, the co-founder of popular website Reddit and the co-creator, in his teens, of the RSS syndication tool, has been found dead in his home in New York in an apparent suicide. The precocious programmer and internet activist had been due in ...
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IDG News Service - The International CES is packed to the rafters with the latest in shiny, often expensive high-tech gadgets, so it's no surprise that theft is a problem for companies exhibiting at the show. Several vendors who rent ...
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Foxconn Technology Group is being investigated by authorities over allegations that some of its employees accepted bribes from suppliers. The Taiwan-based manufacturing giant,which builds Apple's iPhone,has asked law enforcement officials ...
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On December 31, 2012, Shanghai Brand-name Recommendation Committee officially announces 2012 Shanghai brand name products and services recommended list. Five Baosteel projects are selected. It is understood that Shanghai brand-name ...
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This article was originally published by Niqash.Any opinions expressed are those of the author,and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Driver licensing in Ninawa is slow–so slow that unlicensed locals drive ...
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Even before considering the extreme nature of its sub-arctic climate,Fairbanks International Airport is unique in many ways.While serving a local population of only 82,000,the airport offers non-stop passenger service to Europe,Asia and ...
Criminals no longer need to stake out a home or a business to monitor the inhabitants'comings and goings.Now they can simply pick up wireless signals broadcast by the building's utility meters. In the US,analogue meters that measure ...
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Kumba's results for the twelve months ending 31 December 2012 ("the period") will be released on SENS on or about 12 February 2013. Headline earnings and basic earnings for the period are likely to be at least 20% lower than the previous 12 ...
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The Times of India reported that police authorities are beefing up their presence at Anrak alumina plant area to withstand protests scheduled to be held by Congress party activists at the site. Despite prohibitory orders being clamped in ...
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An unidentified official said that the United Arab Emirates started recovering an Iranian registered cargo ship that sank December 28th in stormy seas carrying a heavy load of fiberglass. The report said that 6 crew members were rescued ...
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PC World-Technology giants Google and Apple shared some holiday cheer and a little self-promotion online in the form of ads recently posted on YouTube. GoogleMobile's ad--a cheesy production that has garnered more than 125,000 ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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Cyber extortionists shilling "ransomware" have upped the ante by pushing users' panic buttons with claims that their malware will wipe hard drives, a security firm said Monday. The claim is bogus, said Symantec, and is simply a ploy by ...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Philip Langsdale has passed away at the age of 56. Langsdale, who is understood to have passed away suddenly on 22 December, was director of IT at Asda between 1992 and 1997, as well as chief ...
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Email is a commodity,says Brett Goldstein,Chicago's CIO,and that's why he's moving it to a cloud. The Windy City said Thursday it is migrating email and desktop applications to Microsoft's cloud services for about 30,000 employees. This ...
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