Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Co. has announced that in 2013 its total planned fixed asset project investments amount to RMB 906.91 million($145 million). In particular, RMB 461 million ($73.5 million) ...
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Europe’s antitrust chief on Wednesday announced a substantial €561 million (US$731 million) fine on Microsoft, but it could have been even higher, he said. The software giant was hit with the fine by the European Commission for ...
Part of what Microsoft hopes customers will understand about Windows Phone 8 smartphones is that they are linked to an ecosystem that includes Excel, PowerPoint and Word. That ecosystem concept should intrigue IT managers, even though ...
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Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting. Oracle issued the "out-of-band," or emergency, update for Java 6 and Java 7 to patch two ...
Software giant Microsoft has caved in to public pressure and will now allow buyers of Office 2013 to transfer their software licence to other PCs. The decision follows uproar over the draconian ratcheting up of software licensing terms by ...
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Portsmouth City Council has managed to successfully upgrade the lighting in the iconic Portsmouth Guildhall theatre. Not only that, but the new design has managed to accommodate the wide range of uses that the building enjoys, utilising ...
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NGC announced that Century Place, an apparel company that produces and sells knit shirts, has upgraded to the latest version of NGC's fashion ERP system. Century Place, which has been in business for 31 years, made the move to take ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced new LED light bulbs that it says save 84% energy compared to traditional bulbs. "The Cree LED light bulb was designed to offer consumers a no-compromise ...
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Easton is making a running change to its M1 rear hubs and is making available an upgrade kit for existing hubs to eliminate side-to-side play and improve bearing durability. The upgrade kits are available at no charge to dealers with the ...
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According to a company statement, in 2012, Novolipetsk, Russian steelmaker NLMK's main production site in Lipetsk, completed 120 environmental projects as compared to 100 in 2011, with investments totaling approximately RUB 1.3 billion ...
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Cree LED Bulb Breaks $10 Price Barrier and Works Better than a Light Bulb DURHAM, NC -- March 5, 2013 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs at a retail price point that gives consumers a reason to ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that in 2013 its Cherepovets Steel Mill, a part of its Russia-based steel division, is going to renovate its cold rolling mill which began production 50 years ago. The company intends to construct ...
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HP today announced new innovations aiming to strengthen its HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio. At its yearly Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, the tech giant unveiled a new HP BladeSystem, HP Converged Storage and HP Networking ...
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Thanks to the higher speeds possible using a technology called vectoring, copper networks are still a viable option to cable and fiber, Deutsche Telekom says. Rolling out fiber-to-the-home to all households in Germany will take too long ...
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has made its first ever moving light purchase - investing in Robe Robin 300 and 600 LEDWashes plus 300E and 600E Spots - a total of 41 units. The sale was co-ordinated by Johannesburg ...
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