Route de l’Horlogerie – Genève: an overview of the Swiss watchmaking panorama Geneva’s watchmaking history can be discovered through a unique Geneva Watch Tour. Punctuated by around 50 monobrand boutiques and ...
An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that ...
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Microsoft has released the customer preview of its latest version of Microsoft Office, which will be cloud-based and work best on Windows 8. Steve Ballmer announced the preview, claiming Office 2013 will provide consumers and businesses ...
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When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N.Sabelnikov visited the U.S.for the first time in January,he had a surprise waiting for him. The surprise was an amended civil lawsuit soon to be filed against him by Microsoft,which alleged he ...
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Quick-Med Technologies, a life sciences company, has received an approval from the patent office of Mexico, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI), for its new patent that expands the international intellectual property ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...
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A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama. The malware, nicknamed “Dockster,” is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim’s ...
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SinuSys has obtained CE mark for its AerOs Sinus Dilation system, designed to open the maxillary ostia (openings that connect a sinus to the nasal cavity) and treat painful chronic sinusitis. The low pressure, self-expanding AerOs device ...
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Businesses will face tough penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation. Companies could face fines of up to 2% of their turnover for breaching a proposed EU data protection law. “It is ...
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Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business,which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks. The new firm will be led by ceo Roger White,formerly the ceo of AG ...
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Phil Shoesmith, head of IT for the Alzheimer's Society charity, has called on Salesforce to keep its promise to build a datacentre in the European Union (EU). The Alzheimer's Society helps 100,000 suffers of dementia in England, Wales and ...
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“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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Activision has adopted newly-launched public cloud services from Salesforce in order to communicate better with its customers. The company – most-renowned for the Call of Duty gaming series – has 7,700 employees and makes $4bn ...
Cisco has announced that two top executives have assumed the title of president. COO Gary Moore is now president and COO, and Rob Lloyd, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations, is now president of development and sales. Moore ...
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The Cabinet Office must show strong leadership if it is to make shared services work, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. The comments follow a PAC report, which echoes the National Audit Office’s findings in March that ...
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