Intel is now looking to the Android operating system as it breaks away from years of optimizing its top line of Core PC processors, including the recently launched Haswell processors, chiefly for Windows. Intel is looking to hire a ...
The U.S. Congress should press for privacy protections and more information about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, some technology and civil liberties activists said Friday. After recent news leaks about two ...
Rackspace is now offering hosted versions of the MongoDB data store, using MongoDB management technologies it acquired from its purchase of ObjectRocket in February. It also has contracted with 10gen, the company shepherding the open source ...
Tags: Rackspace, MongoDB Service, Data Store
Production of light, sweet crudes from unconventional oil fields in the US is ramping up so fast that at some point it will outpace the country's refining capacity and -- at least for the Gulf Coast -- this could occur within two years, a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, Sweet Oil
The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of €146m on nine pharma companies, including Ranbaxy Laboratories, for blocking the entry of cheaper generic drug of Lundbeck's anti-depressant, citalopram. Lundbeck agreed with each of ...
Tags: Ranbaxy, Halting Generic Drugs
Mondi Industrial Bags, a business segment of Mondi’s Europe & International Division, has introduced the new the SmartID Bag with a unique code. The code allows each party along the value chain, from the filler and the distributor ...
Tags: Mondi, Smartid Bag
Diversified manufacturing and distribution company Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG) has announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Eco Food Pack Australia for an undisclosed value. Eco Food, which develops and sells food packaging ...
Tags: Pro-Pac, Food Packaging
German packaging materials producer for automotive companies Lindoerfer + Steiner has announced plans to set up its new custom packaging facility in Spartanburg County with an investment of $400,000. Lindoerfer + Steiner will set up its ...
Tags: Automotive Packaging, Packaging
Australia-based Mariani Foods has expanded the distribution of its premium beef jerky, which launched in the UK, with further listings in Germany and Iceland. The company gained listings from retailers Dornseifer and KFI in Germany, and ...
Tags: Mariani Foods, Beef Jerky
Linux developers were once just that, developers. But their role is changing says the Linux Foundation, which is expanding its training options to help them. The foundation, an industry supported non-profit, has added two courses to its ...
Blue Diamond Growers, a US-based agricultural co-operative, has opened a new almond processing facility in Turlock, California. The 200,000ft2 facility is located on an 88 acre land at N. Washington and Fulkerth roads. The products from ...
Tags: Blue Diamond, Food
FrieslandCampina DMV has installed an energy-efficient evaporator at its facility in Veghel, the Netherlands. The evaporator will be used to evaporate water from whey, allowing the lactose to crystallise spontaneously and is expected to ...
Tags: energy-efficient evaporator, Electrical, Electronics, evaporator
Shrink wrapping systems supplier Yorkshire Packaging (YPS) has announced its acquisition of automated solutions manufacturer in the UK Camline Products and Services for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, YPS now has the ...
Canadian packaging company Netpak has implemented the EFI Radius ERP system for its folding carton, label and commercial print operations. According to EFI, its software will replace Netpak's existing homegrown system. Netpak ...
Tags: Folding Carton, Packaging
JBT FoodTech, an American food processing machinery provider owned by JBT, has inked a $4m supply contract with a North America-based food processor. As per the agreed terms, the company will supply and install an Automatic Batch Retort ...