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Microsoft Has Moved Its Email Service Outlook.com out of The Preview Phase

Feb 21, 2013

Microsoft has moved its email service Outlook.com out of the preview phase, and plans a marketing campaign to boost its adoption worldwide. The service, which claims 60 million active users since the preview was released last July, will ...

Tags: Microsoft, email service, Outlook

Shipments Reached Only 30,000 Units During The Fourth Quarter

Feb 21, 2013

While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low, as shipments reached only 30,000 units during the fourth quarter, according to research ...

Tags: Microsoft, RT tablet, PC vendors

Leti Will Coordinate a Four-Year Project Aimed at Building a European-Based Supply Chain

Feb 21, 2013

Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France says that it will coordinate a four-year project aimed at building a European-based supply chain in silicon photonics and speeding industrialization of the technology. The ...

Tags: Leti, EC Project, PLAT4M

China Has Stolen Data From US Companies in a Series of Planned Cyber Attacks

Feb 21, 2013

China has strenuously denied claims it has stolen data from US companies in a series of planned cyber attacks, and counter-claimed that it has suffered attacks originating in the US. Earlier this week, Madiant Corp, a US-based security ...

Tags: cyber attacks, Google, computers

Seeking Clarity in a Cloudier Future Making a Europe Fit for The Cloud

Feb 21, 2013

We won't be discussing cloud computing in two years' time, not because the service has become obsolete, but because it will have become so ingrained in IT there will not be a need to talk about it as a concept. That's the consensus to ...

Tags: cloud computing, server, software

FTTH Is Holding Back The Video Games Industry

Feb 21, 2013

A lack of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in the UK and abroad is holding back the video games industry, according to the president and CEO of Eidos, Ian Livingstone. In an exclusive interview at the FTTH Council's Conference 2013, ...

Tags: fibre, Games Industry, video games industry

The Producer Prices of Industrial Products in Germany Rose by 0.8 Percent

Feb 21, 2013

As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in January this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany rose by 0.8 percent compared to December last year and were up 1.7 percent compared to January 2012, ...

Tags: Federal Statistical Office, January, Metal Prices

To launch a new LED lighting development buss world cultural heritage of protected areas

Feb 21, 2013

Bath and North East Somerset Council has announced that it will be consulting local resident associations and heritage groups in order to ascertain the best way to roll out its new LED lighting development of the World Heritage-listed City ...

Tags: LED lighting development, LED street lighting, LEDs

Mentor Graphics Is Continuing Its Moves in to The Embedded Linux Market

Feb 21, 2013

Mentor Graphics is continuing its moves in to the embedded Linux market with the acquisition of certain assets from MontaVista for the development of Linux-based in-car multimedia systems. Automotive markets are becoming a big focus for ...

Tags: Automotive markets, Mentor, Linux

Facing the prospect of higher energy prices in the near future

Feb 21, 2013

Consumers have been warned that they face the prospect of further rising energy prices in the near future, as the UK becomes more reliant on importing its energy reserves. Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan stated that the fall in ...

Tags: further rising energy prices, Consumers, Ofgem

Ofcom Has Raised 2.34bn Euro in The Much Delayed 4G Spectrum Auction

Feb 21, 2013

Communications regulator Ofcom has raised 2.34bn Euro in the much delayed 4G spectrum auction, more than £1bn less than the Office for Budget for Responsibility (OBR) had forecast. EE already holds 4G spectrum and is currently the ...

Tags: spectrum auction, mobile operator, mobile network

Canonical Unveiled The Next Stage in Its Plan for a Unified Operating System

Feb 21, 2013

Canonical, the open source software company behind the popular Ubuntu distribution of Linux, has unveiled the next stage in its plan for a unified operating system. The Ubuntu tablet forms one-quarter of Canonical's strategy to produce a ...

Tags: Ubuntu tablet, operating system, software

DCMS Was on The Leveson Inquiry and Not on Thinking About "The Growth Agenda"

Feb 21, 2013

An MP has slammed Whitehall officials for not attending the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council's Conference 2013, claiming that the government "does not know enough". Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central and shadow minister for the ...

Tags: fibre, FTTH, telco

According to The BPF, 23% of Companies Had Difficulty Recruiting Staff with Packaging

Feb 21, 2013

The wide-ranging survey, covering the whole UK plastics sector, also looked into areas such as profitability, exports and skills needs. A total of 100 companies participated and it asked how they saw 2013 shaping up. According to the BPF, ...

Tags: wide-ranging survey, UK plastics sector, profitability

Five Improvements of Toasters After Testing at Consumer Reports

Feb 21, 2013

The basic mechanics of the pop-up toaster haven't changed much since its invention nearly a century ago. Most models feature the same vertical slots with heating elements on either side that slowly toast the bread. In the absence of any ...

Tags: toaster, toaster testing, toaster industry

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