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IBM Has Withdrawn From a Fierce Legal Battle Over a $600m CIA Cloud Computing Contract
Nov 1, 2013IBM has withdrawn from a fierce legal battle over a $600m CIA cloud computing contract, leaving the deal to fall to Amazon. IBM withdrew its bid following legal action it took against Amazon's own bid, which IBM claimed did not meet the ...
Tags: IBM, software, Computer Products
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Ethanol and Advanced Biofuel RINs Assessments Fell to Their Lowest Levels
Oct 24, 2013Current-year ethanol and advanced biofuel RINs assessments fell to their lowest levels in more than eight months Tuesday as heavy selloffs continued throughout the market, sources said. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs were assessed 0.5 cent ...
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US Corn& Soybean Oil Futures on The Chicago Board of Trade& Rin Prices Were Trending Lower
Oct 16, 2013US corn and soybean oil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade and RIN prices were trending lower Friday morning amid reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency would lower its biofuels blending requirements for 2014. December ...
Tags: Corn, Soybean Oil
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US Federal Government Has Shut Many Services After Failing to Pass a Spending Bill
Oct 15, 2013The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
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Normal Operations and Functions of America's Nhtsa Was Restricted
Oct 9, 2013Normal operations and functions of America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been restricted as a result of the US Federal Government shutdown announced on Tuesday. In a statement the NHTSA told AOL ...
Tags: Car Safety, Traffic Safety
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A Talk Revealing Security Shortcomings of Network Systems Will Be Presented
Jul 31, 2013A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
Tags: Car Security
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Tesla Motors Will Be Postponed Until 2014 From Report
Mar 13, 2013Tesla Motors will postpone the production, and thus deliveries, of the Telsa Model X SUV until later in 2014. The Los Angeles Times reports the delay in production of the Tesla Model X until late 2014 comes on the back of news that the EV ...
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Import Permit Tonnage for Finished Steel,Down 18 Percent
Jan 7, 2013Based on the US Department of Commerce's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that steel import permit applications for the month of December totaled ...
Tags: US Department, SIMA, AISI, finished steel, imports
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The US Federal Government Policies Aimed to Promote EV Will Cost $7.5bn Through 2019
Dec 25, 2012The policies designed by the US federal government in a bid to promote electric vehicles (EV) will cost $7.5bn through 2019, according to a new report. The US Congressional Budget Office report revealed that have 'little to no impact' on ...
Tags: EVs, electric vehicles, vehicles, automotive
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Monday, 9 July, Was Supposed to Be 'internet Doomsday'
Dec 24, 2012Monday, 9 July, was supposed to be 'Internet Doomsday' when the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was to shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware. As a result, computers infected with this threat were to be cut off ...
Tags: USA, DNSChanger malware, FBI, computer
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Forestry Commission Used Huddle's Cloud Collaboration Services to Control Tree Disease
Dec 20, 2012The Forestry Commission has used Huddle’s cloud collaboration services in a project to control the spread of a tree disease known as ash dieback. The organisation started using Huddle’s cloud-based collaboration software as a ...
Tags: Computer Products, The Cloud, Tree Disease, Forestry Commission
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Toyota Has Agreed to Pay a Record Us$17.35 Million Fine for Failing to Report
Dec 19, 2012Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay a record US$17.35 million($16.49 million)fine for failing to report a safety defect to the US federal government"in a timely manner"without admitting to any violation of its obligations under the ...
Tags: Toyota, fine US$17m, safety defect, NHTSA
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US Public Sector Workers Have Access to Cloud-Based Collaboration Software From Huddle
Dec 18, 2012Hundreds of thousands of US public sector workers have access to cloud-based collaboration software from UK IT firm Huddle after two major US government departments sign up. A version of Huddle used by the UK government, which sits on a ...
Tags: Huddle, US Federal Government, IT
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Governments Should Stop Trying to Reinvent The Wheel When It Comes to Information Security
Sep 12, 2012When it comes to good government IT strategy, only collaboration will work in the long term, according to Hord Tipton, executive director of professional certification body (ISC)2. But after that, governments should stop trying to ...
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Howard Schmidt Is to Join The Board of Security and Compliance Company Qualys
Jun 27, 2012Former White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt is to join the board of security and compliance company Qualys. Howard Schmidt announced he was to step down as White House cyber czar in May after two and a half years. Michael ...
Tags: Howard Schmidt, White House, cyber czar, Security Forum
