METRO VANCOUVER - B.C.’s transportation minister blames the contractor who designed and built the new Port Mann Bridge for the damages and injuries caused by chunks of ice falling off the structure during Wednesday’s snowstorm. ...
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VELUX America released free apps for iPhones,iPods,iPads,&Android Phones that allow users to easily visualize rooms bathed in daylight from both traditional and tubular skylights. Chan Hoyle,national marketing and communications manager ...
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Privacy advocates and consumer rights groups are keeping a wary eye on a new copyright enforcement mechanism set to be rolled out by major Internet Service Providers. The so-called Copyright Alert System (CAS) aims to warn Internet users ...
Analyst firm IHS published an important study last week. It predicts that, for the first time ever, PC shipments would drop year-over-year; for 2012, total shipments will drop 1.2 percent. IDC and Gartner agree, noting that third quarter PC ...
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More than 17,600 users in U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) are being moved from their BlackBerry devices to Apple's iPhone, after it was found that technology from Research In Motion cannot meet the mobile technology needs of ...
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CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for ...
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A fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite,specially-trained"guide dogs for the mind,"and an intelligent wristband that supports people with dementia to stay active safely,are just some of the design prototypes to help people ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in two cases with potentially broad implications to technology users, one reviewing whether consumers can resell copyright-protected products they have purchased and the second challenging ...
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Creative Research Systems announced today that they have been named "Purveyor of the Year" by Bloomin' Brands, the parent company of major restaurant chains such as Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill and several other brands. ...
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Was it only six years ago that Windows Mobile was a big part of the cellphone business? That was a time when only programmers thought of a mobile phone as a computer. Now we're heading into the second or third generation of the smartphone, ...
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Tech watchers have had plenty to buzz about following Sandy, the superstorm that walloped the East Coast. From cell site outages to Wi-Fi network issues to a story on how to spot a fake storm photo, here's a roundup of what's been ...
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned the legitimacy of a law allowing a secretive government surveillance program and the assertion by a government lawyer that some groups couldn't challenge the law in court because they don't ...
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Adobe on Tuesday announced that it will pair future security updates for its popular Flash Player with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. At the same time, Adobe issued an update that patched seven critical Flash vulnerabilities, and ...
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IDG News Service - The new version of Microsoft Office offers compelling enhancements to its capabilities and interface design, as well as improvements in cloud functionality that should make it a far better product than its predecessor. ...
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Computerworld - Peer-to-peer cloud storage vendor Symform today announced it is offering unlimited online capacity to customers who pay by contributing local disk capacity instead of money. Symform uses a crowd-sourcing strategy to create ...
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