A data breach at Essex County Council, which has exposed up to 400 vulnerable people to identity theft, is to be investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The security lapse, by a council employee, involved the names, ...
Tags: ICO, Essex County Council, investigation, computing
The Pioneer reported that the only route for transporting iron ore from the mines at Kirandul and Bailadilla in Chhattisgarh to the industries of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh including the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was hit by the ...
Tags: iron ore, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, steel, steel industry
It is reported that a USD 115 million contract for Chinese firm Dongfang Electric Corporation to supply Iraqi Republic Railways with 10 diesel multiple units was signed in Baghdad on December 15th. The first two units are scheduled to be ...
Tags: Iraqi Republic Railways, Dongfang Electric Corporation, train sets
The suspension of bidding for the Thameslink rail franchise acted as a proof of concept for operator Go-Ahead's decision to move to a cloud-based collaboration platform. The incompetent handling of the bidding for the West Coast rail ...
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 ...
Tags: IHS, PC, smartphones, tablets, cloud
We are in the season of festivities, with many celebrations for the holidays and New Year's. But the sobering reality is that it's also a time of year when many people die on our roads due to drunk driving. In 2011, 9,878 people were ...
Tags: drunk driving, driving skill, fatalities, transport
A MoU was signed between Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited and the Indian Railways in the presence of steel minister Mr Beni Prasad Verma and minister for railways Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal in New Delhi The MoU was signed by Mr Keshav Chandra ...
Tags: MoU, Indian Railways, railway infrastructure, steel
Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system for industrial control systems, its chairman and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said on Tuesday. "Quite a few rumors about this project have appeared already on the ...
The Chinese company Huitong Jincheng Precision Metal Manufacturing near Shanghai has ordered six drawing machines from SMS Meer, Germany, two with integrated chamfering machines. With these machines, Huitong Jincheng aims to meet the high ...
When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
Tags: China, opportunities, Intellectual Property, theft of IP
Northland Resources SA announced that the first concentrate has been transported by rail on the Malmbanan railway from Pitkäjärvi to the Port of Narvik. Northland Resources started ramping up production of high grade,high ...
The World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts (WCMMA ), announced today that Foxwoods Resort and Casinos' MGM Grand will be hosting the highly decorated Russian Sambo Champion Alexey Oleinik in his first individual fight for a WCMMA Heavyweight World ...
Tags: World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts, Foxwoods Resort, MGM Grand, online game
TRU-Vu Monitors, a leading supplier of industrial-grade LCD monitors, has added a new 15" model to its family of Sunlight Readable monitors. The new SRM-15 Series monitors feature 1,000 nits brightness, enabling users to see clear, vivid ...
Tags: TRU Vu Monitors, LCD monitor, readable monitor, image
As part of the second India-Africa Forum Summit, 32 participants from six African nations including cotton scientists were trained at the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) on 'Modern Cotton Production Technology' in India. The ...
Tags: CICR, training program, commitment, cotton production
The first diesel version of Stadler Rail's Flirt family of multiple units was unveiled by Tallinn passenger operator Elektriraudtee on December 13. Elektriraudtee signed two contracts with Stadler for new trains in August 2010.An order ...
Tags: Diesel Flirt, Stadler Rail, Elektriraudtee, EMU