Computerworld-If there's a brush fire or earthquake in California's Ventura County,city officials could be getting critical information from Twitter and residents could be receiving warnings on their smartphones. For emergency ...
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The greatest revolution in agricultural equipment is the new technology that producers will be able to use on their machinery to improve efficiency and productivity in the field. That's according to Barry Nelson, media relations manager for ...
What sustainability means in the cotton value chain can't be determined by any individual, sector or nation. Rather, it should be defined by finding the common ground that exists among all of the stakeholders. That was the guiding concept ...
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The changing foliage won't be the only new colours to see in St. Jacobs this fall as Home Hardware Dealer-Owners from across Canada gather at the 2012 Home Hardware Fall Market. Taking place from Saturday, September 22 to Tuesday, September ...
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Sharp plans to withdraw solar panel production in EU and US Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]Japan-based Sharp plans to cut solar panel production in Europe and the US.The firm plans to gather resources ...
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The U.S.Federal Trade Commission has reached proposed settlements with a software vendor and seven rent-to-own stores after the agency accused them of installing spyware on rented computers that captured screenshots of personal ...
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Goldman Sachs is launching a new datacentre strategy to achieve higher cost savings and improved IT energy efficiency.The investment bank will replace its existing real estate-based datacentre infrastructure with modular datacentre ...
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Facebook engineer Sean Lynch has developed a monitoring tool that uses heatmapping to gather data to spot problems and patterns in its IT infrastructure. Lynch revealed the datacentre heatmapping tool on his blog. Lynch and other ...
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“It is a pleasure to work here at the fair,” one visitor said commenting on the 33rd edition of MUNICH FABRIC START (4-6 September 2012). What she was referring to here was the fair’s pleasant, constructive working ...
As our writers complete the report on our latest family car tire test results, the engineers are putting together the next testing program: ultra-high-performance (UHP) tires. And they want your help. These are summer and all-season tires ...
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The National Glass Association announced today that EDTM will sponsor both the 7th Annual Glazing Executives Forum (GEF) and 3rd Annual Window & Door Dealers Forum at the 2012 GlassBuild America Expo next week in Las Vegas. "Being one of ...
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A newly released report from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and UK-based N14 Energy Limited compared the environmental impact of light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs to compact fluorescent lamps. The LED ...
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"The light-emitting diode lamp is a rapidly evolving technology that,while already energy efficient,will become even more so in just a few short years,"said Marc Ledbetter,who manages PNNL`s solid-state lighting testing,analysis and ...
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The FBI on Tuesday denied that the 1 million unique device identifiers for Apple devices(UDIDs)posted publicly by hacker group AntiSec on Monday had come from its computers. In a brief statement,the FBI's national press office said the ...
Retail commerce via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs is booming. At the Otto Group the number of website visits in Germany has trebled within a year, with gross turnover levels growing even more strongly, almost ...
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