For the third year in a row, some ExxonMobil shareholders want a vote on a proposal requiring the Irving, Texas, company to report its progress on limiting the environmental damage and community impact of hydraulic fracturing. New York ...
The European Union's Clean IT Project has become the subject of online ridicule following a recommendation in its latest report that a "Report this site for terrorism" button should be integrated into every web browser. The report, which ...
Newspaper Metro has chosen its top ten toys from this year's London Toy Fair. The theme was futuristic products, with the headline "Tomorrow's Toys Today". Metro's top ten toys are as follows: Combat Creatures Attacknid Stryder ...
Maglite (also spelled Mag-Lite) is a brand of flashlight manufactured in the United States by Mag Instrument, Inc. located in Ontario, California, and founded by Anthony Maglica. It was introduced in 1979. Constructed principally of ...
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Kel-Lite was the first heavy-duty aluminum bodied flashlight, which became popular with law enforcement agencies due to its heavy construction. They were designed to be carried in place of a police baton and also provide light. History ...
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Research in Motion today will launch its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone in what is its last chance to regain lost market share. RIM's share of the smartphone market was a healthy 19.5 per cent in late 2008 (Apples iPhone then had 10.7 per ...
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New lighting is being trialled on Parker's Piece, Cambridge, for a short period after residents claimed that it was unsafe after dark. Bollards with new bulbs have been fitted on the path between the central column known as Reality ...
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Australian tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic is set to lose his licence after being caught speeding in his Ferrari on the Gold Coast this morning. AAP reports Queensland Police clocked the 20-year-old travelling at 78km/h in a 60km/h zone in ...
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IINET has staked a claim on connecting emergency and police services to the National Broadband Network after the internet provider notched up a first in Australia by linking Tasmania's police departments to the fibre network. As part of a ...
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ST George Bank is about to unveil a service that displays customers' bank and credit balances instantly on Android smartphones without the need to log on. The bank is putting the finishing touches to the widget, which it plans to launch ...
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Telecommunications companies should take a page from the playbook of airlines and distinguish between premium-paying customers and cattle-class travellers, according to new research. A study of 260 small businesses with fewer than 20 ...
Governments continue to ask Google for more data about its users, with more than two-thirds of requests in the U.S. made through a subpoena, which usually doesn't require asking a judge for a search warrant. User data requests of all ...
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The original 1966 Batmobile from the live action Batman television series, starring Adam West as the caped crusader, has been sold for the first time, going under the hammer at a US auction for $4.4 million (US$4.62 million). Put up for ...
The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) says a freight company has been found guilty of tampering with a heavy vehicle speed limiter and fined $8,000. “In July 2012 Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) inspectors discovered the company ...
The BTHA tips 34 toys for success in the fifth annual Best New Toy Awards. The BTHA has released its fifth annual Best New Toys list at the 60th London Toy Fair. In 12 categories 34 toys were named by the show's oganisers. Winners ...
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