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The New Name for The Rent-Not-Own Suite:Creative Cloud

May 14, 2013

A petition on Change.org demanding that Adobe back away from its subscription-only model for its creativity software, including Photoshop, has collected over 4,400 signatures by late Thursday. And those thousands of customers were unhappy ...

Tags: Backlash, Adobe

Financing for The Proposal Is to Come From Existing Cash in Dell&$5.2 Billion in New Debt

May 14, 2013

Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have countered Dell's plan to go private with an offer that would give shareholders a large payout and still keep the computer company publicly traded. In a letter Thursday to Dell's ...

Tags: Investor Carl Icahn, Dell

India Is to Make Decision of Giving Posco Preferential Access to an Iron Ore Mine

May 14, 2013

India’s federal government is to make decision of giving Posco preferential access to an iron ore mine for the US$12-billion steel project in the country. It the decision was made positively, the troubled project would have a boost. ...

Tags: Mining License, Mining

New Legislation Would Require Mobile Developers to Provide Clear Notice to Consumers

May 14, 2013

The mobile industry's efforts to convince lawmakers that self-regulation alone is the best way to address growing concerns over privacy-invading mobile applications appears to be running into some headwind. On Thursday, Rep. Hank Johnson ...

Tags: Mobile App Vendors, Hook for Privacy

Virtual Blueprints for 3D Printable Handgun Found The Pirate Bay

May 14, 2013

Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun have found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that ...

Tags: 3D Gun, Computer Products

China's Overall Value-Added Industrial Output Increased by 9.4 Percent Year on Year

May 14, 2013

In the January-April period of the current year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 9.4 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on May 13. Meanwhile, in April alone China's ...

Tags: Value-Added Industrial, Mineral

China's Overall Real Estate Investment Amounted to RMB 1.918 Trillion

May 14, 2013

In January-April this year, China's overall real estate investment amounted to RMB 1.918 trillion ($311.9 billion), up 21.1 percent year on year, with this growth rate up 0.9 percentage points compared to the year-on-year increase rate ...

Tags: Real Estate Investment, Mineral

China's Total Fixed Asset Investments Amounted to RMB 9.1319 Trillion

May 14, 2013

In the January-April period of this year, China's total fixed asset investments (excluding rural households) amounted to RMB 9.1319 trillion ($1.47 trillion), up 20.6 percent year on year, according to the figures released by China's ...

Tags: Fixed Asset Investments, Mineral

Subsidiary Baosteel Special Steel's Steel Has Been Granted Certification

May 14, 2013

Shanghai-based Chinese steel giant Baosteel has announced that its subsidiary Baosteel Special Steel's steel used in automobile crankshafts has been granted certification by major Japanese auto producer Toyota Motor Company. Accordingly, ...

Tags: Baosteel, Crankshafts

The Construction Industry Output Volume in Adjusted, Constant Prices Decreased 2.4 Percent

May 14, 2013

In Great Britain, the construction industry output volume in seasonally adjusted, constant (2005) prices decreased 2.4 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the fourthe quarter of 2012, according to a report released by the ...

Tags: Construction Output, Mineral

ArcelorMittal South Africa Announced Its Financial Results for Q1 of The Current Year

May 14, 2013

Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of ZAR 275 million ($30.2 million) compared to a net profit of ZAR 279 million ...

Tags: Arcelormittal, Vanderbijlpark Fire

Terror Has Defeated Privacy Concerns as Every CCTV Camera in The Land

May 14, 2013

Track forward a decade. Terror has defeated privacy concerns as every CCTV camera in the land, now filming in crytal-clear high definition, is linked to law enforcement and powerful data sifting systems. Sensor technology like that found ...

Tags: McCabe, Skinjob, Computer Products

CUFF Is Being Co-Hosted This Year by Nova Scotia Power & EMERA in Halifax, May 27 and 28

May 14, 2013

May 12, 2013 - The Canadian Utility Fleet Council’s 23rd annual Canadian Utility Fleet Forum (CUFF) is being co-hosted this year by Nova Scotia Power & EMERA in Halifax, N.S., May 27 and 28. There is also a reception for attendees and ...

Tags: utility fleet sector, Consumer Electronics

A Family of Giant Robots Behind The Scenes Counts and Processes Their Medications

May 14, 2013

Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/11/2013 12:32:28 PM Although it won't be obvious to patients, a family of giant robots behind the scenes now counts and processes their medications. With a new automated ...

Tags: UCSF Robotic Pharmacy, Packaging

In March Bing Expanded Center Column to Incorporate More Social Information From Facebook

May 14, 2013

Bing is adding some new social features to its search engine, by letting users comment and "like" their Facebook friends' posts directly on the site. The new tools constitute yet another expansion to the Microsoft search site to make it ...

Tags: Bing, Facebook

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