Are the nation's LTE wireless carriers prepared for the video chat data crunch expected to come with the next-generation iPhone and other devices that are expected to launch this fall? The answer: It depends on whom you ask. Both AT&T ...
Tags: LTE wireless, video chat data, facetime, iphone 5
Apple has become the target of another lawsuit in China, this time because of its Siri technology, with a Shanghai-based company alleging that Apple has infringed on a patent involving its own personal assistant software. The company, ...
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Disruption is the best way of tackling botnet-based cybercrime, according to Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). Taking down the Waledac botnet of hijacked computers in February 2010 was a proof-of-concept strategy that Microsoft and ...
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Apple has been quietly improving its widely criticised iOS 6 Maps app, according to new reports. Apple Insider notes that the Brooklyn Bridge, which was previously distorted in Apple’s 3D Flyover mode, is now three dimensional and ...
The UK is to have the fastest broadband network of all major European countries by 2015,culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed. Speaking at the Google Campus in Tech City,Hunt defended the government after criticism from a Lords ...
Bizline, the importer of Choco 4 lollies, has been facing opposition to its packaging that is reportedly very similar to blister packs containing pills. Parents have voiced concern that kids would mistake medicines for lollies, though ...
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The multi national mining company Rio Tinto has long promised that its proposed new copper mine near the small town of Superior, Ariz., would provide 4,000 jobs and economic salvation for a local population that has struggled to find work ...
Tesco is reportedly set to announce a strategic review of its US business, which could lead the UK's largest retailer to quit the market after five years. Sky News reported this evening Tesco will reveal plans to look at the future of its ...
Tags: Tesco, strategic review, US business, Fresh&Easy
Facebook is to makechanges to its privacy controlsto make it easier to manage settings and enable users to review every publicly available image. The updates include privacy shortcuts, an improved activity log and a new request and ...
Change to Win has launched a fresh attack on Tesco's US operations. During Tesco's AGM on Friday (29 July) the group reiterated calls for Tesco to "increase transparency" at its US business, Fresh & Easy. CtW is comprised of four unions ...
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Government IT reformers have criticised the Cabinet Office's plans to give chief procurement officer Bill Crothers a more prominent position within the IT leadership team. Sources told Computer Weekly they were concerned the move could ...
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First Milk is the latest UK milk supplier to announce a cut to its farmgate milk price in the last week. The co-op today (4 July) blamed declining returns from customers in the liquid milk market for its decision to reduce its liquid pool ...
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Morrisons is to increase what it pays to milk farmers, becoming the latest UK retailer to up its payment amid anger from suppliers. The UK's fourth-largest retailer said it would increase the premium it pays for milk and make an extra ...
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New Zealand's largest electricity producer,Meridian Energy has resumed talks with Rio Tinto Alcan,the majority owner of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter over Rio's request for changes to 18 year contracts for power supply that kick in on ...
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A verbal stoush has erupted between Fiat and Nissan,with executives from both company's trading blows over the styling and functionality of their cars. The war of words started at the unveiling of the electric Fiat 500e(pictured top)at ...
Tags: Fiat, Nissan, EV design, electric car