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Businesses with Commodity Supercomputer Services Are Targeted by Cambridge University

Jun 26, 2012

Paul Calleja, director of the high performance computing service at the University of Cambridge, maintains that supercomputers should be accessible to as wide a range of businesses and academic researchers as possible. And that means one ...

Tags: supercomputers, commodity chips, specialist hardware, powerful computers

Web Users Voluntarily Compromise Privacy by Typing More Personal Information Into Online

Jun 25, 2012

Web users voluntarily compromise their privacy by typing more personal information into online forms than is strictly needed, a study has found. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College London invited a group of ...

Tags: online forms, personal information, WEIS, privacy

U.S. 8,101,673 B2 Bayer Materialscience AG Has Been Obtained a Patent

Jun 23, 2012

U.S. 8,101,673 B2 Bayer MaterialScience AG has been obtained a patent for a UV-crosslinkable composition comprised of unmodified, protonated silica nanoparticles; a urethane acrylate; a polar solvent; and a UV initiator system, wherein the ...

Tags: Industry Knowledge, Policy&Standard, coating patent

In an Increasingly Data-Centric World, Metadata Need to Focus on The Use of Data

Jun 20, 2012

In an increasingly data-centric world, we need to focus on the use of data, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice-president of trustworthy computing at Microsoft. "We need to focus on creating an environment that is more effective in ...

Tags: Metadata, Microsoft, search engines, data control tools

Mike Bracken, Head of GDS, Spent Three Days Visiting The Country

Jun 20, 2012

Mike Bracken, executive director of the Government Digital Service, talked to Computer Weekly about what UK public services could learn from Estonia's open source model and why a dose of its IT leaders' humility wouldn't go amiss in ...

Tags: Interview, GDS, public services, advanced online public service

Europe, The US, Japan and China Are Racing to Develop Exascale Machines

Jun 20, 2012

Europe, the US, Japan and China are racing to develop the next generation of supercomputer – exascale machines - capable of a million trillion calculations a second by 2020. But why do we need computers as fast as powerful as this? ...

Tags: supercomputer, exascale machines, exascale computers, exascale computing

Lin Predicts Global Demand for Solar in 2012 to Grow by 20%

Jun 20, 2012

Global solar demand in 2012 to grow by 20%,says NSP chairman Nuying Huang,Hsinchu;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 20 June 2012]Quincy Lin,chairman of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power(NSP),has noted that the firm's solar cell ...

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Broadcasters Must Share Their Allocations with Mobile Broadband Providers

Jun 19, 2012

For Europe to take full advantage of the spectrum on its shores,broadcasters must share their allocations with mobile broadband providers. This was the conclusion of Neelie Kroes,a vice-president of the European Commission and the lead ...

Tags: Europe, European Commission, Digital Agenda, mobile broadband providers

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Has Signed a Deal to Buy Orapharma

Jun 19, 2012

Valeant Pharmaceuticals has signed an agreement to buy OraPharma, an oral health company, from Water Street Healthcare Partners. The total acquistion value is considered to be $312m and around $114m based on certain pre-determined ...

Tags: Valeant Pharmaceuticals, buy, OraPharma, oral health

U.S. 7,858,162 B2 PPG Industries Has Been Granted a Patent

Jun 17, 2012

U.S. 7,858,162 B2 PPG Industries has been granted a patent for a food can coated at least in part on the interior with a composition comprised of a greater than 7% weight, based on total solids weight, of an acrylic polymer having a weight ...

Tags: Industry Knowledge, Policy&Standard, coating patent

U.S. 8,110,624 B2 The Valspar Corporation Has Obtained a Patent

Jun 16, 2012

U.S. 8,110,624 B2 The Valspar Corporation has obtained a patent for a low-VOC paint comprised of a latex polymer comprised of a surfactant and polymer particles comprised of a homopolymer or copolymer including at least one of an acrylate ...

Tags: Industry Knowledge, Policy&Standard, coating patent

T5 Fluorescent Lamp Adaptor Technologies Are Extensively Marketed in Australia

Jun 13, 2012

T8 fluorescent tube replacements using LED or T5 fluorescent lamp adaptor technologies are extensively marketed in Australia and New Zealand. These are intended to replace traditional T8 fluorescent tubes either in existing luminaires or in ...

Tags: tube

Fourth WTO Trade Policy Review of China Began on Tuesday

Jun 13, 2012

The fourth trade policy review of China, where members of the World Trade Organization examine the trade policies and practices of the country over the past two years, began on Tuesday. Yu Jianhua, head of the Chinese delegation, has ...

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Health Administration Is Responsible for Ensuring Workplace Safety

Jun 13, 2012

The federal government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible for ensuring workplace safety. OSHA has established guidelines in lighting, specifically in the minimum amount of lighting required for working areas, the ...

Tags: Lighting

United States Lighting Energy Policy Is Moving Towards Increased Efficiency

Jun 13, 2012

United States Lighting Energy Policy is moving towards increased efficiency in order to lower green house gas emissions and energy use. Lighting efficiency improvements in the United States can be seen through different standards and acts. ...

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