A coalition of 17 advocacy groups filed complaints on Wednesday with the U.S.Federal Trade Commission against five prominent companies,including McDonald's,claiming that certain of their online marketing practices violate child privacy ...
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IDG News Service-The Norwegian Tax Administration and the State Educational Loan Fund's use of Google Analytics violate the country's privacy laws,because the agencies have no control over how Google uses information about users,the ...
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Sensitive personal information about more than 1,000 children has been published on the UK Independent Schools Guide website after an alleged cyber attack. The information was contained in a database of applications for top independent ...
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IDG News Service - Some AT&T customers are being affected by a failure in the carrier's DNS (Domain Name System) servers that began Wednesday morning. Initial reports indicate the failure is hitting companies across the U.S., but few ...
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Microsoft has decided to stop publishing new apps for Windows Phone on Marketplace,while it addresses an issue that led to users experiencing problems with application downloads this week,the company said in blog post on Tuesday. The ...
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Next month the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST)plans to put out for public review its draft for a new government encryption standard that,when finalized,is going to compel federal agencies with older websites to replace ...
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Earlsmann have launched their MODENA Universal LED down light. It's innovative design allows installation in a wide range of cutouts significantly reducing costly remedial work and reduces line items stocked. One of the biggest problems ...
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The LRC has published a new ASSIST recommends publication that is designed to help LED lighting manufacturers develop systems that minimize the effects of flicker. The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), ...
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The Rhema Group,Inc.is currently upgrading a previous version of ProcessPro software to the newly released ProcessPro Premier 10.2.The Rhema Group is a leading custom manufacturer of nutraceuticals,dietary supplements,and functional foods ...
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The Industrial Designers Society of America(IDSA)has honoured Fluke Corporation with a Gold Award in its International Design Excellence Awards(IDEA®)program,the premier international competition honouring design excellence in ...
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Battle.net, the service that hosts videogames company Blizzard's massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft, has come under attack from hackers, according to a security update on the game's website. Mike Morhaime, president and ...
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Gerber Technology announces the availability of its newest precision spreading system, the GERBERspreader 250s, which accommodates material rolls weighing up to 250 kgs. (550 lbs.) and spreads at speeds up to 100 meters per minute without ...
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Complaints over the past several weeks from Dropbox users whose email addresses have been targeted with spam have finally been answered by the company,which has admitted the possibility that an employee's company email was hacked,and a list ...
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Xenics nv of Leuven,Belgium-a manufacturer of infrared detectors and customized imaging solutions covering the spectrum from long-wavelength infrared(LWIR)to the visible(0.4–14μm)-has appointed Stuart Cohen as new sales manager at ...
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A New Jersey solar installation is now a more cost-efficient investment thanks to a law signed on July 23. Governor Chris Christie signed into law S-1925, which will help stabilize the state's renewable energy credit market and will also ...
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