Although analysts say Google's $22.5 million fine from the FTC is a simple slap on the wrist, they argue that the publicity about it may still push the company to change its ways. Ending an FTC investigation into allegations that Google ...
Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) has announced that its new Project Phoenix heavy rare earth concentrate facilities situated at Mountain Pass in California have commenced operation, marking the beginning of the US company's bid to challenge Chinese ...
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Infoworld - OpenStack, the open source "cloud operating system," has stirred community excitement and attracted a vendor following, including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Red Hat. But until now one thing has been lacking: A high-profile ...
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Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation(ASX:LYC), has filed a defamation action against Malaysian protestors and opponents over their criticism of the company's rare earth plant (LAMP), which will process ores shipped from Western ...
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IDG News Service - One of the most complicated missions ever attempted by NASA, the landing of the one-ton rover Curiosity inside a crater on Mars after a 500 million kilometer journey, has apparently gone without a hitch. Curiosity ...
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Computerworld - In a few years, instead of getting an instant text message from the boss, workers may see the chief's face pop up on the screen and start talking. At least that's the vision of Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin ...
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The prelimary economic assessment for the Ashram rare earth deposit in Quebec shows "robust economics," says Canadian explorer Commerce Resources (TSX-V:CCE). The project is within the Eldor property located in the iron-ore rich region of ...
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The United States should take a cue from Canada when it comes to speeding up the environmental approval of mining and energy projects. As US projects wither on the vine due to an excessive and Byzantine environmental approval process (as an ...
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Big Data is not a new phenomenon and has been around for many years, noted Jim Goodnight, CEO at SAS, who spoke recently at the SAS High Performance Analytics Conference in Hong Kong. He described how companies have always been aware of ...
Computerworld - Western Digital today announced what it is calling its smallest external hard disk drive, the 500GB My Passport Edge, for both Macs and PCs. The new drives are 4.34 inches long by 3.2-inches wide and .5-inches thick. The ...
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SGS Geostat has determined a base case Inferred mineral resource of 219.8 million tonnes containing 1.88% TREO, an Indicated mineral resource of 27.7 million tonnes containing 1.90% TREO, and a Measured mineral resource of 1.6 million ...
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Infoworld - Oracle is finding its road map for enterprise Java is a bit too ambitious, with the company now proposing a postponement in cloud computing capabilities that had been anticipated for Java EE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition) 7 ...
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The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, global ranking agency Fitch Ratings revealed Thursday. According to the firm’s experts, a gloomy macroeconomic ...
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The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines said Tuesday it opened its final bid for the Badakhshan gold deposit, located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Dow Jones Commodities reports. Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani, said on ...
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TEX reported that prices of hot rolled steel coils for January shipment rose further in the Asian region.The Japanese mills are predicted to raise their prices in negotiations on HR coils for February shipment as well taking an advantage of ...
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