Struggling Hewlett-Packard has taken several steps this year to assure users and investors that it's working to put past distractions behind it while bolstering its full product line. In an earnings call last month, CEO Meg Whitman ...
Computing's semi-regular podcast this week features a roundup of Mobile World Congress - everything you need to know from the world of mobile computing. We also discuss HMRC's new policy of trawling social media for evidence of tax ...
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China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) is to be dismantled, according to a report read by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 10. The original policy-making department of the Ministry of Railways ...
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The author of a successful White House petition calling on government officials to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones has turned his attention to broader reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Sina Khanifar, the ...
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Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to provide more protection from government surveillance for people who store data in the cloud. The Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act would require U.S. law enforcement ...
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Chang Zhenming, chairman of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific, has stated at China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC), that the company's Sino Iron project in Western Australia will probably achieve an annual output of 5 ...
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The news of higher revenues and more listeners encouraged investors, prompting a surge in after-hours trade of Pandora by 18.6 percent to $13.92. Paul Ausick at 24/7 Wall Street said the latest earnings report was "not substantially ...
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Patient Safety Technologies's operating subsidiary SurgiCount Medical has announced the launch of a new proprietary surgical sponge, designed to allow for improved visibility during surgery and enhanced X-ray detectability. The patent ...
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On Tuesday, Democratic California Congressman John Garamendi joined other transportation leaders in supporting legislation that would ensure all Federal transportation and infrastructure investments support American jobs and domestic ...
Speaking in Shanghai on March 6, He Wenbo, deputy to China's National People's Congress and general manager of Shanghai-based Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Baosteel), said that Baosteel's research and development ...
A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Barack Obama backed over 114,000 petitioners who asked the government to legalize the ...
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With Congress in the grips of the Great Sequester 3.0, it might seem an inopportune time for cycling advocates to storm Capitol Hill in the interest of pushing the two-wheel and pedestrian agenda. Considerably bigger fish and all. But ...
New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
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Congress of Guangdong Glass Industry Association was held in Baiyun district, Guangzhou. In the meeting, Huang Shaota, Secretary of Guangdong Glass Industry Association introduced the job of 2012 and planning of 2013.
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U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with more than 100,000 petition signers who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of smartphones. The White House on Monday agreed with petitioners who asked the Library of ...