Mark Birrell will succeed Sir Rod Eddington as the new chairman of Infrastructure Australia. Upon his term's expiry on 8 April 2014, Sir Rod has been side-shifted to the APEC Business Advisory Council at the request of the Prime Minister. ...
Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA says that it has achieved another milestone for next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) radio-frequency (RF) semiconductor technology. Through the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Near ...
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Ukraine's National Committee for Power Regulation (NCPR), the government's energy sector regulating body, said on Monday it has moved to increase average natural gas prices for industrial consumers by 29.1% starting April 1. The committee ...
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May Design Series (taking place from 18-20th May at London ExCeL) will feature a strong seminar programme, set over two stages and featuring industry thought leaders from the retail and contract sectors. One stage will be dedicated to ...
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National freight productivity will be boosted through the injection of $125 million to start the roll-out of the Advanced Train Management System across the national rail network and the next stage of the Port Botany Rail Line Upgrade, ...
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Kellogg's is set to make changes to its North American manufacturing network, as part of its recently announced Project K, a four-year efficiency and effectiveness program. As part of the latest move, the company will cease production ...
BlackBerry’s 10.2.1 OS update includes a new incoming call screen said to be simpler. Related blackberry BlackBerry Makes Another Management Change blackberry BlackBerry Q3 Revenues, Profits Plunge blackberry BlackBerry Makes More ...
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Surya will introduce several exciting collections from maverick designer Mike Farrell at the Las Vegas Market. Known for a quirky, out-of-the-box design sensibility, Farrell translates everyday items such as bicycles, lines, letters and ...
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The brain is a reclusive organ. Neurons the cells that make up the brain, nerves, and spinal cord communicate with each other using electrical pulses known as action potentials, but their interactions are complicated and hard to understand. ...
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While the indoor location market is relatively nascent, companies are already aggressively addressing next-generation, high accuracy (sub-5m) technologies to ensure they are best placed to dominate the emerging multi-billion dollar retail ...
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One of the most ambitious missions in the history of space goes into high-risk mode on Monday when Europe rouses a comet-chasing probe from years of hibernation. "The most important alarm clock in the Solar System" will end the scout ...
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POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
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Voxx International wants iris recognition technology to render passwords obsolete, offering a "one in two trillion" level of online security. The US-based consumer electronics company once known as Audiovox on Monday unveiled myris, a ...
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Environmentalists hoping that oil production will peak in 2014 will be disappointed. New supplies will comfortably outstrip fresh demand, preventing prices from rising. Countries leading the way will include Brazil, Iraq, America and ...
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Chinese cellphone maker ZTE is heading to next week’s International CES with a number of firsts for the company, including its first phablet, first voice-unlocking smartphone, first smart watch, and first phone to display two apps ...
Tags: ZTE, International CES, phablet, voice-unlocking smartphone, smart watch