Web companies using facial recognition technology should avoid identifying anonymous images of consumers to someone who could not otherwise identify them, unless the companies have the consumers' consent, a U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...
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One billion hacking attempts will be made globally in the final quarter of 2012, according to new predictions by information assurance firm NCC Group. The firm’s latest Origin of Hacks report identifies 981 million hacks attempted ...
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When shopping for a new car,it is natural to want to get a great value for your automotive dollar.And that's what our latest best new-car values analysis is designed to do. Simply stated:Vehicles that are reliable,perform well,and ...
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According to the Spanish steelmakers association Unesid,in November this year Spanish crude steel output amounted to 1.05 million mt,down 14 percent year on year. In the first 11 months of the current year,Spain's crude steel output ...
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General Motors (GM) is hiring 3,000 staff from HP as part of its aggressive plan to bring outsourced IT work back in-house. GM announced plans to bring its outsourced IT, which was about 90% of the total, back in-house and recruit 10,000 ...
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An upgrade of Microsoft's Office Web Apps has been finalized, and a combination of enhancements makes this Web-hosted Office version work much better on iPads than previous iterations. As a result, Microsoft, which has been reticent to ...
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Almost three quarters of retail banks are increasing how much they spend on innovation as they attempt to better engage customers through mobile and online channels. According to a study of 300 banks in 66 countries, carried out by IT ...
The economic picture that Gartner's head of research, Peter Sondergaard, painted at his firm's recent Symposium/ITxpo conference in Orlando was upbeat in a surprising way. While Gartner isn't significantly raising its global IT growth ...
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Record group EMI is honing its marketing efforts by joining its data sources through Microsoft SQL Server 2012. It has reportedly gained insights into how individual artists’ albums, tracks, ringtones and merchandise sell in different ...
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As the year winds to a close,it is natural to look back and recall the high points.But,it is also useful to remember the lows,including those cars that disappointed.Here,we commemorate the worst models in our ratings. These are current ...
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The first tests of EE's 4G network showed less than half of Manchester city centre was covered by the high-speed mobile network and 4G connections were inconsistent. Only 42.2% of test locations had 4G access, while outside Manchester ...
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Verify Markets, a research firm specializing in industrial, environmental, energy, and water markets, finds that the need for energy savings and peak demand reduction are key drivers for continued growth in the lighting controls market. ...
USA - Skrillex rocked the house as 16 Chauvet Professional Legend 412 moving heads projected powerful beams and striking pixel-mapping effects during the South By Southwest 2012 AM Only Showcase. The AM Only Showcase featured a ...
Google's new €75m Dublin datacentre facility, which houses computers that provide critical cloud-based services such as the Google search engine, Gmail and Google Maps, is now operational. The datacentre, at Profile Park in ...
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Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent-licensing agreement. Nokia and RIM have a history of licensing patents to one another, and agreed a cross-license in 2003 for ...
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