Toshiba’s stand at the 2014 International CES this week invites visitors to experience creative products from the Japanese brand, including new flat panel TV, a 4K notebook and a super-widescreen ’5K’ display. In the TV ...
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Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. The devices will be the first smartphones from the US computer giant since it stopped production of Palm ...
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Voltage optimisation is a complex word for a simple solution for lower energy costs and carbon emissions. Powerstar is one of the world leaders in voltage optimisation technology and is offering a free webinar on Wednesday, 12 February, to ...
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Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) for meat officially entered the UK market this week. Linpac Packaging trialled VSP last year, working with machine manufacturer, Mondini and film producer, Bernis, to create a pack that combines the extended ...
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The APC received the nicest Christmas present last year – an overall 64.2 per cent recycling rate for post consumer packaging in 2013, which represents a 65 per cent jump from 2003's baseline of 39 per cent. Glass recycling increased ...
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USDA released bullish production and ending stocks data for corn Friday morning, while soybean data fell well within previous trade estimates for both variables, making the federal data neutral for that crop, traders say. In its Grain ...
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Devastating supervolcanoes can erupt simply due to changes that happen in their giant magma chambers as they slowly cool, according to a new study. This finding marks the first time researchers have been able to explain the mechanism behind ...
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On Thursday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to trade mixed. The early calls for the commodities on Thursday, January 9, 2013, are mixed. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents lower, soybeans 4-6 cents higher, and ...
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Kamik, a division of Genfoot Inc., appointed Michel Benoit as its chief marketing officer. In his role, Benoit will oversee product development, sales and marketing initiatives from Kamik's Montreal office. "Michel has a proven track ...
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This is a rebound from a 2.5 percent annual decline in 2012 driven mainly by strong growth in DRAM and NAND flash memory markets, the market research firm said. These are expected to rise by 35.0 and 27.7 percent respectively in 2013. This ...
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One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have "proven Einstein wrong". These either contain no mathematical equations and use phrases such as "it is obvious that..", or they are page ...
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Currently, the most efficient methods we have for making fuel – principally, hydrogen – from sunlight and water involve rare and expensive metal catalysts, such as platinum. Humans have for ages taken cues from nature to build ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has expanded its portfolio of Wi-Fi products to include two new front-end modules (FEMs) for automotive Wi-Fi applications. The RFFM8500Q is a compact, high-linearity FEM supporting 5GHz Wi-Fi ...
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Facebook has for some time been rumored by several media outlets to be working on a newsreader to be incorporated into its newsfeed (or to replace it altogether). Now comes word from Mike Isaac, in a post on Re/Code that he has been given ...
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Over the last few months, fuel prices have been quite different in Western and Easter Canada, the Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) claims. Fuel prices are rising at a rapid pace and over the past several months, trucking companies have ...