International and mobile users have surprising impact online. ORLANDO, FL, August 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Amidst the hype surrounding the first fully digital Olympics this past weekend, millions of viewers around the world tuned in ...
Tags: digital Olympics, computers and mobile devices, multi-camera streams
Flat glass manufacturer PT Asahimas Flat Glass (AMFG) says that it expects to reach its net sales target of Rp 2.78 trillion (US$288.38 million) for 2012 on higher demand from local construction firms and automobile makers. The target is ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the illnesses reported in Ontario and Alberta are linked to Butcher's Choice burgers, which were recalled over E. coli O157:H7 risk. The burgers were produced by Cardinal Meat ...
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Australia In February 2007, Australia enacted a law that will, in effect, by legislating efficiency standards, disallow most sales of incandescent light bulbs by 2010. The Australian Federal Government announced minimum energy performance ...
The top three winners of Philips Lighting's Art in the Dark 2012 competition have been announced.Art in the Dark is Auckland's premiere free,community light art event which will be held in Ponsonby's Western Park on the evenings of Friday 9 ...
Tags: Philips, competition, imagination, artistic concept, Art
Viacom International Media Networks has teamed with LeapFrog to bring Nickelodeon videos to learning platforms in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Content from series such as Spongebob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer ...
Tags: LeapFrog, Toys, VIMN, Nickelodeon Content
The Australian dollar is slightly lower on concerns the United States'budget problems will not be resolved before the year's end. At 07:00 AEDT,the currency was trading at$US1.0488,down from$US1.0491 yesterday afternoon. Bank of New ...
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THE sharemarket ended the week on a low note as investors took fright after budget talks in the US to resolve the fiscal cliff fell into disarray. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 10.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4623.6 points, ...
Tags: Market, reversing gains, IG institutional trader Chris Weston
Brambles has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Pallecon, a provider of intermediate bulk containers (IBC) in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, for €135 million (US$177 million). Brambles CEO Tom Gorman said: "Pallecon has ...
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New Zealand's prime minister called on Monday for an inquiry into illegal spying on individuals connected with the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload by one of the country's intelligence services. Prime Minister John Key said Monday ...
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Megaupload cannot avoid prosecution in the U.S. simply because it had no physical presence in the country, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a colorfully worded opposition to the file-sharing site's motion to dismiss copyright ...
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The Federal Court in Sydney has ordered Thai Airways International Public Company to pay $7.5 million in penalties for engaging in cartel conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (now the Competition and Consumer Act 2010). ...
Tags: Price Fixing, Airways, Penalties, Service
Sandra Pickering faced her audience and saw them slumped on their seats. She continued with her pitch -- how a career in information technology is rewarding and empowering. At the end of the presentation, the audience, 14 to 16 year old ...
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Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
Blizzard Entertainment, maker of popular multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, warned on Thursday that its internal network was breached, revealing scrambled passwords and email addresses. Law ...
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