Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest customers are still facing technical issues as an IT failure continues to cause havoc for the banking group. Bank customers first found their RBS and NatWest services were unavailable at lunchtime ...
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Intel has said it’s on track to launch the next-generation Itanium processor later this year, brushing away any speculation that the processor would reach its end of life in the near future. The next-generation Itanium chip for Unix ...
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Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 8, with the hope of reclaiming a portion of the fast-growing smartphone market. The tech giant has been largely absent from the smartphone market during its most-recent years of explosive growth, but ...
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The Post Office has launched an external review into the Horizon computer system at the centre of its legal dispute with sub-postmasters. Some sub-postmasters blame the Horizon system for what they claim are false accusations made against ...
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The European Commission has announced a new strategy to speed up and increase the use of cloud computing, with the aim of creating 2.5 million new jobs and boosting GDP by €160 billion (£127bn) by 2020. The EC states that ...
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Designers rework Queen Elizabeth’s crown. Their own versions of the St. Edward’s Crown Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee at Harrods in London, 31 one-off crowns made exclusively by an array of iconic British and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to Roche's automated Elecsys HSV-1 IgG and HSV-2 IgG assays, designed for the determination of IgG class antibodies to HSV-1 and HSV-2 in human serum or plasma of sexually ...
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Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of dedicated numbers for technical support centres for users of Kaspersky Lab home and small office products for the UAE and KSA. Kaspersky Lab customer support agents have received full ...
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Although last week’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics showed better-than-expected results, the IT industry, was a big disappointment. After sustained growth – including 36,300 jobs added in July and August ...
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Elsamex SA, Spain, a wholly owned subsidiary of IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd in a 50:50 consortium with ASCON Road Construction LLC, UAE had participated in the bid tendered by the Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the ...
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Edwards Lifesciences is set to begin clinical trial to assess its Intuity valve system, following an investigational device exemption (IDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The prospective, multi-center study, ...
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IT employment is on the rise as data shows high demand for specific IT occupations and an increase in hires over the past month. TechServe Alliance, an industry group, reported a gain of 5,100 IT jobs in August over the previous month, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Pulmonx to commence an investigational device exemption (IDE) pivotal clinical study of its Zephyr Endobronchial Valve (EBV) therapy, designed to treat emphysema. The ...
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Intel used its Developer’s Conference in San Francisco to unveil a desktop computer prototype that has a display that can double as a 27-inch tablet with a four-hour battery life. Slate producers like Samsung, with its Galaxy Note ...
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The UK government has injected a second round of cash into its pound 25m Higher Apprenticeship Fund. The funding aims to develop 4,230 new Higher Apprenticeships in sectors including low-carbon engineering, space engineering, legal ...