Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," née "Metro," user interface (UI), and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. "This is big," said Frank Gillett, an analyst ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office Apps, Windows
Results from a recent survey suggest that the industrial sector is generally optimistic about its growth prospects for the coming year, but sees an array of regulatory and policy-related issues as threats to its continued recovery. These ...
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UK-based KM Packaging Services has unveiled a new lidding film which is designed to increase the shelf-life of chilled ready meals. According to the company, the new film caters to street food brands that are looking for shelf-appeal and ...
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The state-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation hasdecided this week to provide guarantees of up to 75% of bank loans to new LNGprojects that are deemed to help reduce Japan's import costs for the fuel, aJogmec official said ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Australian dollar continued to fall today, sparking the biggest one-day sell-off in government bonds since the turmoil in global markets that followed the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008. Bond traders said ...
Many homeowners who want clean, green energy will buy and install solar panels. However, a solar array can be prohibitively expensive. Moreover, solar panels are not an option for many renters, condo owners, homeowners in ...
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HatsandShirtsUSA.com, the leader in American made custom corporate apparel, is now offering custom embroidered hats, custom embroidered polo shirts, company apparel with logos, corporate shirts with logos and many other customizable "made ...
Jesse Schell, CEO, Schell Games, and Nolan Bushnell, Former CEO, Atari, will kick off the 2013 Serious Play Conference (SPC) Tuesday – Thursday, Aug. 20 – 22, 2013, with a keynote address at DigiPen Institute of Technology in ...
Russia's Gazprom has no plans to link the price of gas to be supplied to China under a long term contract to US spot gas prices, the company said in a statement Wednesday, citing Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. "[Price of] gas supplied to ...
Tags: China, Russian Gazprom, Gas
Apple and Samsung have both released new laptops that utilize the power management capability of Intel's latest chip -- and to great result. But these are top-of-the-food-chain systems -- sleek and thin, with power-efficient SSDs and a ...
Tags: 12-Hour Laptop, Apple, Samsung
Production of light, sweet crudes from unconventional oil fields in the US is ramping up so fast that at some point it will outpace the country's refining capacity and -- at least for the Gulf Coast -- this could occur within two years, a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, Sweet Oil
The successor to LG's Optimus G smartphone, due sometime in the third quarter, will run a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, the companies announced late Wednesday. The 800 series chip is notable for integrating support for faster ...
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Samsung today gave us an early look at the first smart phone with a true optical zoom lens, the Galaxy S4 Zoom. Optical zoom lets you get closer to your subject without the degradation of photo and video quality you'd get using digital zoom ...
Tags: Samsung, Galaxy S4 Zoom, Optical Zoom, Smart Phone
Global oil prices are unlikely to drop below $100/b until 2025, supported by OPEC's market management efforts and crude demand growth in Asia, Leonid Fedun, vice president of Lukoil said Tuesday, presenting key findings of the company's ...
Tags: Oil Prices, OPEC's market
Samsung today announced the 20-megapixel Samsung Galaxy NX, which is the first mirrorless (a.k.a. SLR-like) camera with 3G/4G connectivity, the same wireless networking system found on smart phones. It allows you the versatility of an ...