Microsoft has revealed in a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it achieved just $853m in Surface RT and Surface Pro sales during its 2013 fiscal year to the end of June. CEO Steve Ballmer had ...
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According to a recent study, almost 15 percent of pet owners reported a lost or stolen animal over a five year period. Pets slip away from home in many ways: someone may forget to close a gate, or a dog may dig under a fence or break ...
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DOE has published a collaborative study focused on developing new estimates of residential lighting usage and energy consumption at the national and regional levels. The study, Residential Lighting End-Use Consumption Study: Estimation ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 The BMW 4 Series Coupe introduces new numeric nomenclature to the Munich brand. Our first, overseas drive, across sunkist ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 On paper the Renault Megane GT 220 Sport Wagon looks like an ideal blend of performance and practicality. Up front there's a ...
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The Clever Travel Companion was launched after the founders had been pick pocketed and lost their valuables multiple times while traveling off the beaten track. When traveling one should be able to focus on the trip and not have to ...
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Coswick Hardwood is to debut a brand new line of mosaic wood floors. The new line is a modern recreation of classic flooring patterns that originated in the halls of world famous French Chateaus – Versailles, Trianon, Lageais, and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boehringer Ingelheim's tyrosine kinase inhibitor Gilotrif (afatinib) as a new medication for patients with late stage (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval also ...
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In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
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Computerworld - Apple's anticipated iWatch and Google Glass have provoked plenty of headlines, but a recent poll shows that a majority of well-heeled Americans with college degrees wouldn't consider buying or wearing such devices. The ...
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Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
New business volume grew 16.4% in the equipment finance industry in 2012, according to the 2013 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The growth in volume was on par with the ...
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SONY has upgraded its landmark SmartWatch giving it longer battery life, NFC communications, and making it water resistant. In a statement released overnight, Sony hailed its new SmartWatch 2 as being "a multi-functional message ...
Computerworld - Sony Mobile today announced an Android-based SmartWatch 2 with NFC wireless and a large-screen 6.44-in. HD smartphone called the Xperia Z Ultra. The Sony SmartWatch 2 is water-resistant. The announcement was made at ...
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Search engine DuckDuckGo, which allows users to search the web anonymously – crowdsourcing its results from other sites such as Wikipedia – has achieved a new benchmark of three million direct searches in a single day. The ...
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