It’s usually Dream Toys which signals the start of 'top toy' price-cutting, but we're in November and so far the inevitable heavy toy discounting has yet to materialise. Last year Asda, Toys R Us and Argos engaged in a price war in ...
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Mozilla this week suspended development of a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, citing add-on incompatibilities and low priority for the project. In a message posted to Bugzilla, the company’s bug- and change-tracking database, ...
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In the latest twist in a saga that has dragged on for seven years, a federal judge on Thursday refused to set aside a $675,000 fine that a jury had imposed on a former Boston University student for illegally downloading 30 songs. In a ...
Tags: Judge, Fine, Music Piracy Case
To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is embarking on an aggressive strategy that calls for ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime. The company on Tuesday ...
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With a future in ARM servers looming, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced its fastest 16-core Opteron 6300 server chips as the company continues to enhance its x86 line-up. The five new Opteron chips, code-named Abu Dhabi, are up ...
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Although last week’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics showed better-than-expected results, the IT industry, was a big disappointment. After sustained growth – including 36,300 jobs added in July and August ...
Tags: employment, Foote Partners, IT, IT jobs, Labour
Facebook,which had been in the doghouse with Wall Street since it went public,wowed investors with its third-quarter report on Tuesday,in particular with its improvements and early results in the crucial mobile market. Facebook ...
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With eves firmly focused on the Bangladesh market following the dramatic slump and exhaustion of the Indian market Chittagong has been something of a disappointment in recent weeks, with Buvers onlv really there for select units and even ...
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vanguardngr reported that Ajaokuta Steel Company was a big dream, and Mr Noel Onoja remembers with nostalgia the splendor of the complex, and the dream that it had the potential to place the country on the path of international industrial ...
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Rolling On - The Rolling Stones have announced four concerts in London and New York at the end of the year. The band will play London's O2 Arena on 25 and 29 November and at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey on 13 and 15 December. ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada says that its US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT has produced an integrated laser device, achieving a key milestone in its Planar Optoelectronic Technology ...
Tags: OPEL, ODIS, POET, integrated laser device, VCL
Barry Callebaut has insisted the investments it made during the first six months of its financial year have provided it with a "good base" for future growth after it reported a fall in half-year profits. The Swiss chocolate maker ...
Investors are betting on a battle for Inmet Mining Corporation to control the coveted Cobre Panama project in Central America. Inmet shares have catapulted 23% in the two tradings sessions since the company disclosed it received and ...
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Earlier this week, news emerged from the US that researchers have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new source is reportedly more efficient, produces a better quality of light and is flicker free. ...
Tags: LEDS, Lamp, new type of lighting, fluorescent bulbs, LED panel
Computerworld-The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-in.iMac's repair score to 3 out of a possible 10,calling servicing the computer"an exercise in disappointment." The website urged do-it-yourselfers to look for ...