The UK faces a shortage of 33,300 skilled IT and tech workers by 2050 due to a skills deficit, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policies, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies. The firm based its findings on the ...
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The US Department of Energy is planning to install 100+ petaflop supercomputers within the next four years as the famous national laboratories at Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore upgrade to more powerful machines. The labs, which ...
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Kim Dotcom, the man behind the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, has launched a new service called Mega. Like Megaupload, which was shut down following polie raids on Dotcom's New Zealand mansion in January 2012, Mega is a web ...
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The Nova Scotia government is investing another $1 million in a company that makes LED lighting for the province’s roads and highways and exports its products around the world. Nova Scotia Business Inc., the province’s ...
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The recent spat between Samsung and Qualcomm with Samsung announcing an eight core IC for mobile phones and Qualcomm's CEO dismissing it as a publicity stunt, is put in context by ST-Ericsson Fellow Marco Cornero and Andreas Anyuru. ...
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Byan Wilson, Sales & Marketing Manager of International Paper's Temple-Inland Building Products“ division, has taken over as Chairman of the Composite Panel Association (CPA) as of 1 January. Kelly Shotbolt, CEO of Flakeboard, acts ...
Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu has won ¥1.5-billion ($17-million) worth of contracts from the Iraqi government. Japan Times reports that the machines — 106 for stomach X-rays and 27 for chest examinations — ...
From January to December, the private investment in fixed assets reached 22,398.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.8 percent (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 23.4 percent), down by 0.2 percentage points over the ...
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The total investment in real estate development in 2012 was 7,180.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 16.2 percent (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 14.9 percent), decreased 0.5 percentage points over the first eleven ...
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The annual show season can leave some of us longing for the relative comfort of the office. Based on his own experience – but also the invluable advice of others – Lewis Tyler gives some tips on how to survive the show with ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted US Patent to BioChemics for use of various topical formulations for treating wounds, ulcers, and inflammatory conditions., The Patent No. 8,343,486, which is entitled as 'Methods and ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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US-based Cellox has announced the launch of a new website Cellox.com to display Point of Purchase, Visual Merchandising and Packaging Products. Showcased on the website are Molded Expanded Polystyrene (commonly referred to as Styrofoam) ...
Energy bills are continuing to go up, which is really hitting the pockets of the poorest families in the UK and the latest inflation figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) does little to temper fears. This data ...
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Led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, a team of researchers in the Laboratory for Thin Film and Photovoltaics at Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) has raised the energy conversion efficiency record for copper ...
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