Modern shower enclosures are quite a novel and appreciated additional feature in today’s bathrooms. They have over the years been treated as insignificant appendages with no specific role in the bathroom. Those times are now long ...
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison revealed this week at the OpenWorld conference that the next version of the company's flagship database,Oracle 12c,would feature a radical new architecture called pluggable databases. Pluggable databases will ...
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Despite recent setbacks in its long-running IP dispute with Apple,Samsung's third quarter profits rose by 85 per cent,the firm announced today,largely as a result of strong smartphone sales. Acording to the Financial Times,revenue for the ...
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Samsung Electronics said Friday that stronger-than-expected sales of its Galaxy smartphones sent operating profits up 90 percent in the latest quarter,but analysts warned its results could take a hit in the coming months as it books legal ...
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Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new study, researchers from Taiwan ...
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IDG News Service-More than 1 billion people now use Facebook each month,almost one-seventh of the world's population,the company announced Thursday. The company said it passed the milestone on Sept.14,but only revealed the figure ...
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Oniqua MRO Analytics(www.oniqua.com),the leading provider of analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive organizations,today announced the release of Oniqua Analytics Solution(OAS)Version 6.4-the company's most advanced ...
In large technology departments,dysfunctional relationships breed like mushrooms in a dank basement.Your dev and ops teams are no longer on speaking terms,while your junior and senior developers can't seem to agree on anything.IT and legal ...
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Chrysler Corporation has a lot riding on the new Dodge Dart. It's been years, and arguably even decades, since the carmaker stepped into the ring with a competitive small car. A lot has changed since then. So we bought two Darts to see if ...
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BPF Director-General Peter Davis speaking yesterday at the Global Polymer Innovation Expo (GPIE) in Columbus, Ohio said the world has plentiful oil and gas reserves and global polyolefins capacity should be sufficient to meet demand growth ...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with energy-efficient and higher-priced LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs ...
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UK food ingredients group Tate & Lyle plc has said its first-half profits remained flat year-on-year, with growth expected to pick up in the second half. "Overall, we expect to report adjusted operating profit for the group for the first ...
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The U.S.Census Bureau reported that total construction spending fell 0.9 percent in July to$834.4 billion after rising 0.4 percent in June,ending three months of consecutive increases.On a positive note, year-to-date,construction spending ...
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What is it about the local pub or sports bar that appeals to so many,besides the obvious beverage-oriented reasons?Maybe it has to do with a sense of comfort,and of belonging.A lot of people decide to build these kinds of spaces in their ...
Security and data privacy are still the top concerns for UK businesses adopting cloud-based services,research shows. Security(82%)and privacy(69%)top concerns when it comes to migrating to the cloud for the third year in a row,according ...
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