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A $850 Million Deal Between Hon Hai Precision Industry and Japan's Sharp Was Still on Hold
Dec 21, 2012A $850 million deal between Taiwanese electronics giant Hon Hai Precision Industry and Japan's Sharp was still on hold Friday, as roller-coaster negotiations continued without the head of Hon Hai, who reportedly cut short his trip to Japan. ...
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ICSPA Launched Initiative to Pool Cyber Crime Intelligence From Business
Dec 21, 2012The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) has launched an initiative to pool cyber crime intelligence from business, government, law enforcement, security agencies and IT security professionals. Called Project 2020, the ...
Tags: International Cyber Security Protection Alliance, cyber crime
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Apple's Refusal to Put Into Writing Its Operating System Support Policy
Dec 21, 2012Apple's refusal to put into writing its operating system support policy leaves Snow Leopard users wondering whether their copy of OS X has been retired, security experts said today. The question "Is Snow Leopard retired?" went legitimate ...
Tags: Apple, Snow Leopard, OS X, Mac
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European Coatings:The Communication of Safety Information
Dec 21, 2012The European coatings sector is being confronted with one of its most difficult challenges in the communication of safety information to its customers and other paint users. This communications problem stems from the ...
Tags: coatings sector, European, REACH
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Picture Doing a Remote Software Upgrade
Dec 21, 2012Picture doing a remote software upgrade. Now picture doing it when the machine you're upgrading is a robotic rover sitting 350 million miles away, on the surface of Mars. That's what a team of programmers and engineers at NASA are dealing ...
Tags: remote software, Mars rover Curiosity, NASA, flight software
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Critical Vulnerabilities in Routers at The Defcon Hackers Conference on Sunday
Dec 21, 2012Security researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities in routers from Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei at the Defcon hackers conference on Sunday. The vulnerabilities -- a session hijack, a heap ...
Tags: critical vulnerabilities, Huawei, Defcon, security
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A Highly Anticipated Patent Infringement Case Between Apple and Samsung Will Get Under Way
Dec 21, 2012A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Samsung Electronics will get under way in a California courtroom on Tuesday after each side spent Monday agreeing on a 10-person jury. Selection of the jury took until just ...
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Sales in Europe's Decorative Paints Market Have Been Sluggish This Year
Dec 21, 2012Sales in Europe's decorative paints market have been sluggish this year and are likely to show an even slower pace of growth in 2012. Meanwhile in the Gulf area of the Middle East—close to Europe's doorstep—the decorative ...
Tags: decorative paints market, the Gulf area, European coatings companies
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Cloud Storage Provider Livedrive Introduced an APP for Google's Chromebook on Thursday
Dec 21, 2012Cloud storage provider Livedrive introduced an app for Google's Chromebook on Thursday that is designed to give Livedrive customers access to their files stored online, which can total as much as 5TB. The Chromebook is designed for online ...
Tags: cloud storage, Livedrive, app, Google, Chromebook
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UK Should Take More Control of Internet to Counter Us Stranglehold, Says It Entrepreneur
Dec 21, 2012The UK should take more control of the internet to counter the US stranglehold, says an IT entrepreneur. “A British scientist invented the world wide web, so why are we now made to feel lucky to be involved?” said Scott ...
Tags: UK, IT industry, US stranglehold, IT service
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The Number of New IT and Business Process Outsourcing Contracts Worldwide Dropped by 20%
Dec 21, 2012The number of new IT and business process outsourcing contracts worldwide dropped by 20% to 411 in the second quarter from 516 in the same quarter a year ago, with average contract values also sliding, a research firm said. "The market is ...
Tags: new IT, business process outsourcing contracts, contract values
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Local Authority Found No Underage Workers at a Samsung Electronics Manufacturing Supplier
Dec 21, 2012Local authorities in China said Thursday that they found no underage workers at a Samsung Electronics manufacturing supplier that a labor watchdog group claims has been employing students under the age of 16. The Huizhou Zhongkai Hi-tech ...
Tags: local authorities, China, underage workers, Samsung
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Europe's Coatings Companies Can Continue to Increase Sales in The Short- to Medium-Term
Dec 21, 2012Europe's coatings companies, especially the multinational ones, are reasonably confident they can continue to increase their sales in the short- to medium-term, unless the world is plunged into a second recession. But they are much ...
Tags: coating, Europe, recession, sales, interim results
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Paint Producers and Their Raw Material Suppliers in Europe to Make Sustainability
Dec 21, 2012Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
Tags: paint producers, raw material suppliers, Europe, CEPE
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Industrial Nanotech Was Specified Into a Recently Awarded Renovation Project in Miami
Dec 21, 2012Industrial Nanotech, Inc., said its patented Nansulate translucent thermal insulation and protective coating was specified into a recently awarded renovation project in Miami, Fla. The nanotechnology-based coating, which insulates while ...
Tags: Industrial Nanotech, Inc., Nansulate
