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Jeremy Hunt Claims The UK Government Would Achieve Its Goal of Having The Best Broadband

Aug 20, 2012

Jeremy Hunt today claimed the UK government would achieve its goal of having the best broadband in Europe by 2015, but mobile would have to play a major part. Speaking this morning at Google's recently opened Tech City premises, the ...

Tags: broadband, mobile, 4G network, 4G products

A Safety Shutoff Valve Will Prove Itself Unsafe Only When It Is Required to Function

Aug 17, 2012

Typically, a safety shutoff valve will prove itself unsafe only when it is required to function — as in during an emergency shutdown situation. At this point, prevention is no longer a choice, and a failure can be catastrophic. As a ...

Tags: Policy&Standard, valve

Joe Harley Has Hit Back at His Former Deputy

Aug 17, 2012

Ex-government CIO Joe Harley has hit back at his former deputy CIO Bill McCluggage's claims that the government is unable to achieve its IT goals. Harley worked with McCluggage in his year in charge of government ICT before retiring from ...

Tags: Ex-government CIO, Joe Harley, Bill McCluggage, government ICT

State Administration of Taxation Issued a Circular,Clear From The November 1,2008

Aug 16, 2012

Approved by the State Council,Ministry of Finance,State Administration of Taxation jointly issued a circular,clear from the November 1,2008 increase from the appropriate part of the labor-intensive and high-tech,high value-added commodities ...

Tags: Temporary home furniture, export industry, export rebate rate

There Is No Partisan Dissent Over The Need for a Strong National Cybersecurity Policy

Aug 16, 2012

A senior Republican senator on Thursday insisted there is no partisan dissent over the need for a strong national cybersecurity policy but added that a bill with Democratic backing that is stalled in the Senate is not the answer. In a ...

Tags: national cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity, SECURE IT

DOE Announces Fiscal 2013 SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity

Aug 16, 2012

DOE announces fiscal 2013 SBIR/STTR funding opportunity The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has released its DE-FOA-0000760 funding opportunity announcment for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small ...

Tags: RF devices, Wide bandgap semiconductors, DOE, SBIR

Seth Jackson Called Upon Wireless and Chauvet Fixtures to Light Six 16-Foot Mobile Truss

Aug 16, 2012

USA-For an outdoor production of Dreamgirls in St Louis,lighting designer Seth Jackson called upon wireless and battery-operated Chauvet fixtures to light six 16-foot mobile truss towers that freely move across its 94ft stage. Jackson and ...

Tags: outdoor production, mobile truss towers, signature look, battery-powered

Recast EU WEEE Came Into Force From 13 August

Aug 14, 2012

As the revised legislation of European Union (EU) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) came into force from 13 August, the UK and other (EU) Member States have time until 14 February 2014 to bring themselves in line with the ...

Tags: laws, legislation, export of waste

Three Draft Control Protocol Standards Are Available for Public Review on The PLASA Websit

Aug 14, 2012

UK / USA - Three draft control protocol standards are available for public review on the PLASA website until early October. They may be downloaded for free at the web address below. BSR E1.37-2 - 201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI ...

Tags: PLASA website, downloaded for free

Samsung and Osram Have Reached a Global Settlement to End a Led Patent Fight

Aug 14, 2012

Bloomberg has quoted from a filing with a U.S. trade agency that, Samsung Electronics Co. and Siemens AG’s Osram unit have reached a global settlement to end a LED patent fight that Samsung filed against Osram and that was scheduled ...

Tags: LED Europe Osram South Korea Samsung Patent, Lights, Lighting, Samsung

Fidelis Security Systems Has an Interesting Perspective on The World of Security

Aug 13, 2012

Network World - Fidelis Security Systems has an interesting perspective on the world of security, working, as it does, with the U.S. government to keep other countries from prying into some of our nation's most critical networks. Now that ...

Tags: Foreign, Governments, U.S.

Obama Considers Issuing Orders Compelling Private Companies to Improve Cyber Defences

Aug 10, 2012

The White House has announced that US President Barack Obama is considering issuing orders compelling or encouraging private companies in critical industries to improve their cyber defences. The announcement comes a week after Congress ...

Tags: cyber defences, Obama, encouraging private companies

PLASA Events Has Announced an Unprecedented New Deal for Member Dealers

Aug 10, 2012

USA - PLASA Events has announced an unprecedented new deal for member dealers. Over the coming days, PLASA member dealers are being given the opportunity to book a strictly limited number of discounted booths at PLASA Focus: Stamford 2012. ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, PLASA, PLASA Focus show

Microchip Technology Has Signed a Global Distribution Deal with Arrow Electronics

Aug 10, 2012

Microchip Technology has signed a global distribution deal with Arrow Electronics. This global agreement includes Microchip’s complete line of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, analogue and interface semiconductors, ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, Microchip Technology, Arrow Electronics.

Cabinet Office Has Ditched Plans to Publish Regular'gateway'reports

Aug 10, 2012

The Cabinet Office has ditched plans to publish regular'gateway'reports on the progress of major public sector IT projects. The decision,according to reports,follows complaints from senior civil servants,whose compliance Cabinet Office ...

Tags: Francis Maude, Gateway Reports, Cabinet Office, IT

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