Network World-If it is left to the politicians,the door to the nation's utilities might be left open.Almost telling terrorists,like in those motel commercials,"We'll leave the light on for you." The ironic part is that a terrorist attack ...
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IDG News Service - A U.S. Federal Communications Commission cap on rural telephone subsidies will cost jobs in rural areas and lead to higher prices for customers in those areas, a group of rural carriers said. The FCC's cap on payments ...
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Computerworld - WASHINGTON - Ken Knezek, who owns a business that sells footwear, understands the importance of a sales tax. His business is in Texas, which doesn't have an income tax. Knezek's company, Bandals Southwest, sells Bandals ...
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The government is providing funds for a new project for the University of Surrey to develop the next generation of mobile broadband systems. Money for the research will be part of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund,which ...
The US Federal Trade Commission said it had updated rules requiring online services to obtain consent from parents if they are aimed at children under 13 or know that they are collecting personal information from young children. But FTC ...
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Proposed laws could protect virtual intellectual property. A number of Internet laws that aim to protect intellectual property rights online have been proposed in recent months. While only one piece of legislation has passed, proposed ...
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A survey released by Lieberman Software Corporation has revealed that half (51%) of IT experts whose job roles focus on the cloud don’t trust the cloud for any of their personal data such as contact lists, music, photos, or Webmail. ...
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher with traders focusing on late gains made in the US session rather than the fact leaders there are yet to agree on avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. At 1045 AEDT,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...
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Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal ...
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As the railways ministry goes to Congress party after being held by coalition partners for around 16 years, the wave of change has already started. For the first time, the railways has prioritized its 360 pending projects worth more than ...
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A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency said it has analyzed water samples from four shale plays across the country, but released no test results or preliminary conclusions Friday when it issued a progress report on its investigation of the ...
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Undoubtedly 2012 has been another big year for mobile. From high-profile launches to security scares, from hot tablets entering the enterprise to huge players trailing with their tails between their legs, mobile is certainly the direction ...
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The Ministry of Railways said on December 11 that railway fixed asset investment in the first 11 months of the year was CNY 506.9 billion. The ministry had planned to invest CNY 630 billion this year and it was unclear whether it would ...
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During the FS 2012-13, GSI has made significant augmentation/discoveries in Gold, Platinum, Rare Earth Element, Basemetal, Iron ore, Manganese, Phosporite, Limestone in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha ...
Tags: GSI, Iron ore, lignite, metal industry, India