GlobalOptions has appointed Lars Skaar as director of International Strategies, to help assist in expanding the firm's SIU programs throughout Europe and around the world. In his new role, Skaar will be responsible for leading SIU ...
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Prompt gas prices on Continental Europe's trading hubs edged higher Friday morning, in line with the UK NBP, while rangebound oil kept later dated contracts stable. At midday UK time, gas for next-day delivery at the Dutch TTF was seen ...
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The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories,according to security researchers from antivirus ...
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Whereas development in prices for softwood logs was stable in Norway in August and September, those for industrial soft and above all industrial hardwood continued to fall below the previous months’ levels. Data from the Norwegian ...
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Microsoft's 16-month browser ballot screw-up in the European Union cost Mozilla an estimated 8.8 million downloads of its Firefox browser,the open-source vendor's head lawyer said Tuesday. Microsoft faces fines that could reach into ...
PC World-There's been a seemingly endless parade of tiny,Linux-powered PCs entering the market in recent months,including most recently the$49 Cubieboard and the$89 UG802. It's nothing short of a revolution in computing,as I've noted ...
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After nine months of deliberations and some changes on Google's side,the Norwegian Data Protection Authority lifted a ban on the use of Google Apps by municipalities. However,the decision does not give city authorities carte blanche to ...
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Facebook has been ordered by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner,Billy Hawkes,to turn off its face recognition feature. However Facebook intends the disabling of the face recognition tool to be only temporary."Our intention is to ...
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HIGH POINT -- Sitbest Ltd., a division of Norwegian seating specialist Elano AS, is making its U.S. debut at the Oct. 13-18 High Point Market. The Euro-style recliner and sofa source has signed a five-year lease on a 3,000-square-foot ...
IDG News Service - IBM has combined a number of its online marketing software programs into a unified service, called the IBM Marketing Center. IBM has designed the service, an IBM Smarter Commerce offering, for organizations to outsource ...
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IDG News Service-The Norwegian Tax Administration and the State Educational Loan Fund's use of Google Analytics violate the country's privacy laws,because the agencies have no control over how Google uses information about users,the ...
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Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla has entered into an agreement to acquire family-controlled food company Rieber&Soen,by committing to buy 90.11%shares held by the Rieber family,in a deal which values the company at ...
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A new testing facility is set to establish in Norway,Europe to explore the survival and growth of pathogens such as E.coli and Listeria monocytogenes. The project,which is funded by the Research Council of Norway,is an initiative of food ...
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Norwegian food manufacturer Rieber&Søn today(12 July)reported lower half-year sales and profits,blaming low consumer confidence in Europe. Rieber&Son,which had seen sales increase in the first quarter of 2012,booked lower ...
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Norway-The Norwegian Television School has replaced its existing stock of miniature microphones with 20 DPA 4060 omnidirectional miniature microphones,which were chosen for their ruggedness and reliability. Supplied by DPA's Norwegian ...
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