While the biggest charity "thons" were flat or slightly down in 2012, most dedicated to cycling saw healthy increases.? "When we look at the results, the really strong results are in the cycling area," said David Hessekiel, president of ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
The initiative, developed by Zest magazine, is a unique, women-only event organised exclusively for their readers. Designed to test both mental and physical stamina, the Zest Challenge encourages participants at all fitness levels and will ...
Tags: Freya, Active Sports Bras, Zest
Intel has joined The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), an industry group that hopes its "flexible wireless power" specification for mobile wireless charging can become an industry standard. Founded by Qualcomm and Samsung, A4WP claims ...
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Frustrated by their difficulty prosecuting cases involving online content that is illegal or damaging to individuals, a group of state attorneys general are taking action. They are circulating a draft letter that they plan to send to the ...
Tags: Safe Harbor, Online Content
The orphanage as part of the New Hope Church of Traverse City’s mission trip, will receive tPOD1s during the third week of June. The partnership between the church and Tellurex was formed for a chance meeting between Tellurex Program ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Orphanage
Five milliners supported by the British Fashion Council’s Headonism scheme will have their work on sale at a pop-up on the first floor of Browns from the 5th – 17th June. The edit selected by Browns will include AW13 ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel&Accessories, Headonism
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has trimmed the number of sport hopefuls for the final open slot during the 2020 Games to three from eight. The final vote to determine which activity—baseball/softball, ...
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Fairphone has received enough orders to start production on what it says is a smartphone that will be built according to ethical standards, designed and produced with minimal harm to people and the planet. The Amsterdam-based company ...
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With his H-1B fight over and lost to the tech industry, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote on the controversial immigration bill late last month. It was late in the ...
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Open-source advocate Mark Shuttleworth closed Ubuntu's seriocomic Bug #1 report on Thursday after leaving it open nearly nine years. The move heralded a major shift in rhetoric from the leader of the world's most popular Linux distribution. ...
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Europe may levy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar products. This will increase the prices of China-made solar products in Europe. To retaliate, China will likely impose tariffs on Europe-based polysilicon through its on-going ...
Tags: Solar Trade Row, EU Members
With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday. The tech industry had won. It was getting late in the day and the ...
Tags: Stinky Onion, Computer Products, H-1B
U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. The 100-page report, ...
Tags: IP, US, Computer Products
Flaunting the symbolic message of a cause and empowering women to step out in style, high-street fashion retailer Splash announces the much awaited launch of the Being Human Ladies collection across its stores in the region. Spreading the ...
Tags: Being Human, Womenswear
OSRAM, supporters of Delight in Light, the new concept created to encourage excellence in lighting design are supplying an LED lamp to the first 10 submitted entries. The OSRAM LED STAR CLASSIC A60 10W (which won't be available to buy in ...