The prospect of downloading data, sending text messages and making calls without incurring huge roaming charges while travelling in Europe came a step closer on Tuesday when politicians voted in favor of new legislation. A call to end ...
Tags: Abolishing Roaming
China's twice-revised proposal to ban some imports of lower calorific value thermal coal, predominantly from Indonesia, and some US higher-sulfur thermal coal, was close to being suspended as a pretext to being quietly dropped, according to ...
Tags: Low CV Thermal Coal, Chemicals
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a framework agreement ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that the University of North Carolina (UNC) has selected Cree LED lighting to help its institutions operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. The university's ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Electrical, Electronics, LED chip
Nokia has expanded its mobile phone portfolio with the launch of Nokia 301 feature phone, with an aim to connect the next-generation consumers to internet. The new 2.4-inch handset features the "candybar" design and colour palette along ...
Yash Raj Films (YRF) joins hands with Karol Bagh Saree House (KBSH) to create India’s first Bollywood inspired fashion label called Diva’ni – Where fashion romances Bollywood. India’s leading Production House, YRF ...
Tags: Fashion Label, Apparel
The exporting of trucks in China hit record high in 2012. as the auto industry keeps developing, more and more vehicle makers are engaged in the exporting business. The volume and type of trucks exported is on the rise. The problem for the ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
As part of Trelleborg's Blue Dimension concept, the company will now print all promotional materials using only recycled paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Trelleborg AB, the Sweden-based global parent company of ...
Tags: Auto, Auto Parts
A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country's largest rail company, has begun offering for ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to unveil a major restructuring of the software giant on Thursday. The aim, according to sources, is to achieve "functional coherence" and to better align people with corporate goals. That will mean cutting ...
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The Department for Education's (DfE) new English National Curriculum framework is "too focused on the development side of computing", Joanna Poplawska of The Corporate IT Forum's Education and Skills Commission has told Computing. While ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The effectiveness of the Chain of Responsibility (COR) regime under the Heavy Vehicle National Law is discussed in an issues paper available for public consultation. Under the COR regime, specified parties in the supply chain, including ...
Tags: Service
Gangs? Drugs? Bad Behavior? Is this the message we want to send to today’s younger generations? What is the true messaging behind one of today’s most controversial brands? Former Minnesota Viking and New York Jet, Aundrae ...
Tags: Luxury Menswear, Apparel
REVO, the industry's first motorized track head that can be adjusted with a hand-held remote, has been introduced by NSpec, the architectural and specifier division of Nora Lighting. REVO heads can be rotated horizontally (340° ...
Tags: Lighting
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says has appointed Mouser Electronics Inc as a global distributor of its complete range of products, including its EPIC sensor and MAGIC GaN LEDs. Mike Scott, Mouser's vice president of ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED