VODAFONE has renewed calls for a review into how much telecom companies pay one another when their customers make calls to mobile phones, claiming that consumers have been ripped off to the tune of $1.3 billion by Telstra's intransigence to ...
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Dutch start-up Anagear has released a power management IC (PMIC) for wireless sensor nodes, that consumes an average of 600nA, said the firm. Typically, wireless sensor nodes have a microcontroller that spends most of its time in sleep, ...
The UK's Food Standards Agency has said it will consider taking legal action over the discovery of horse DNA in some beef burgers on sale in several retailers in the UK and Ireland. The UK's food safety watchdog is urgently investigating ...
A crafty junkyard pooch and his artful associates turn trash into treasure in the new Watchdog slots game at metro-style Lucky Club Casino. The 25 pay-line video slot is another unique game from Nuworks with Win-Win and Jackpot Pyramid ...
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Mobile application developers should minimize privacy surprises for their customers by limiting their data collection and retention and giving users access to the data collected,California Attorney General Kamala Harris has recommended. ...
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General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine in a statement said that Jaguar Land Rover,British based automaker has recalled 337 units of vehicles in China from December 25 The quality watchdog said the recall ...
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As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want ...
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US-based food company General Mills and consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) have settled a lawsuit over the company's Fruit Roll-Ups product label. According to the settlement, the company will have to ...
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The number of UK websites complying with the newly enforced cookie law improved in the final month of the grace period, but 80% are still not compliant, a study shows. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure ...
Telstra's rivals have made an 11th-hour plea to the competition regulator to halt the telco giant's proposed acquisition of budget broadband provider Adam Internet. Senior executives from iiNet, Vodafone and Macquarie Telecom yesterday ...
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Apple and four other e-book publishers have settled an antitrust battle with the European Union. After a year of investigations into allegations of cartel price-fixing, the European Commission has decided to accept commitments to alter ...
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Privacy campaign group Europe vs. Facebook has threatened to take the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court if it is not satisfied with the DPC's final responses to its 22 complaints about Facebook's privacy policies, and appealed for ...
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Computerworld - Windows 7 may be the better choice as a PC operating system on new systems than the just-released Windows 8, Consumer Reports magazine said this week. "Windows 7 generally received favorable reviews when it was released," ...
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Daimler AG's luxury car unit Mercedes Benz has said it will recall 4,999 vehicles in China from Feb 15, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine The quality watchdog said the recall will involve ...
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South Korea's oil refiners are likely to face tougher challenges in coming years as President-elect Park Geun-Hye vows consumer-focused policies and tighter business regulations under her economic democratization platform. Park, from ...
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