November 22, 2012 - UL is notifying authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), electrical contractors and consumers that the fluorescent ballasts identified below may pose a fire hazard, as they do not comply with UL’s safety ...
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Four days of non-stop manual efforts by datacentre staff at Peer 1 Hosting to deliver gallons of fuel to 17th floor generators has helped the colocation provider's Manhattan facility remain operational despite hurricane Sandy. ...
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Computerworld-Intel CEO Paul Otellini is getting ready to leave the company,and analysts say this could be a good change for the world's largest chip maker. Intel announced on Monday that Otellini,62,will retire in May after nearly four ...
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Graphic Products in the US has debuted Arc Flash Labeling kit DuraLabelPRO300 which includes a DLP300 label printer and a software. The thermal transfer printer provides 300 dpi resolution and prints labels up to 4" wide, the company ...
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Hewlett-Packard has twice revised its message to customers about downgrading new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the older Windows 7 in an attempt to clarify its position. In the revisions, HP left open whether it would provide drivers to ...
Rival smartphone makers Apple and HTC have settled all outstanding disputes over patents. The agreement has seen HTC both losing and winning court battles against Apple in just over two-and-a-half years of legal wrangling. In ...
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Microsoft has filed a patent which appears to describe camera-based monitoring of digital content users to enforce compliance with software licence policies. In other words,Microsoft seems to be patenting technology that allows the ...
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Web users and people shopping online during the upcoming holiday season should watch out for a new crop of scams, some of them targeting users of mobile devices, cybersecurity vendor McAfee warned. Many of the scams in McAfee's 2012 ...
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Twitter has apologised after telling members their accounts had been hacked and forcing them to reset their passwords. Twitter sent out a"large number"of emails telling members to change their log-in details,but gave no indication of the ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft today announced it will issue six security updates next week,including three for Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT. The half-dozen updates will patch 19 vulnerabilities in Windows,Internet ...
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Delhaize booked a decline in third-quarter earnings,which were hit by spending on pricing in Belgium and the US. The company announced today(7 November)that operating profit fell by 3%in the three months to the end of September,dropping ...
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Geotechnical Instrumentation and Structural instrumentation are processes that are of great help for the engineers, as it helps them in each and every stage of a project. The various applications that include in this process are, spot ...
USA - Bringing home "one of the best results from any international trade show", this year's LDI Exhibition saw an outstanding level of development in Le Mark's USA distribution network, says the company. With four new dealers ready to ...
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Japanese electronics firm Sharp has issued a profit warning,expressing"material doubt"that it will be able to stay in business. Expecting to end the financial year in March 2013 with a net loss of Y450bn(3.5bn euros),Sharp's main problems ...
Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of the agency's ongoing review into the Chinese kit-maker's security practices. Tim Watkins,Western Europe vice-president at Huawei,said GCHQ was monitoring ...
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