Audit Scotland, the Scottish government's public spending watchdog, has called for a single pool of IT expertise to help deliver IT programmes more efficiently and to cut costs. In a report, entitled Managing ICT Contracts: An audit of ...
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Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have implemented prominent privacy notices with robust cookie controls, a study has revealed. The regulation on the use of cookies derives from an amendment to ...
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IDG News Service-The U.S.Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to measure mobile data speeds in a joint project with major carriers and other participants. On Sept.21,the FCC will hold a public meeting in ...
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A labor rights group has accused Samsung of"illegal and inhumane violations"at its factories in China,reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions,with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single ...
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"I believe the short-term prospects for the industry appear bearish. Regardless, over the medium to long term, the sector offers good growth potential, " Kumar Mangalam Birla said in a statement released after the company s annual ...
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Russia is imposing a ban on food imports from several companies in China,Spain,and Australia beginning 9 September 2012,over contamination concerns. Rosselkhoznadzor,Russia's federal veterinary and phytosanitary oversight service,noted ...
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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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For small petrol engines,Freescale has introduced an analogue mop-up chip to fire the ignition,pump the fuel injection,and read sensors in engine management systems. "Small engine makers are increasingly deploying electronic engine ...
Guest writer Andy Gardner,design manager for mixed signal products at Linear Technology says that for designers of networking equipment increasing system functionality adds Asics and processors,each requiring several voltage rails,resulting ...
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A fall in the Brazilian real and a spike in soybean costs were key factors in the fall in half-year profits at Brasil Foods,the company has reported. Brasil Foods booked an 82%fall in first-half net profit to BRL160m(US$79.2m)for the six ...
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IDG News Service - Competition Commission of India, the country's antitrust agency, is investigating Google for alleged anti-competitive practices following a complaint by a consumer watchdog group, a federal minister told Parliament on ...
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Google's latest attempt to add more content to its local business listings by buying travel brand Frommer has been challenged by the Consumer Watchdog. The acquisition – the financial details of which were not disclosed – ...
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Japan has decided to extend, for another year, punitive tariffs on tapered roller bearings imported from the U. S. In retaliation against a U. S. Anti-dumping trade law known as the Byrd amendment. The decision to extend the retaliatory ...
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The Office of Fair Trading(OFT)–the UK's competition watchdog,has started an investigation into the proposed sale of Premier Foods'vinegar and sour pickles business to Japanese food firm Mizkan. In June 2012,Premier Foods announced ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US has charged five physicians with insider trading in the securities of Medical Professional Liability Insurer. The federal watchdog accused the five medicos and said that one of the prime ...
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