Microsoft is expected to unveil a successor to Xbox 360 videogame consoles next month. Microsoft sent out invitations yesterday to the May 21 event at its main campus in Redmond, Washington at which its Xbox team will reveal a "new ...
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APPLE has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will take place in San Francisco in June. The cost is $US1600 per ticket. In an unusual move, Apple gave a one-day notice that tickets would go on sale for what is ...
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The latest release of the Ubuntu operating system, version 13.04, which will be released today, uses less system and memory resources, offers better boot times and more efficient power management, according to Canonical, the company behind ...
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How important are toys to Argos? What are your ambitions in this sector? Argos is the UK's number one toy retailer (by value) and toys is an incredibly important category to our business. Many people will remember flicking through the ...
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At LIGHTFAIR International 2013, Thermal Solution Resources, LLC (TSR) introduced the world’s smallest wireless LED lamp – the intelliSSL™ MR16 which can be controlled remotely from iOS, Android or Windows smartphones, ...
Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show. But in the end, Apple may not care. "I think PC, and Mac, volumes will continue to shrink ...
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Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 5:04:22 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for Purdue Pharma L.P.'s reformulated OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride ...
Driven by the increasing demand for microchip designs UK based semiconductor and software design company ARM Holdings has reported 28% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2013 to £170.3m from £132.5m it reported ...
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Lextar Electronics has seen increasing orders for LED backlight units (BLUs) mainly from China- and South Korea-based LCD TV vendors, with overall capacity utilization rising to 70-80% currently and shipments scheduled for 1-1.5 months, ...
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Amazon has completed a deal worth $26m (£17m) to acquire Cambridge-based start-up Evi, developer of the voice-activated virtual intelligence applications of the same name. The deal has been rumoured for some time and according to ...
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Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Postpaid subscribers, who pay a regular bill for mobile service at the end of each ...
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Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier this week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longstanding products, including Deals and SMS Alerts, in an attempt to sharpen its focus, the ...
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Microsoft Took another hard knock this month when top tech researchers laid much of the blame for dwindling first-quarter PC sales on the beleaguered Windows 8 operating system. Estimates of first-quarter shipments, from both IDC and ...
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ARM, the Cambridge-based chip designer, has posted higher than expected first quarter financial results, citing strong demand for its new chip design in tablets and smartphones for the growth. The firm posted first quarter revenues of ...
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In May 2000, after public input, the Federal trade Commission (FTC) staff issued the initial Dot Com Disclosures guide to show how the Commission's consumer protection statutes, rules, and guides apply to online advertising and sales and ...
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