TRAFFIC visibility specialist Gigamon has chosen Jim Balog to be regional sales director for Australia and New Zealand as it ramps up sales and marketing activities to address growing network challenges of telecommunications, enterprise and ...
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Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, an agency of the US Department of Commerce) have tested ...
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The EU and Japan officially launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The aim is for a comprehensive agreement in goods, services and investment eliminating tariffs, non-tariff barriers and covering other trade-related ...
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The Australian sharemarket has reached a fresh four-and-a-half-year high, buoyed by improved investor sentiment towards the Italian election outcome. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 67.5 points, or 1.34 per cent, ...
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Taiwan is building its fourth nuclear power plant. The main island of Taiwan is only 36,193 square kilometers and already houses three nuclear power plants - two of them in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan and one located in Pintung ...
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Victoria’s $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has been given the go-ahead following a decision by Planning Minister Matthew Guy to provide the planning approval for works to commence at Melbourne’s Webb Dock. The planning ...
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Ukraine may quit the European Energy Community in reaction to its lack of support for the country in ongoing natural gas disputes with Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday. The warning comes two weeks after Yanukovych said ...
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Sony has unveiled a new-generation PlayStation 4 system but the star of the party - the console itself - was not displayed during a long two-hour presentation. At a press event in New York, Sony talked gaming, live streaming, networking, ...
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The UK government Friday gave its consent to Norway's Statoil to go ahead with the $7 billion Mariner oil field development which is set to be the UK's biggest new North Sea project in more than a decade. Statoil took the final ...
A new Porsche supercar that would sit between the iconic 911 and upcoming 918 Spyder will switch its sights from the Ferrari 458 to the Ferrari F12 if it goes into production, according to company sources. Porsche CEO Matthias Muller has ...
Kia Australia is hopeful of a late 2013 launch for the Kia pro_cee’d GT after formally requesting the car for import from Europe. The 1.6-litre turbocharged three-door hot hatch will go into production at the Korean company’s ...
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The Bentley SUV has reportedly been given the green light for production by the supervisory board of parent company Volkswagen, paving the way for the controversial new model to launch by mid-decade. Industry journal Automotive News ...
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National secretary of the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) Tony Sheldon said revelations from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it did not investigate the impact the proposed Qantas/Emirates alliance will have on ...
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Plymouth’s street light plan proposes LED adoption Plymouth City Council’s street-lighting bill could be cut by 70 per cent, if proposals to use LEDs in all street lights, go ahead. The city’s 28,000 high-pressure ...
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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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