IDG News Service-The family of a worker who committed suicide at an alleged Apple supplier in China is blaming his death on the harsh management at the factory and has tried demonstrating against the company,only to be detained by local ...
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Hays Specialist Recruitment and Fiat are impressed by the new expert location and translation features in Google's new enterprise search appliance (GSA). Entity recognition – which automatically classifies unstructured content and ...
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The websites of several Swedish government agencies were knocked offline on Friday. The website failures coincided with threats by hacktivists, claiming to be members of the Anonymous collective, to launch a cyber attack against Swedish ...
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A handful of Swedish websites remained down Friday evening there after hacking group Anonymous threatened earlier this week to attack the nation for a police raid on a hosting service that was once home to The Pirate Bay. As of 6:45 ...
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As Sri Lankan textiles sector now stands bolstered by the recent offer of support from the Government of India,the domestic manufacturers,who were struggling a few years back,are successfully moving for a bigger slice in domestic demand. ...
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UK employers, across the IT sector, have come together to back a new skills framework from the National Skills Academy. Free for IT professionals to use, the online IT Professional Profile enables individuals to benchmark their skills ...
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The government will spend £2m a year until 2014 on a cyber security advice centre that aims to improve international co-ordination, increase access to expertise and promote good governance online. The "Centre for Global ...
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Google said it had no choice but to block a political video in Brazil, after it lost a court appeal. "We are deeply disappointed that we have never had the full opportunity to argue in court that these were legitimate free speech videos ...
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A lakeshore company is helping bring brighter days to the state's economy. Holland-based Solar Street Lights USA makes a product that can't be found anywhere else in the state and the company says its even saving people's lives. "It's ...
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SURABAYA, Indonesia -- Anti-American protests by Muslim groups here and in other areas on the island of Java haven't alarmed U.S. furniture importers or their manufacturing partners on the island. The protests, like others in Muslim ...
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A hacker group said to be connected to Hamas has claimed responsibility for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on US banks in retaliation to the controversial video "The Innocence of Muslims" posted on Google's YouTube service. ...
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Cañon City's historic Main Street and downtown area may become much brighter in 2013 after the city updates 100 of its streetlights with LED lighting. The streetlights would line Main Street from First to Ninth streets, some side ...
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Apple supplier Foxconn reopened a manufacturing facility in China on Tuesday a day after it closed following a mass riot involving 2,000 workers that was later brought under control by local police. Foxconn spokesman Simon Hsing said the ...
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The U.S.Federal Communications Commission needs to be a"cop on the beat"to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country,the agency's chairman said Tuesday. The FCC must resist calls for the agency to phase out nearly all ...
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Regional outsourcing venture Southwest One obscured the true extent of its financial losses with a highly unusual combination of understated costs and post-dated credits in its 2010 accounts,according to an analysis of the firm's accounts ...
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