, saw a 73% rise in 2012, according to a report by Mintel. Over 440,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics were sold so far this year, with the ...
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