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Iron Ore Miners Appear Set for a Sustained Bull Run as Iron Ore Prices Resurge
Dec 28, 2012Proactive Investors reported that iron ore miners appear set for a sustained bull run as iron ore prices resurge after declining five straight months on the back of strong Chinese growth and falling inventories. Fortescue Metals Group was ...
Tags: China, Iron Ore, Proactive Investors, iron ore prices, metal market
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These Issues Certainly Are Not Limited to Tier I ERP System Implementations
Dec 28, 2012Panorama Consulting Solutions has published Clash of the Titans 2012: An Independent Comparison of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics. The majority of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics ERP customers with business cases report that their ...
Tags: SAP, Computer Products, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics
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NatWest Is Today Facing Another Significant Outage
Dec 28, 2012NatWest is today facing another significant outage, leaving customers unable to access online banking or use their debit cards. Customers have been complaining about the problems, with a number of readers contacting Computer Weekly to ...
Tags: NatWest, outage, debit cards, online banking, bank
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UK Universities Will Research The Challenges Associated with The Use of IT as a Utility
Dec 28, 2012A consortium of UK universities will research the challenges associated with the use of IT as a utility as part of a£1.5m investment by the Research Council. The University of Southampton will establish a research network of ...
Tags: universities, research IT, utility
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Retail and Supplier Seasonal Marketing Spends Are up Year-on-Year
Dec 28, 2012Retail and supplier seasonal marketing spends are up year-on-year. Two thirds of toy firms surveyed by ToyNews say they’re spending more on marketing their products for Christmas. Some 66 per cent of firms have a higher ...
Tags: Toy firms, Christmas, Toy, toy retailers
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OnlineVNC Server Is a Quality and Easy-to-Use Program
Dec 28, 2012OnlineVNC Software announces the release of OnlineVNC Server 1.1 28.05.2012 OnlineVNC Software proudly announces the release of OnlineVNC Server 1.1, the company's flagship product for remote control the Windows 7 or Windows Vista from ...
Tags: OnlineVNC Software, Computer Products, OnlineVNC Server
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Work.COM Is The Result of Salesforce
Dec 28, 2012Salesforce.com has tied its Sales Cloud CRM (customer relationship management) application into its Work.com employee performance management software, in a combination the company says can make average salespeople better and good ones ...
Tags: Salesforce, Sales Cloud, CRM, software
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It Will Cost up to £4m to Take out References to Marriage Between Men and Women
Dec 28, 2012They say you can't put a price on true love,but a government consultation into same-sex marriage has done just that.According to an impact assessment report,the Home Office has found that changes to IT systems could be the biggest cost ...
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Mobile Operators Have Come to See Public Wi-Fi as an Important Part of Their Networks
Dec 28, 2012A group of wireless operators including AT&T, Boingo Wireless, BT and China Mobile have joined forces to work on a common framework for Wi-Fi roaming to make it easier for users to access hotspots while travelling abroad. Mobile operators ...
Tags: wireless operators, Boingo Wireless, BT, China Mobile, WiFi roaming
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The Company Told Instagram Fans It Had No Intention of Selling Photos
Dec 28, 2012The company told Instagram fans it has no intention of selling photos after its new terms and conditions sparked outrage among users yesterday. The photo-sharing service saw many of its users threaten to delete their accounts after it ...
Tags: Instagram, photos, photo sharing service, social media sites
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Scientists Are Nearly Positive They've Found The Elusive Higgs Boson
Dec 28, 2012Wrapping up the Large Hadron Collider's first three years of work, scientists are nearly positive they've found the elusive Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle." Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, ...
Tags: CERN, Higgs boson, God particle, Scientists
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Chip Maker Advanced Micro Devices Plans to Cut as Many as 2,340 Jobs
Dec 28, 2012Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)plans to cut as many as 2,340 jobs,or about 20%of its workforce. The cuts are expected to be announced as early as next week,according to Bloomberg,citing an anonymous source as the plans are not yet ...
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The Department Dismissed The Allegations as Irrelevant
Dec 28, 2012The Ministry of Defence awarded CSC a £303m contract after learning of allegations the supplier was involved in the illegal rendition and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri. The department dismissed the allegations as ...
Tags: MoD, CSC, torture flight, award, human rights
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Google Announced It Would Phase out Synchronization Via Microsoft EAS
Dec 28, 2012Microsoft yesterday pitched its Outlook.com email service to users of Gmail dismayed by Google's decision to abandon a popular enterprise synchronization service next month for new customers. Last week, Google announced it would phase out ...
Tags: Microsoft, Outlook, email service, Gmail, Google
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Proposed Laws Could Protect Virtual Intellectual Property.
Dec 28, 2012Proposed laws could protect virtual intellectual property. A number of Internet laws that aim to protect intellectual property rights online have been proposed in recent months. While only one piece of legislation has passed, proposed ...
Tags: Business Implications, Computer Products, Cyber Legislation
