Israel-based electric vehicle network provider Better Place has cut funding of its Australian division, placing the rollout of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure across our country under a cloud. Better Place confirmed the ...
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Watson, IBM's supercomputer that came to fame besting a Jeopardy champion, is going to college to hone its skills. IBM said Wednesday that it will provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ...
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A federal judge on Tuesday approved a $4 billion settlement hammered out between BP and the US government over the 2010 Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. US District Court Judge Sarah Vance issued the ruling after hearing ...
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It's reported that Brazilian steelmakers' intention to hike domestic steel prices is being considered possible but is anticipated difficult and questionable. According to UK bank HSBC analyst Mr. Jonathan Brandit that there ...
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With the Ford Falcon having posted its lowest-ever sales result in 2012, and falling out of the top 20 sales charts by one spot, the new year is a good time to pause, reflect, and ponder again if Australians really are missing out on a good ...
Television at four times the resolution of today's high-def images is turning out to be one of the most popular bets among consumer electronics makers in Las Vegas at this year's CES. Most of the major TV set makers announced plans for ...
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Enterprise IT decision makers are about half as enthusiastic about the new Windows 8 as they were three years ago about the then-just-released Windows 7, an analyst said. Employees, however, have a higher-than-expected interest in the ...
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Google has claimed victory in one of the central arguments in its high-profile court battle with Oracle. In August 2010, Oracle sued Google, claiming Android infringed its intellectual property rights by Google illegally copying Java in ...
BS reported that 8 years ago, Ms Kada Majhi, a tribal woman of Kinari, a village in the Kalahandi district of Odisha eked out a living with paltry wages as a daily laborer. When Vedanta Aluminium started constructing a 1 million tonne per ...
Reuters reported that Qatar aims to raise the share of solar power in electricity generation to 16% by 2018. An official said that Qatar the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas has the world's highest per capita greenhouse gas ...
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Another poor showing from the Indian market this week left a number of high priced deals in jeopardy and cash buver nerves once again frayed and confidence shattered. The Indian rupee has been trading in excess of 55 to the dollar once ...
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The Australian reported that for Mr Clive Palmer, the bonanza flowing from his purchase of the Yabulu nickel refinery in 2009 has become part of business folklore, if not the deal's actual terms. The irrepressible businessman has always ...
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OK, Kitchen remodeling hopefuls. We've talked about budgets ranging from $500, to $1000, to $3000. We've seen that all along the line, it's still the subtle benefits that count, even if the purchases get bigger and more obvious. We've ...
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UNIONS are warning they will launch industrial action targeting the State Government and ForestrySA if an agreement cannot be reached between timber processor Carter Holt Harvey and the State Government to lower the price of logs. Speaking ...
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Infoworld - When it comes to IT security, FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is more than just the tool of overhyping vendors hoping to sell their next big thing. It is the reality that seasoned IT security pros live in, thanks in large ...
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