Spinning was most probably the impetus for the first Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. And most probably, there is no other sector in the whole textile production chain that underwent such drastic changes over the centuries and ...
Oracle first announced its Social Relationship Management product family several months ago at OpenWorld, but has now taken steps to actually integrate the components of the product set, which it gained through a number of acquisitions over ...
The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. “We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea ...
The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. "We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea is a ...
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Oman Cement Co has said its net profits after tax grew 37% to OR17.5m during 2012, compared to OR12.79m a year earlier, thanks to higher sales and improvement in margins, Oman Daily Observer has reported. For the final quarter of 2012, the ...
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California has terminated its contract with SAP in connection with a $371 million software system that was supposed to overhaul the state's payroll system but instead ended up mired in major delays and cost overruns. Some $254 million has ...
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Oracle is hitting back hard at a recently released Forrester Research report that suggested most customers aren’t interested in moving up to the vendor’s next-generation Fusion Applications, which were released about 18 months ...
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Controller John Chiang Following a spate of major delays and cost overruns, the U.S. state of California has terminated a contract with SAP that would have overhauled the state’s payroll system at a cost of $371 million. Some $254 ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle has agreed to pay US$1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor specializing in session delivery. Carriers and enterprises use Acme's products to manage the quality of voice, video, application or ...
Oracle announced on Monday that it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor that specialises in session delivery. Carriers and enterprises use Acme’s products to manage the quality of voice, video, ...
Residents of the East Sussex town of Battle have been invited to give their views on proposals that would see streetlights switched off during the night. Battle Town Council wants to power down its lighting between midnight and 05:30 in ...
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Politicians have attacked the "crazy" situation which sees north Watford road signs illuminated all night, while dangerous bends are left in darkness by the streetlight switch-off. Hertfordshire County Council introduced a part-night ...
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Residents in Rye will soon have their chance to raise any concerns that they have to the council over plans to turn off street lights overnight in the town as a way of saving money. East Sussex County Council is hoping to push through ...
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This year's electrifying Nobel Peace Prize Concert saw Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot luminaires, supplied by Norway's AVAB CAC, star as the power luminaire of choice for respected lighting director Nick Collier. "The main challenge in ...
Mindfulness training is becoming a common part of psychological therapy, although you may still not fully understand it. That's a shame, because it's a useful method for aiding behavior change, such as that involved in weight loss, and ...
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