Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
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Tim Berners-Lee may be the celebrated British "father" of the world wide web as we know it, but a hugely important ingredient of the modern internet was switched on 30 years ago yesterday, as the US government's ARPANET started running the ...
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Anti-virus software has become an ineffective tool for combating viruses and other forms of malware, according to a study by the Israeli Institute of Technology and security software vendor Imperva. The study suggests that the initial ...
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The Audi Q5 retained its title of Australia’s most popular luxury SUV but it was another narrow margin of victory. Audi’s mid-sized SUV grew only 1 per cent year on year to 2830 sales but it was sufficient to thwart the ...
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Business Standard reported that with the conventional energy projects unable to address the power crisis, 2012 saw the emergence of renewable energy in a big way. The state government announced a new solar policy with a target to set up ...
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Iron ore prices have been hurtling along in December at an amazing pace even outracing the finished price levels. Whopping 18% growth in December has baffled all market estimates. On the hindsight finished market could creep merely 1%. ...
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According to preliminary government data,steel imports increased in November compared to October by 2%.Mr David Phelps president of AIIS said that"Steel arrivals continue to limp ahead with demand essentially unchanged when the November ...
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Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis data,the American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel import permit applications for the month of December totaled 2,358,000 net tons. This was a ...
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For a country with one of the largest reserves of natural resources in the world,the transformational potential of India's resources sector is immense.The sector has the potential to add USD 1 trillion to the Indian economy that can ...
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Bloomberg reported that copper fell by the most in two weeks,paring a weekly gain,as industrial metals dropped after US Federal Reserve policy makers said they will probably end their USD 85 billion monthly bond purchase program sometime ...
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Scheduled to be sent to the Brazilian congress in April 2011,the country's new mining regulatory framework is still waiting for the government to draw up three bills to regulate the sector. Local miners are not surprised by the continued ...
In an interview with ET Now,Mr CS Verma CMD of NMDC,shares his business outlook and talks about the iron ore price cut. Q-There is a surprise move because the street was probably expecting a rise in prices.Why this 6%cut? A-We take a ...
Computerworld-Scott Thompson,who was pushed out as CEO of Yahoo amid scandal this spring,has landed a new job. ShopRunner,an online shopping network,announced Monday that it has hired Thompson as its CEO.Mike Golden,who co-founded the ...
IDG News Service-Illness and legal advice stopped two founders of The Pirate Bay from speaking at the Hack in the Box security conference on Wednesday. Neither Peter"brokep"Sunde nor Fredrik"tiamo"Neij made the trip to Kuala Lumpur for ...
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Computerworld-After years as the top PC maker in the world,Hewlett-Packard may be pushed aside by a quick-moving Lenovo. It's no longer clear which company sits at the top of the rankings for the PC industry. Two industry analyst firms ...