Storing information in the public cloud from a growing market of vendors is a viable alternative to on-premise, traditional storage options for some use cases, research firm Gartner says. But cloud-based storage providers vary widely in ...
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It’s a New Year’s tradition for anyone who writes for a living: use the first column of the year to look back at what just happened and try to make sense of what’s to come. Truth be told, it was probably a way for writers ...
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The Australian dollar is higher, getting some support from stronger iron ore prices and gains on the local sharemarket. Mr Hans Kunnen, St George chief economist said that the local dollar's rise was not because of the US budget ...
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Doc McStuffins has become the fastest-selling new property at the Disney Store for 2012. Toys and products based on the animated pre-school TV show include talking plush, a Lambie Mini Bean Bag and Doctor's Bag Set. Disney says extra ...
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Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China. 24-year-old Wang Hong Wei knows what it's like: He and about four to six others would collectively ...
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St. Nick and his reindeer have begun their Christmas Eve work delivering presents to children around the world and NORAD is tracking their progress today. As the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been doing since 1958, ...
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IDG News Service-Samsung Electronics showed two of its upcoming TVs at the IFA trade show on Thursday,the 55-inch OLED ES9500 and the ES9000,an LED TV with a 75-inch screen. The 55-inch OLED ES9500 is being shown for first time in Europe ...
Consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) appear cautiously optimistic about business and the marketplace in general, according to PMMI's report on the Vision 2020 focus groups it conducted during PACK EXPO International 2012. Today's ...
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Horley, Surrey, 28 December 2012: Travellers coming to the Isle of Wight, England can stay in the Mayfair Hotel, which offers complimentary toiletries to its guests. Renowned as a 2 Star basic accommodation family run establishment in the ...
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Students at a military graduate school in California are mining social media with new methods that may change the way the armed forces collect intelligence overseas. Students and researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School have tackled ...
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After a nearly two-year antitrust investigation,Google escaped with more of a slap on the wrist than a slap in the face,say industry analysts. While getting the anti-trust equivalent of a good talking-to,the Internet giant is easily ...
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IDG News Service - A photo kiosk that can track user behavior using a Microsoft Kinect-like sensor and mine social data could help marketers gain valuable information about audiences at sporting events. Mobile services company Mobiquity, ...
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Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents to whistleblower site WikiLeaks, is expected to argue this week that the charges against him should be dropped because he has ...
Watch out, LinkedIn. Facebook is getting in your space. The social network announced Wednesday that it's launching an app to help users find jobs. The app, as of Wednesday afternoon, included 1.7 million job listings, in areas including ...
Tags: Facebook, new app, US, smartphone