Quadrupling the speed of broadband in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) could boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.6%, according to new research. The findings are based on research jointly conducted by Ericsson, ...
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World Bank Group support for Iraq over the next four years will focus on job creation,social inclusion and building stronger institutions.The Country Partnership Strategy which was discussed today by the World Bank Board of Executive ...
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The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific have been granted a United States patent for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography. The technology was jointly developed by the two companies,and has been ...
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Web hosting providers from the U.S., Canada and other Western nations have been hosting official Syrian government websites, in violation of sanction orders from the U.S. and other governments, according to a Canadian Web research ...
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A "huge loophole" is being carved in the European Union's upcoming data protection regulation, according Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge in England. The way the current draft of the law ...
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Avant Assessment, a leading provider of multi-lingual language assessments, and the Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS), a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are excited to ...
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There are a many reasons an application might call for titanium due to its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio. In its unalloyed form titanium is a strong as some steels yet 45% lighter. However the welding of titanium demands a more ...
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The Gazprom headquarters hosted a meeting dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Gazprom. Mr Alexey Miller chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated the meeting and approved a respective Action Plan. Taking part in the meeting ...
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In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the humanoid crew members of the Enterprise wore little boxes near the waistlines of their pajama-like uniforms. While their purpose wasn't explained in the film's dialogue, these were supposed to be ...
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Brandi Good has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in information technology. In 2012, with strong business acumen, Brandi Good founded BLG Business Solutions, an information ...
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Expect no major changes to the functioning of the Internet in the coming months after a controversial ending to the International Telecommunication Union's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), but an agreement ...
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The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering the growth ...
IDG News Service - The U.S., U.K. and Canadian delegations to a worldwide telecom treaty-writing meeting will not ratify a resolution approved by the majority of countries because regulations will include provisions on Internet governance ...
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Life sciences company VolitionRx has introduced epigenetic immunoassays, designed for identifying and measuring nucleosome structures in cell culture, serum, plasma or other biofluids. Designed for research use, the NuQ immunoassay ...
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Since the Hong Kong SAR government's establishment of the OGCIO--and its ditching of the ITSD (Information Technology Services Department)--in 2004, many local ICT pros and startups have slammed the government's lukewarm attitude towards ...