Ericsson has announced it plans to close its copper telecoms cable manufacturing facility in Sweden, at the cost of 354 jobs. "The decision is based on the fact that Ericsson's production of telecom cables is small from a global ...
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Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor uses IBM's Watson, ...
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared. The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting bitcoins two years ago citing ...
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Wesfarmers’ managing director Richard Goyder has announced that Target’s outlook has been downgraded. The retailer’s earnings for the 2013 financial year to date have been affected by a number of factors, including: ...
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Researchers in Korea have used three-dimensional (3D) graphene foam as a transparent conductor for the p-contact of blue nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Byung-Jae Kim et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol102, p161902, 2013]. The ...
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The mobile industry's efforts to convince lawmakers that self-regulation alone is the best way to address growing concerns over privacy-invading mobile applications appears to be running into some headwind. On Thursday, Rep. Hank Johnson ...
Homeowners of today don’t just want a ton of options; they want a ton of environmentally friendly green flooring options. Not only that, but they expect it to look good, install practically anywhere, and last for years. Is this too ...
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On April 25, Henan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anyang Iron and Steel Group Co. issued its financial results for the first quarter of this year. In the given period, Anyang Steel achieved an operating revenue of RMB 4.907 billion ...
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Frequent strike calls given by political parties is estimated to have caused Bangladeshi readymade garment industry to lose around US$ 3 billion worth of new business opportunities, so far this year, according to Bangladesh Garment ...
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The readymade garment industry of Bangladesh is suffering from a severe image crisis in the international markets because of concerns about labor safety arising from recent fire incidents in two garment factories, which resulted in a ...
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Opel Astra OPC versus Renault Megane RS is the ultimate example of challenger attacking, champion defending. But the French know, arrogantly but correctly, that the Megane RS has long been the benchmark sub-$50,000 hot hatch – when ...
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Type Description Friction Stiffness† Speed Life Notes Plain bearing Rubbing surfaces, usually with lubricant; some bearings use pumped lubrication and behave similarly to fluid ...
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To make server upgrades easier, Intel introduced a rack reference architecture that speeds up data throughput while reducing energy and maintenance costs in data centers. The architecture, announced on Tuesday, calls for decoupling ...
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Razurblade Labs, a non-profit open device lab plans to open its doors to the public by July 30, 2013 in midtown Atlanta, Ga. The lab is an initiative to bring awareness of development best practices and application testing to the developer ...
Tags: computer science, information technology, digital design
Demand for recycled-content packaging materials continues to grow in the U.S. But the market and infrastructure for collecting used materials suffers somewhat from various limitations, whether they be financial, logistical or emotional. ...
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