Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a parent's permission before collecting geolocation information and photographs from kids, under ...
An IT system integrating disparate national border controls has reduced visa abuse across the borderless Schengen Area of continental Europe. The Visa Information System (VIS) is used by the European Commission (EC) to enable states in ...
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The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a long-simmering trade dispute with China,imposing tariffs ranging from about 24 to nearly 36 percent on most solar panels imported from the country. The penalties are somewhat ...
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South Korea has issued a ban on sale and consumption of meat of whales caught for scientific purpose. An unnamed official from Ministry of Food,Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries told the Yonhap News Agency that from the very beginning ...
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U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez met with North Carolina textile manufacturing workers and management representatives as part of his Textiles Tour that included stops near Greensboro and ...
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Glass is strong enough for so much: Windshields, buildings and many other things that need to handle high stress without breaking. But scientists who look at the structure of glass strictly by the numbers believe some of the latest methods ...
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Starting from September1,the final phase of a ban on traditional light bulbs coming into effect in Britain,meaning retailers would no longer be able to order new stock,and consumers will soon be unable to buy 40W or 25W bulbs. Due to ...
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Several lighting manufacturers and retailers are reported to be getting around the phase out of the incandescent lamp by marketing industrial lamps as suitable for domestic use. With the ban on the production of all of the remaining types ...
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Computerworld-The two best-known virtualization products for the Mac,Parallels Desktop for Mac and Fusion,have both now produced updates optimized for the upcoming Windows 8. Parallels released Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac today as an ...
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Businesses should start leaning on vendors now to upgrade applications that use less than 1,024-bit encryption before it's too late. What is currently a voluntary upgrade request from Microsoft is likely to become mandatory within a few ...
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Google $22.5m for monitoring Apple Safari browser users even though they had a "do not track" privacy setting selected. The fine is the largest to date to be imposed by the FTC on a single ...
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The parking lighting project at Campus in Lisbon,Portugal,has been completed and put into use recently.The SPARK LED street light(SPL-48)with LED module design have been widely used in this project.The single pole has been installed with ...
The United States is spending tens of millions of federal economic stimulus dollars to replace streetlights and traffic lights nationwide with energy-efficient ones made mostly in Asia, a Tribune-Review investigation found. An exemption in ...
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The United States is spending tens of millions of federal economic stimulus dollars to replace streetlights and traffic lights nationwide with energy-efficient ones made mostly in Asia, a Tribune-Review investigation found. An ...
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