Microsoft will not sell Windows 8 as a physical boxed product in China and instead will only distribute the OS through downloads and pre-installs on devices,in a move that could help the company drive consumers away from pirated copies of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, China, software piracy
The days are getting shorter. For those of us who toil away in office cubicles, the darker days of winter are especially trying. Heck, we can barely get any light as it is. Once we're going to work before the sun rises and staying until ...
Can you imagine,around 35 representatives from the most well-known worldwide apparel brands and retailers sitting on the same side of the table in the Indian textile hub of Coimbatore?On the other side of the table were leaders of the South ...
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G&K Services Inc.will highlight its flame resistant uniforms and personal protective equipment as an exhibitor at the National Safety Council Congress&Expo in Orlando,Florida from October 22-24,2012.The show will be held at the Orange ...
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Computerworld-SANTA CLARA,CALIF.--Prior to instituting a change management program,the IT group at financial and tax preparation software company Intuit took eight weeks to complete a business developer's service ticket. As in many ...
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UniFirst Corporation announced results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and full year ended August 25,2012.Fourth quarter revenues were$312.4 million,up 7.4%from$290.9 million in the year ago period.Net income for the quarter was$22.5 ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that owners of Windows RT hardware,including the company's own Surface RT,must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices'bundled Office apps at and for work. The ...
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No matter in which profession one is whether sports, IT, commerce etc...If the person does not have the required resources at his disposal then he can never perform the task up to the mark. It is must to have essential tools otherwise ...
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Apple supplier Foxlink,a maker of iPhone cable connectors,disputed claims on Friday that a company worker committed suicide after being denied a leave of absence,instead suggesting that drug use may have played a role in the worker's death. ...
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How can it be that a company clever enough to satisfy Apple’s famously stringent requirements can’t figure out how to keep its workers from killing themselves and hurting one another? Last week’s riot at a Foxconn ...
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A first of its kind study conducted by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine found standard control curtains were 8 times more likely to be contaminated with the superbug vancomycin resistant enterrococus (VRE) than experimental ...
IDG News Service-The family of a worker who committed suicide at an alleged Apple supplier in China is blaming his death on the harsh management at the factory and has tried demonstrating against the company,only to be detained by local ...
Tags: Apple, Mistreatment, Victim's Family
The Garment Sector Roundtable(GSR)was launched in January 2011 to bring together multiple garment industry stakeholders in Bangalore,including multi-national brands,domestic manufacturers,industry associations,trade unions and research ...
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Electronics manufacturer Foxconn maintains that workers making iPhones at a Chinese factory did not strike on Friday and that production wasn't affected,according to published reports. Foxconn's statement contradicts a labor rights ...
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It's been a busy,bumpy year for Apple since Steve Jobs died last Oct 5.The company won a massive jury award against Samsung for patent infringement and in April it became arguably the most valuable company in history when its market ...