Downgrade rights will be critical to Windows 8's acceptance in the enterprise, but if they're exercised by consumers, it's a sign Microsoft's newest OS has pulled a "Vista," analysts said today. For consumers, downgrade rights, which let ...
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Mozilla said that income from search partners climbed 31% last year, hinting at the reportedly lucrative deal the open-source foundation struck with fierce browser rival Google. Royalties, almost all of which come from search services ...
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The government confirmed earlier this month that it will make dramatic changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment(CRC)energy efficiency scheme in order to save money. These reforms were initially announced in the chancellor of the ...
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One of the toy industry’s most endearing qualities is its many stories of enterprising individuals from humble origins who achieve spectacular success. We all know of people. From manufacturers and distributors to retailers and ...
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The findings of a first-of-its-kind survey by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) revealed today that the majority of enterprises in the Middle East see social media as a way of increasing collaboration, connecting with customers, ...
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Li Ning Company Limited, one of the leading sports brand companies in China, announced that as part of its broader transformation plan disclosed in July this year, its Board of Directors has approved the management's proposal to launch a ...
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Sales of Apple's iMac, the computer often credited with saving the company, have peaked and by the end of 2014 will account for approximately 2% of the firm's revenues, analysts now predict. The iMac, an all-in-one computer with roots ...
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All those years of playing Centipede in the video arcades of my youth, and I never knew that I was helping garden gnomes do battle against an onslaught of bugs. But thats the backstory introduced in Centipede: Origins, a re-imagining of the ...
Autoglass, Belron's United Kingdom-based auto glass retailer, has reported a 52-percent increase in glass damage from its fleet and lease customers over the last few days, in light of the winter weather the region has experienced. In the ...
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Southern African tour and travel specialists, Africa Southern Adventures (ASA) has recently launched its portfolio of affordable adventure safari packages. The Cape Town based company has formed strategic alliances with reputable service ...
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A new approach to mobile Internet protocols could improve the usability and reliability of mobile applications. At the annual Usenix tech conference last month in Boston, two MIT researchers formally unveiled a new protocol, and a remote ...
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A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005. Today, it seems ...
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ACE Hardware president and CEO Ray Griffith has announced his plans to retire from the hardware cooperative on March 31,2013,and the company's board of directors has named Ace's COO John Venhuizen his successor.Effective September ...
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The planned introduction of more than 1,900 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) could have security implications, researchers have warned. The plan to allow web ...
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ConTech Lighting announced the winners of their 13th Annual Lighting Awards for creative lighting design.The award winners were recognized in the categories of hospitality design and commercial design;projects are located in Florida and ...
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