Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have announced the approval of Eliquis (apixaban) anticoagulant for the prevention of ischemic stroke and systemic embolism in patients suffering from nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in Japan. The ...
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Daily milk production in the UK diary farms has been reduced by 1.1liter to 24.1liter a cow due to unfavorable weather conditions across the country. Average milk production for October 2012 was reported as 993 million liters, a 6.5% drop ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has attacked the government's Communications Data Bill, labelling it a state "snooper's charter", and stating that Wikipedia will encrypt all connections with the UK if the plans to track internet, email and ...
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Privacy campaign group Europe vs. Facebook has threatened to take the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court if it is not satisfied with the DPC's final responses to its 22 complaints about Facebook's privacy policies, and appealed for ...
Tags: Facebook, Irish Data Protection Commissioner, DPC, privacy policies
In 2011, the Gross Domestic Product per capita in Luxembourg1, expressed in purchasing power standards2 (PPS), was more than two and a half times the EU27 average. The Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Germany were between ...
Tags: GDP, purchasing power, Individual Consumption, welfare situation
Capita has won the race to take over a number of key Barnet Council services in an outsourcing deal valued at GBP 320m over 10 years. The business-process outsourcing specialist will take over the running of the Council's "new support and ...
On December 14, 2012, European Union officially published the commission regulation (EU) No 1194/2012with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamp, LED lamp and related equipment, including when they are integrated into other ...
Tags: lamp, LED lamp, lighting, European Union
The European Union is moving to build a high-performance computing industry to challenge U.S. dominance, but it doesn't want to play catch-up. It wants to leapfrog and it is seeing whether ARM Holdings technology can give it that edge. ...
Tags: European Union, ARM Holdings technology, ARM Chips, Supercomputing Edge
Web companies using facial recognition technology should avoid identifying anonymous images of consumers to someone who could not otherwise identify them, unless the companies have the consumers' consent, a U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...
Tags: FTC, Web companies, facial recognition technology, anonymous images
Polycom has signed an agreement with Ireland’s department of environment, community and local government to provide a unified communications solution to its staff. The department is under pressure to cut costs during difficult ...
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The European Union (EU) today agreed to allow the UK’s top operators to work together on mobile payment solutions. Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere announced the plan to create a joint venture in March this year, hoping to ...
Broadband is no toy for early adopters.More citizens in the UK have access to the internet than ever before and those in the industry have had to move at a rate of knots to keep up with demand for better coverage,faster speeds and necessary ...
Tags: Broadband, UK, Virgin Media, BT, EU
The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for IT research totaling almost €1.5bn. The cash is part of a larger €8.1bn pot the EC plans to invest in various research projects proposed by businesses and organisations ...
Tags: European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme, European Union
Reuters cited Mr Rostam Qasemi Oil Minister as saying that western sanctions on Iran's shipping and energy sectors caused serious problems for its oil industry earlier this year but Iran has mostly overcome those challenges. Iranian ...
Tags: Iran, Sanction Challenges, US and European
Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for Whitehall contracts to disclose the amount of tax they pay in the UK relative to their UK revenue, Computer Weekly has learned. The move follows recent ...
Tags: Uk Taxes, Computer Products, Taxes