Oracle's emphasis on cloud computing isn't going to wane anytime soon. To the contrary, on Thursday the vendor held the first in nearly 100 Cloud Builder Summit events scheduled for locations across the globe between now and December. ...
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And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
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Polycom today announced a partnership with IBM research to work together on developing video services using cloud computing. The company already has its own video platform called Polycom RealPresence, but wants to find ways of deploying ...
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Microsoft has dumped the Metro name for the tile-based interface used for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone. According to an internal Microsoft memo seen by technology news site TheVerge, a discussion with one of the firm's European ...
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Solid-state devices such as LEDs are subject to very limited wear and tear if operated at low currents and at low temperatures. Many of the LEDs made in the 1970s and 1980s are still in service today. Typical lifetimes quoted are 25,000 to ...
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THE sharemarket ended the week on a low note as investors took fright after US budget talks on the fiscal cliff fell into disarray. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 10.5 points,or 0.2 per cent,at 4623.6,reversing gains that had seen ...
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After backing off a controversial change to its Terms of Use policy,Instagram may have avoided a debacle but is still taking a big hit to its once glossy image. Analysts,however,say users are probably too addicted to what is becoming one ...
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The micro-blogging site has gained 60 million new users in just 9 months. In March this year Twitter announced that the site had over 140m monthly active users. Twitter announced today that the number has now risen to over 200M monthly ...
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THE sharemarket ended the week on a low note as investors took fright after budget talks in the US to resolve the fiscal cliff fell into disarray. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 10.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4623.6 points, ...
Tags: Market, reversing gains, IG institutional trader Chris Weston
Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) says it has taken a major step forward to increase the participation of alternative technologies (such as aggregated loads, flywheels and battery storage) in the electricity market by ...
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A voluntary recall on certain model year 2012 Hyundai Veloster vehicles has been issued through the National Highway Safety Administration(NHTSA).According to the recall,the panoramic sunroof assembly is in question for possible weakening ...
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A hacker group calling itself the Arab Youth Group has claimed responsibility for what appears to be a serious hacking attack on Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest energy companies. The attack comes at the same time security firms ...
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Security software vendor Symantec said Wednesday that Enrique Salem, its president and CEO, had stepped down effective immediately, after the company reported that its revenue for the quarter ended June 29 grew just 1% year-over-year to ...
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Google has added a feature to its Webmaster Tools search engine optimization (SEO) service that will alert publishers about sudden changes in their site's Google results and click-throughs. In this way, publishers will be notified ...
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The Japanese government on Wednesday hosted a panel in Tokyo on allowing emergency "911" calls to be placed through social networks such as Twitter during natural disasters. The national Fire and Disaster Management Agency held the event ...
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