Apple this week followed the lead of rivals like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, offering two-step authentication to help customers secure their Apple IDs against hacking. The new feature is designed to block unauthorized changes to ...
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...
Flintshire County Council has announced a series of measures targeting the way the area uses its street and sign lighting in order to slash £50,000 from its energy bill over the current financial year. The move comes at a time when ...
During the April 20-25 High Point Market, buyers visiting The Pavilions on Main 3 in the International Home Furnishings Center will have a chance to win one of four iPads while shopping. Every time a buyer visits a Pavilions showroom, he ...
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As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections. The Marketplace Fairness Act, as it's named in both House and Senate ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Sears Holdings with a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy ...
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Xylem is enhancing its popular range of high efficiency circulator pumps with the addition of the Lowara Ecocirc XL range, ideal for commercial applications. The new circulator has been designed specifically for applications like ...
A group of U.S. senators has offered a nonbinding amendment to a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales and end the tax-free shopping that many shoppers enjoy online. The amendment, ...
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Two US Senate Democrats Monday introduced bills aimed at cutting some federal support for oil and gas companies. California Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act, which would prohibit the Interior ...
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Leeds City Council is asking residents to take part in a consultation concerning their feelings about switching off certain streetlights in a bid to save money. This move is very typical of city and county councils across the country, ...
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If U.S. law enforcement agencies agree to changes in electronic surveillance law to better protect the privacy of stored email and documents, they want several changes in return, including a requirement that email and cloud service ...
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Through 2017, a rebound in construction activity, combined with continuing consumer interest in environmentally friendly products, will propel US growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion. US ...
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North Lanarkshire Council in Scotland is taking the plunge by investing in a retrofit project of its street lighting in order to help the council slash more than £228,000 annually from its electricity bill. MacLean Electrical Group ...
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The ailing FeedDemon RSS reader will shut down after Google Reader is closed on July 1, its creator said. FeedDemon is a standalone RSS reader that can also sync with Google Reader. But providers of other RSS readers, many of which also ...
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Office supplies are expensive. Some estimates say that the average office worker consumes $500 worth of office supplies in a year. Multiply that times the number of employees at your business, and you’ll see why supplies are such a ...
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