Amazon on Friday yanked gibberish translations of classic works from the shelves of its online ebooks shop. An array of titles including "Treasure Island" and "War of the Worlds" billed as translations of famed books into French, Italian, ...
BP has started up its US Gulf deepwater Na Kika Phase 3 oil project, the company said Monday. The first Na Kika well began producing oil February 19, with another expected to start in the second quarter. The full Na Kika Phase 3 project ...
Tags: Oil Production, Mineral
Crayola, a colorfully innovative brand for over 100 years, today announced the launch of My Virtual Fashion Show, a new product that lets kids design their own fashions and bring them to life on a virtual runway, just like professional ...
Tags: Crayola, Virtual Fashion, not-so-distant future, sketchbook
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company, plans to launch passenger cars and medium to heavy trucks in India as demand wilts in a slowing home market. The company, also known as JAC, has sent its top executives to India in recent months to firm ...
Tags: commercial vehicle, Heavy Trucks
Samsung unveiled two new computerized wristwatches on Sunday, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one. Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch came out last fall amid much fanfare, ...
Tags: Samsung, Smartwatches, Consumer Electronics
Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a global-warming battleground, researchers said Sunday. A so-called hiatus in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Quantum mechanics offers the potential for creating communication technologies with an inherently higher security level than today's classical technologies. Using quantum digital signatures (QDS), for example, messages can be sent to ...
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The Arctic isn't nearly as bright and white as it used to be because of more ice melting in the ocean, and that's turning out to be a global problem, a new study says. With more dark, open water in the summer, less of the sun's heat is ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
SteriPack SteriPack to exhibit at PharmaPack Europe in Paris from February 12-13, 2014. SteriPack, one of the world's leading suppliers of high-quality primary pharmaceutical and medical packaging solutions will be exhibiting at ...
Tags: medical packaging solutions, Blister Packaging, Bottle Filling
TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- A downward trend in antibiotic use among children may have leveled off in certain areas of the United States, a new study shows. Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reviewed ...
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The attack on Yahoo that started with the theft of user credentials from a third-party database highlights the risk of sharing usernames and passwords across multiple websites. Yahoo reported Thursday that attackers using computer ...
Tags: Yahoo, Identity Management
FireEye has announced the release of FireEye OS 7.1, the update to the FireEye OS. FireEye says OS 7.1 offers more scalable management capabilities to its CM series, IPv6 network security support to the NX series, and enhanced email ...
Tags: computer
Relieving Stress at Your Desk Work-related stress is a very real and serious thing. According to a study by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 40% of workers reported their job “very or extremely ...
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If you routinely visit IEEE Spectrum on your phone, you've probably noticed some big changes recently. If you've never tried looking at this site on your phone, now's the perfect time to start! We've made major overhauls to the the mobile ...
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IBM will house its email, communication and collaboration products in its Connections suite, whose scope until now has been limited to enterprise social networking software. This means that the Connections bundle will include the ...
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