With the release of new and revamping of several established video streaming services being undertaken in the coming months, 2014 appears like it could be ‘The Year of Streaming’. However, Australia might not be as supportive a ...
Tags: Curbing Piracy, Netflix, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad
Numbers reported by the DAT North American Freight Index were up for lthe final month of 2013. Compared to November, the spot market freight availability rose 10 percent in December. According to TransCore, the company that produces the ...
Tags: Trucking, Transportation
Seventy percent of CIOs plan to change their relationships with technology providers and outsourcing partners over the next two to three years, according to a Gartner survey. The Gartner Executive Program Survey of 2,339 CIOs worldwide ...
Tags: Change Suppliers, Flat budgets
Digitalisation – the third era of enterprise IT – has begun, but most CIOs do not feel prepared for this next era, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner. The survey shows many CIOs feel overwhelmed by the prospect of ...
A federal appeals court has ruled bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public concern, plaintiffs have to prove negligence to win damages. The 9th ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
Robots, even very well programmed robots, really don't care about you. And by "you," I mean humans. And even if a robot did care about you, most of them don't have a clue about what you're doing or what you want. We've seen all kinds of ...
Tags: Robots, Electrical, Electronics
Caffeine may help long-term memory Whether it's a mug full of coffee, a cup of hot tea, or a can of soft drink, consuming caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions who want to wake up or stay up. But the popular stimulant could ...
Tags: Caffeine, long-term memory, memory enhancer
One way that supercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. ...
Tags: Supercaps, Materials, Applications
The Australian brand Organic Stevia Plant-derived sweetener stevia has been quietly gaining traction with consumers and usurping the traditional pecking order of more established sweeteners, according to a new report from market research ...
Tags: Organic Stevia, sweetener stevia, intense sweeteners, Food Research
One of the most ambitious missions in the history of space goes into high-risk mode on Monday when Europe rouses a comet-chasing probe from years of hibernation. "The most important alarm clock in the Solar System" will end the scout ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Organizers of next month's Tupelo Furniture Market say representatives from one-third of the nation's Top 100 furniture retailers already have registered for the event. They're part of a cadre of more than 500 buyers from large U.S. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Scientists and engineers in Europe are embarking on a quest to see if they can change the way young people at risk for becoming obese eat. Key to this will be developing unobtrusive technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is ...
Tags: young people health, obese eat, eating disorders, healthier pace
Bendable figure named Jules to help children practice yoga at home A UK yoga teacher has taken her idea for a toy that helps children learn yoga to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Dawn Caller, from SunRise Yoga, has created Jules, a ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Dawn Caller, Jules, yoga, toy
Halfway through the six-month enrollment period for private insurance under the health care law, just one in four adult enrollees are between ages 18 and 34, the crucial demographic group whose participation rates are key to keeping monthly ...