A partnership that sought to make it easy for Americans and Canadians to buy the virtual currency bitcoin has dissolved into a US$75 million lawsuit. Bitcoin startup CoinLab alleges that the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox in Tokyo, ...
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Sony Electronics is starting its retail expansion with a splash, opening the doors to three newly remodeled Sony Stores and several brand new Sony Gallery experiences in just a few short months. Following the success of the most recently ...
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Egypt said it has arrested three men suspected of slicing a crucial undersea Internet cable on Wednesday, causing widespread problems from Kenya to Pakistan. The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable runs 12,500 ...
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Ira Glass, the host and creator of the public radio program This American Life, will be the fourth and final speaker in the 2012-2013 George T. Hunter Lecture Series on Sunday, April 7, at 4 p.m. at the Tivoli. Glass’s talk, dubbed ...
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UTC Aerospace Systems of Charlotte, NC, USA (a unit of United Technologies Corp formed after its acquisition of Sensors Unlimited Inc’s parent company Goodrich Corp in early August) will release its next-generation Sensors Unlimited ...
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When Canonical officially announced Ubuntu for phones just a few weeks ago, it demonstrated an attractive interface but was otherwise light on specifics regarding the hardware, carriers, or apps that might be involved in actual devices. A ...
USA - Opened in late 2012, ArcLight Cinemas' newest location in La Jolla, California, offers patrons "the ultimate movie-going experience with ArcLight Wide Screen, a state-of-the-art auditorium concept". The premium theatre features a ...
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Online encyclopedia Wikipedia may encounter service disruptions as it is migrated to servers at a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Wikimedia Foundation, the host of Wikipedia and other websites, said on Saturday it will move this week ...
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A number of high-profile outages that took place last weekend can be traced back to how the Linux OS kernel mishandled a leap second added to the official time,charges the CTO of DataStax,a company that manages the open source Cassandra ...
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Despite precautions by system providers, an extra second added to the official timekeeping record Saturday triggered several popular Internet services to crash over the weekend, including LinkedIn, Reddit and Quantas airline's reservation ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has appointed Robert Roche as vice ...
Chubb Fire & Security UK provided more than 500 business owners and managers with essential information and advice on keeping their people and premises safe and secure as part of a free seminar open to all businesses in the UK. Chubb, a ...
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After a two-day outage, Internet access in war-torn Syria appears to be for the most part restored on Saturday, according to reports from several sources. “Renesys confirms a largely complete restoration of the Syrian Internet this ...
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The Tribune reported that last ninety four employees of Energex Tube were let go last week as the company permanently cut the jobs as shut down two of the Dain Ave plant's mills. JMC Steel Group, Energex Tube’s parent US company, ...
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UTC RETAIL,a leading provider of in-store solutions,including software,hardware and professional services,announced today the results of the 2012 RIS News Software Leader Board listing UTC RETAIL as a top 20 overall software provider. In ...