Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry is to port its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) tool to Android and iOS. It will be available on all three platforms by the summer, claims the company, and crucially will be free. Further reading Analysis: ...
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The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Consumers should be protected ...
Cotton growers of Cameroon have sold 221,000 tons of cotton in the market during the crop season 2012-13, according to Cameroon National Confederation of Cotton Producers (CNPCC). The amount of cotton brought by farmers to the market ...
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The Northwest European styrene monomer benchmark has climber $137.50/mt or 8.9% from a year-to-date low of $1,537.50/mt on April 22 to $1,675/mt FOB ARA Tuesday, Platts data showed. The rally was due to a combination of increasing demand ...
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Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent from users before engaging in behavior that potentially invades privacy. Ad networks, ...
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In keeping with the austerity push that has been a hallmark of the broking sector since the global financial crisis erupted, Wilson HTM's staff last month vacated their digs - and harbour views - at Sydney's Governor Phillip Tower. In ...
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The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) cited the Colorado-based firm for 10 serious, two repeat and two other-than-serious violations. OSHA began an inspection in November 2012 under its Site ...
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John Deere lawn tractors and riders have figured prominently in Consumer Reports' mower tests, and this year's Deere lineup—including at least one newly tested winner—shows that the company is responding well to increased ...
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After spending $1.5 million on its latest report on Wilton, which comprehensively dismisses the location as unsuitable for a large international airport, federal infrastructure and transport minister Anthony Albanese has responded swiftly ...
Building on the successful premiere of “DOMOTEX Russia Goes Regional” in Novosibirsk, Deutsche Messe will be staging further regional industry conferences throughout Russia. The next events will take place in 2014 in ...
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Cabinets are amongst the basic bathroom essentials. Organizing various items properly and in place is what these cabinets do. While the wall hung bathroom vanities are quite common, the bathroom floor cabinets are no less popular. These ...
The Ford EcoSport will target city dwellers and young families when it launches into Australia’s burgeoning sub-compact SUV market in December. Blending the compact dimensions of a city car with the elevated ride height and added ...
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Members of five trade unions employed at the Port Waratah Coal Services shipment facility for coal exports at Newcastle port in eastern Australia have called a four-hour strike next Wednesday in an escalation of their industrial dispute ...
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In view of the recent incidents in Bangladesh, including last week’s fire at a readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing factory in Mirpur near Dhaka, the Savar building collapse and Tarzeen factory fire accident, which have together ...