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Will 2012 Be Year TPM Delivers on Potential Comes of Age?

Dec 18, 2012

Microsoft Windows 8 support for TPM Tipping point for TPM TPM gathers momentum The end of the password? TPM in action across all devices Since 2006, many new computing devices have been sold with a built-in trusted platform module ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 8, TPM, password

ConTech Lighting Announced The Winners of Their 13th Annual Lighting Awards

Dec 18, 2012

ConTech Lighting announced the winners of their 13th Annual Lighting Awards for creative lighting design.The award winners were recognized in the categories of hospitality design and commercial design;projects are located in Florida and ...

Tags: ConTech Lighting, Lighting Awards, creative lighting design

40% of Organisations to Increase Security Budgets in 2013 in Response to Rising Threats

Dec 18, 2012

This in-depth research from Computer Weekly and TechTarget reveals the IT security spending priorities of businesses in the UK and Europe. Despite the downturn, 40% of organisations plan to increase their security budgets in 2013 in ...

Tags: IT security, security budget, security spending, IT industry

Jeld-Wen Holding Is Expected to Take Over Craftmaster Manufacturing

Dec 18, 2012

In the third quarter of 2012 Jeld-Wen Holding is expected to take over Craftmaster Manufacturing. Both companies already reached agreement on the transaction in mid-June and recorded this in a letter of intent. Due diligence investigations ...

Tags: Craftmaster Manufacturing, Jeld-Wen Holding, take over

Global Economic Crisis Left Sector with Severely Tarnished Reputation

Dec 18, 2012

The financial services industry is undergoing massive change. The global economic crisis, on-going Eurozone challenges and well publicised banking scandals have left the sector with a severely tarnished reputation and under real scrutiny. ...

Tags: financial service, economic crisis, Eurozone challenge, banking scandal

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Al-Luaibi Talks About The Extension of Tenure

Dec 18, 2012

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi [Elaibi] talks about the extension of Abdalla El-Badri’s tenure as secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He spoke with Bloomberg Television’s ...

Tags: Iraq, oil, petroleum, OPEC

China Produced 10,000 Tonnes of Sponge Titanium,up 25% Year on Year

Dec 17, 2012

In November, China produced 10,000 tonnes of sponge titanium, up 25% year on year or up 11.1% over October. The total production in the first eleven months amounted to 98,000 tonnes, up 18.1% year on year.

Tags: China, sponge titanium, titanium production, titanium

OPEC Ministers Have Failed to Agree on a New Secretary General

Dec 17, 2012

By John Lee. OPEC ministers have failed to agree on a new secretary general and have asked Abdalla el-Badri to stay in the post for another year. Four countries had been competing for the job — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Ecuador ...

Tags: OPEC, secretary general, audi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Ecuador

Iraq Has Reportedly Invited National Engineering Services of Pakistan

Dec 17, 2012

Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources has reportedly invited National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) to participate in an irrigation project. The Express Tribune reports that the project, called “East Gharaf”, ...

Tags: NESPAK, irrigation project, sustainable irrigation, drainage facilities

A British Contractor Has Agreed to Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy

Dec 17, 2012

By John Lee. A British contractor has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in a deal to supply vehicles to Iraqi police, according to Associated Press. APTx was to receive $5.7 million as a subcontractor in an August 2004 ...

Tags: fraud, Iraqi police, vehicle, deal

Big Data Analytics to Reduce Number of Cyber Security Risks and Increase Business Agility

Dec 17, 2012

Big data analytics has the potential to reduce the growing number of cyber security risks and increase business agility, says a report by the Information Security Forum (ISF). According to the Data Analytics for Information Security ...

Tags: ISF, big data analytics, cyber security risks, business agility

Men AW13 to Host an Exciting Line-up of Emerging Designer Presentations

Dec 17, 2012

Fashion East’s Menswear Installations returns to London Collections: Men AW13 to host an exciting line-up of emerging designer presentations and, for the second season, Meadham Kirchhoff’s menswear presentation. The seedbed ...

Tags: Menswear, Fashion East, Bobby Abley, Joseph Turvey

RIM Confirmed It Will Axe Jobs Across Company to Cut $1bn Operating Costs

Dec 17, 2012

Research in Motion (RIM) today confirmed it will axe a significant number of jobs across the company to cut $1bn operating costs. The announcement came just days after the Financial Times revealed the ex-chief executives of the BlackBerry ...

Tags: RIM, jobs, Lazaridis and Balsillie Pocket

Bamforth Had Doubts as to Whether Following The BT Model for Mobile Networks

Dec 17, 2012

Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...

Tags: mobile operators, economies, mobile network operators

The Headlines Over The Past Few Months of The Job Market for Tech Workers' State

Dec 17, 2012

To see the state of the job market for tech workers, just look at the headlines over the past few months: “100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear” or “IT sector rebounds, gains 12,500 jobs in October.” ...

Tags: tech workers, job, IT sector, tech industry