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Microsoft Just Lost a Title It Has Held for More Than Two Decades
Apr 5, 2017Google's Android is no longer just the world’s most popular smartphone software, it’s now the most used operating system in the world, period. Taking a crown that Microsoft has held for almost three decades, Google’s ...
Tags: Google, Android, smartphone
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R-Texas Called for Less Federal Regulation for Oil and Gas Drilling
Mar 27, 2014US Representative Pete Olson, R-Texas, on Tuesday called for less federal regulation for oil and gas drilling, including allowing some drilling in national parks. Olson, who spoke at the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners ...
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CADE Has Started an Administrative Proceeding to Investigate Aperam
Jul 29, 2013It is learned that Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has started an administrative proceeding to investigate Aperam. The body claims that Aperam Inox South America SA might be taking unfair advantage of its ...
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When It Comes to Tablets,Microsoft and Its OEMs Don't Know Where They're Going
Jun 3, 2013When it comes to tablets, Microsoft and its OEMs don't know where they're going, an analyst said today. "There's still the idea that they don't quite get it," said Carolina Milanesi of Gartner in an interview. "And I don't think the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Tablet Strategy
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation Has Resumed Accepting Bitcoins Donations
May 22, 2013The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared. The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting bitcoins two years ago citing ...
Tags: Eff, Bitcoin, Computer Products
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BT Reported a Two Per Cent Rise in Its Full-Year Profits to £2.5bn
May 13, 2013Telecoms giant BT reported a two per cent rise in its full-year profits to £2.5bn for the year to 31 March, but revenues for the year slipped five per cent to £18bn. BT beat analysts' expectations of a five per cent drop in ...
Tags: Computer Products, BT
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New Smartphone Platforms Are Expected to Become Available
Mar 25, 2013A HANDFUL of new smartphone platforms are expected to become available this year, challenging the stranglehold of the two market leaders, Google's Android and Apple's iOS.
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Mozilla's Push Into Mobile with Firefox OS Would Meaningfully Change The Game
Feb 27, 2013Analysts today were skeptical that Mozilla's push into mobile with Firefox OS would meaningfully change the game. "The chances of Mozilla Firefox OS making good in mobile phones are about as good as WebOS making a comeback in ...
Tags: Firefox OS, Mozilla, mobile
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Asia's Phenomenal Growth Can Be The Saviour of Australian Manufacturing
Feb 27, 2013Asia's phenomenal growth can be the saviour of Australian manufacturing, says Minister for Trade Dr Craig Emerson. Though Australia has become “weighed down” by the high dollar, there are still many opportunities for ...
Tags: phenomenal growth, Australian manufacturing, Dr Craig Emerson
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Windows Vista Now Accounts for Less Than 6% of All Windows Machines
Feb 18, 2013Six years after its long-delayed but well-publicized release, Windows Vista now accounts for less than 6% of all Windows machines, a metrics company said earlier this month. According to Net Applications, Vista's usage share of all ...
Tags: Windows Vista, usage share, Windows PC
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The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT
Jan 25, 2013The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions
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The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT
Jan 24, 2013The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions
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Jamaican Government Announced Discovery of an Abundance of Rare Earth Minerals in Its Soil
Jan 18, 2013The Jamaican government has announced the discovery of an abundance of rare earth minerals in its soil by a team of Japanese scientists. AP reports that Philip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, has informed ...
Tags: Rare Earth Minerals, Metallurgy, Mineral
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There Are Some Measures to Solve Damascus Change for Anti-Gm Apostle Mark Lynas
Jan 10, 2013In a shot heard round the GM world,Mark Lynas,a pioneer in the anti-GM movement,came out as a full-fledged advocate of genetic crop modification. Speaking at a farming conference Jan.3,in Oxford,England,Lynas'blunt words served as both ...
Tags: GM, organic, farming system, anti-GM
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Cold-Call Phone Scams Have Switched From Traditional Sales Staples
Jan 7, 2013Cold-call phone scams have switched from traditional sales staples, such as unlisted shares in obscure companies, to novel new get-rich investment options such as land, wine, and lumps of rare earth metals. The Independent reports that ...
Tags: rare earth metals, rare earth, rare earth elements, UK investors
