11. Apple wants to reduce bluetooth power consumption in portabledevices
November 29, 2013
Apple has shown continued interest in improving the Bluetoothwireless standard, making it more power efficient when convertingstreaming media to a compatible format. The details come from a patent application discovered this week by AppleInsider first filed in December of 2008, but re-filed as a ...
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12. After houla massacre, syrian diplomats expelled around the world
November 28, 2013
France , Britain , Canada , Germany , Italy , Spain , and Australia said they were expelling the Syrian envoys from their capitals ina move that was coordinated with the United States and underlined Assad's diplomatic isolation. The killings in Houla drew a chorus of powerful condemnation fro...
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13. Christopher uzzi responds to recent facebook happenings, offerssocial marketing tips
November 28, 2013
Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 In recent weeks, Facebook has dominated technology news, in largepart due to its IPO. While the IPO made many investors verywealthy, not all of the Facebook news has been positive. Accordingto Bloomberg , some major companiesincluding General Motorshave dec...
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14. A top moscow academic says russia should move its capital closer tothe far east
November 28, 2013
By Fareed Zakaria A bold proposal recently caught my eye: One of Moscow's topacademics says Russia should build a new capital city. This citywould be far, far away from Moscow, 4,000 miles to be exact in Vladivostok. Why? Well, the person who proposed the idea, Sergei Karaganov ofMoscow's Hig...
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15. All grade mining reports positive results at salitrosa iron oremine
November 27, 2013
All Grade Mining a development-stage company focused on theextraction of iron ore announced positive results for thefeasibility study that the Company has completed on its SalitrosaIron Project in Chile. The purpose of the study is to determine the technical feasibilityand economic desirability of ...
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16. People smile when they are frustrated, and the computer knows thedifference
November 27, 2013
The research could pave the way for computers that better assessthe emotional states of their users and respond accordingly. Itcould also help train those who have difficulty interpretingexpressions, such as people with autism, to more accurately gaugethe expressions they see. "The goal is to he...
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17. Lobbyists in 2012: winners were losers, losers were winners
November 26, 2013
Geo Group spent between $60,000 and $89,997 on three lobbying firms-- Ericks Consultants, Mirabella Smith and McKinnon Inc., andRonald L. Book PA -- in the first quarter of the year. Geo s priority was to advance the bidding process to privatizeprisons. Another advocate of prison privatization ...
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18. Iron ore players in the dark over iron ore mining rights byterengganu government
November 26, 2013
It is reported that the slow progress in the formal award of ironore mining rights by the Terengganu government has causeddiscontent among several domestic steel players and prospectiveforeign investors. A source said that "Some local and foreign investors are cluelesswhether the official award of ...
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19. China nerves delay hanlong usd 1.3 billion australia iron ore bid
November 25, 2013
Reuters reported that Hanlong Mining and Sundance Resources haveagreed to delay to November the target date for the Chinese firm toseal a AUD 1.34 billion takeover of the Australian group as Hanlongis struggling to line up funding from China. The long delay on the deal, first announced last July i...
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20. Love in the lockup: meet the man who kept schapelle corby sane
November 24, 2013
The couple met behind bars in 2006 when he was serving time fordrug offences. At first they were just friends and then, in theconfines of the notorious jail, became lovers. Now released, Panangian, who rents out surfboards to tourists,visits every day, spending hours with her in the public vi...
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