Skype owner Microsoft should release information about how much user data it gives to third parties, including government agencies, several organizations and individuals said in a letter to company officials. The groups, including the ...
Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion. The decline in Mac sales was ...
A problem caused by a software upgrade has caused a widespread outage on AT&T's U-verse broadband service this week, leading to a torrent of attacks against the carrier on social media. AT&T said on Wednesday that the outage had affected ...
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Russian steelmaking and mining company Mechel OAO announced Thursday the resumption of work at several of Mechel Bluestone's mining facilities in West Virginia. Due to decreased coal inventories, Mechel decided to resume open-pit mining at ...
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ConAgra Foods has announced the voluntary recall of specific lots of its 8oz Hunt’s Tomato Sauce (regular variety) and Hunt’s Tomato Sauce No Salt Added over packaging defect. According to the US-based packaged foods company, ...
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UK-based Nicholl Food Packaging will showcase its latest tray developments, which include an ‘eco-friendly’ hybrid format as well as further additions to its aluminum tray range at Pro2Pac 2013. Nicholl will display its ...
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Italian specialist paper manufacturer Favini will exhibit its various eco-friendly papers in the Paperworld 2013 from 26-29 January 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany. At the show, Favini will showcase CRUSH, claimed to be the first and only ...
Printed carton supplier in the UK Benson Group has joined forces with chocolate maker and entrepreneur Willie Harcourt-Cooze and his team, including designers Brand Opus to develop cartons for a new range of dessert products featuring the ...
France-based global pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that its subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire, specializing in the production of steam generator tubes for nuclear power plants, received a number of significant orders at the end ...
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Anhui Province-based Chinese steelmaker Ma’anshan Iron and Steel Co. (Masteel) has announced that testing of 128 of its newly-developed steel wheels with 1.25 meter diameter for high-power train locomotives has been successfully ...
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On January 28, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (WISCO) announced that it has set up a trading office in the Russian capital Moscow after receiving approval from Russia’s justice ministry. ...
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Indian state-owned steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that new end-forging equipment has been installed with an investment of approximately INR 455.4 million ($8.5 million) at its Bhilai steel plant's rail ...
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Governments continue to ask Google for more data about its users, with more than two-thirds of requests in the U.S. made through a subpoena, which usually doesn't require asking a judge for a search warrant. User data requests of all ...
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Rycote, the UK-based manufacturer of advanced microphone windshields and suspension systems, has announced a strategic collaboration with Røde Microphones of Australia. Under the terms of the new arrangement, Røde will be ...
Digital solutions company DiGiCo has announced Steve Watson, Simon Honywill and Rob Collins as winners of its Olympics UB MADI competition, which it ran during the Games to celebrate the efforts of the engineers involved, without whom the ...