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Chinese Handset Maker ZTE Showed off a New High-End Phone on Wednesday

Jan 4, 2013

Chinese handset maker ZTE showed off a new high-end phone on Wednesday. The Z5 has a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera and a quad-core processor. The Z5 is part ZTE's new line of Nubia devices, according to the company's official ...

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Cloud Computing Services Are Trying to Exploit Perceived Weaknesses in Privacy Laws

Jan 4, 2013

Cloud computing services from outside the U.S. are trying to exploit perceived weaknesses in privacy laws to drive business away from U.S. providers, according to some representatives of the tech industry. Deutsche Telekom and other ...

Tags: Foreign cloud, marketing, privacy, Computer Products

Judge Has Agreed The Toyota Motor's Unconsciou Acceleration Settlement

Jan 4, 2013

A US district judge has granted preliminary approval to Japanese auto maker Toyota Motor's unintended acceleration settlement for over $1bn. According to court documents, the settlement is valued at over $1.3bn between Toyota and an ...

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NASA's Mars Rover Has Discovered That Martian Soil Is an Awfully Lot Like Hawaiian Land

Jan 4, 2013

In initial tests, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered that Martian soil is an awfully lot like Hawaiian sand. The super rover, which has been working on Mars since this past August, ran its first soil samples over the past few ...

Tags: NASA, Curiosity, soil, Mars, Hawaiian

Microsoft Has Announced This Year's Dates for Its Premier Developer Conference, Build 2012

Jan 4, 2013

Hoping to capitalize on the excitement around the pending Windows 8 launch, Microsoft has announced this year's dates for its premier developer conference, Build 2012, which will be held Oct. 30 through Nov. 2 on the company's Redmond, ...

Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products, Conference, Redmond

Cyclone Sandy Knocked out Mobile, Phone and Cable Service in Many Parts of The U.S

Jan 4, 2013

Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country between Virginia and Massachusetts, ...

Tags: Sandy, tropical cyclone, mobile, eastern U.S.

Burlington, Wash. Officials Have Notified Hundreds of Employees and Residents

Jan 4, 2013

Computerworld - Burlington, Wash. officials have notified hundreds of employees and residents that their bank account information was compromised last week when hackers broke into city systems and stole more than $400,000 from a city ...

Tags: Burlington, hackers, Bank of America, $400, 000, alert

XL Has Introduced a New Risk Transfer Product for UK Companies

Jan 3, 2013

XL, a global insurance and reinsurance company has introduced a new risk transfer product, called XL Commercial Advance for the UK companies. The new product incorporates property, business interruption, money, employers', public and ...

Tags: XL, insurance and reinsurance, Commercial Advance

Different Views of Rural America and U.S.Agriculture Emerged in Recent Weeks

Jan 3, 2013

Two starkly different views of rural America and U.S.agriculture emerged in recent weeks—one hopeful and optimistic,the other discouraging and maybe even a bit cynical. Starting with the bad news,USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced ...

Tags: policy, farmer, agriculture, market

Canonical Is Developing a Version of Ubuntu for Smartphones

Jan 2, 2013

Further expanding from its core mission of providing Linux distributions for desktop computers and servers, Canonical is developing a version of Ubuntu for smartphones. The company plans to market the OS to smartphone handset ...

Tags: Smartphones, phone, Computer Products

Apple's APP Store Had The Top Score Among Mobile Application Storefronts

Jan 2, 2013

Apple's App Store had the top score among mobile application storefronts ranked by ABI Research, but Microsoft's Windows Store narrowly beat the field for its degree of innovation. The rankings point to a central issue with application ...

Tags: Apple, App Store, Top Score, Computer Products

Retroactive for 2012 and Extended It for 2013

Jan 2, 2013

retroactive for 2012 and extended it for 2013. "The fact that the R&D credit was a cornerstone of the fiscal cliff package bodes well for the industry," said Kevin Richards, senior vice president of federal government affairs at ...

Tags: Congress, Wind Tax, Fiscal Cliff

Coverys Appointed Michael Driscoll and James Moran to Board of Directors

Jan 2, 2013

Coverys has appointed Michael Driscoll and James Moran to its Board of Directors, composed of practicing healthcare providers and other area professionals who deal with the healthcare community needs. Driscoll said that he will assist ...

Tags: Coverys, Directors members, practicing healthcare providers

US Patents and Trademarks Has Issued Notice of Allowance for DME Drug Optina Patent

Jan 2, 2013

The US office of patents and trademarks has issued notice of allowance to Ampio Pharmaceuticals for diabetic macular edema (DME) drug Optina patent. The company has also received similar patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property ...

Tags: Ampio, allowance for DME drug, Optina patent

Convey Message to The Public Regulators First Requires Listening

Jan 2, 2013

For agriculture to convey its message to the public and to governmental agencies and regulators first requires those in agriculture to listen,says Jeff Fowle. And he said at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Farm Bureau ...

Tags: agriculture, rancher, farmer, social media

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