The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1 percent in December from November, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' ...
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The release of Microsoft's Windows 8 touchscreen-enabled operating system in October saw manufacturers scurry to release a spate of new notebooks, all-in-one computers and tablet devices capable of using it. With Windows 8 you can open ...
Tags: HP, Lenovo, Windows 8, Touchscreen Ultrabooks
Apple Australia says it is making some MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models more affordable with faster processors and lower starting prices. In Australia,the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display will now cost from $1,649 for a device ...
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Making the Best Choice for Outdoor Shade Retractable awnings for decks, porches, and patios offer an ideal solution for outdoor shade. Screened-in enclosures, on the other hand, while they provide much desired protection from sun and ...
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Orchard Toys has appointed a new marketing manager, with the popular Lynda Freebrey due to retire at the end of April from her role as marketing and PR manager. Alison Brown (pictured) starts at the firm on Tuesday March 5th. She arrives ...
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UK - MTV has been busy recording the sixth series of Brand New, a programme dedicated to upcoming talent tipped to break through in 2013. Previous discoveries include Lady GaGa, Justin Bieber and Ke$ha as well as UK talent including Tinie ...
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It’s everyone’s least-favorite time of year again: tax time. For the less-tidy among us, this means a mad scramble to pull together receipts and documents and forms. But no matter how well-organized you are, there’s always ...
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UK - Nexo hosted the first public listening sessions for its new STM modular line array, choosing the LH2 Studios in London as a venue for the international production community. Despite terrible January weather causing London airports to ...
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UK - Pearce Hire has once more demonstrated the diverse breadth of projects they work on, with a magical garden lighting feature installed over the festive season. The beautiful landscaped gardens at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire were ...
UK / France - SSE Audio Group has acquired French lighting company M.E.S through its French subsidiary Melpomen. Both MES and Melpomen have bases in Nantes and Paris and have worked together extensively on sound and lighting projects in ...
Tags: lighting company, LED units, lighting
WASHINGTON -- Ten U.S. senators this week agreed to sponsor a bill that would allow the annual H-1B visa cap to rise to as high as 300,000, leaving opponents and some researchers concerned. Under the proposal, the cap would begin at ...
There is a shortage of big data modellers as well as data scientists, according to the senior vice president of IT research firm Infosys Labs, Subu Goparaju. Infosys Labs is the research arm of IT business consulting firm Infosys, ...
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Salesforce.com is "aggressively investigating" a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure. The performance degradation cropped up early Wednesday in Salesforce.com's NA12 zone and ...
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, has upgraded their studio kit to include their first ever moving lights - a range of Robins and Sharpies - as well as three Avolites Tiger Touch consoles, MVS ...
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Salesforce.com is “aggressively investigating” a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure. The performance degradation cropped up early Wednesday in ...
Tags: Salesforce.com, database software error, temporary performance problems