Computer giant Apple has become embroiled in a new row over its suppliers after China Labour Watch claimed that Pegatron, one of Apple's outsourced manufacturers in China, was violating local labour regulations. In a report released today ...
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Forget the parody videos that claim your vision will be clogged with ads when you wear Google Glass down the street. The little virtual display screen you see at the top right-hand doesn't dominate your view at all. You see it by focusing ...
Elastane yarns give garments stretch and a perfect fit, but they do present a number of production challenges. During warp preparation in particular, the special physical characteristics of the high-stretch synthetic yarns have to be ...
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The Ubuntu Edge, a "superphone" in the making, seeks to raise $32 Million on Indiegogo by August 22 to fund a full-scale production of a smartphone that can also run your PC. Is this a lofty goal, or a reachable possibility? Within the ...
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One of the most common complaints of data center owners and operators is needing extra cooling capacity because an existing system won't maintain an acceptable temperature. The truth is, this issue isn't usually caused by insufficient ...
The Leap Motion controller, a hands-controlled, touch-free device, is now available for $80. The user can point, pinch, swipe, and more to manipulate the program on the computer screen before them-- it is intended to take the place of a ...
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One of the essential requirements of sheet metal fabrication is the cutting of the sheets into predetermined shapes and sizes. Earlier, it was very time-consuming and hard work to do the cutting manually, but with the advent of laser ...
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Miami International Airport (MIA) has put added a rainbow of light and sound to one of their average walkthrough corridors. In fact, over the years you may have found that many airports are updating those drab hallways with exciting new ...
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The federal government is making one of the most powerful supercomputers in its computing arsenal available to any U.S. businesses that can help make the country more competitive. The system is the 5 petaflop Vulcan (one petaflop equals ...
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Ardagh Group has produced a new lighter weight 660mL bottle for Innis & Gunn's Original and Rum Finish beers. In keeping with its record of continuous innovation, Innis & Gunn set Ardagh the task of producing the lightest weight bottle in ...
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Amazon is offering to cover 95 percent of the cost of vocational training courses to help its warehouse staff pursue jobs in other careers,including many that Amazon does not offer,the company said Monday in a letter posted on its home ...
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Despite the significant Java security improvements made by Oracle during the past six months, Java vulnerabilities continue to represent a major security risk for organisations because most of them have outdated versions of the software ...
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A new report from the SANS Institute and RSA on help desk security and privacy finds help desk workers are the easiest victims for a determined social engineering criminal. Due to metrics and basic job requirements, end user and network ...
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Decreased processing speeds, unexpected freezes and shutdowns, and even permanently fried hardware have been afflicting readers (and staff) of Computing in the past week as the UK's heatwave shows no sign of abating. Here are our top 10 ...
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