The United States Monday lifted a 12-year-old export control ban on nine Indian space and defence-related companies, removing them from the so-called Entity List in a move expected to drive hi-tech trade and forge closer strategic ties with India. The companies removed from the export control list for sensitive items – mandatingput export-licence requirements on [...]
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US lifts 12-year export controls on Indian space, defence cos.
January 25th, 2011 |
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UPS Software Monitors and Controls Your Power Supply Posted By : Article Expert
January 13th, 2011 |
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A UPS software is a device that exists between a power supply and a device (computer) to protect it from unneeded features of the power source. There are two types of software: UPS control software and UPS monitoring software.
Oracle VirtualBox Controls Desktop Resources
January 5th, 2011 |
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VirtualBox 4.0 cleaned up the user interface and added resource controls to reign in desktop virtual machines as it enters the battle with VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop. VirtualBox retains its low-cost position in the desktop virtualization field while trying to keep pace with the pack leaders. – Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 is now easier to install and has a cleaned
up user interface as it enters the battle with VMware Workstation and
Parallels Desktop. In this second release under Oracles stewardship,
VirtualBox retains its low-cost position, making it a tempting choice
for budget-consciou…
Opera 11 Web Browser Extends User Controls
December 29th, 2010 |
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The Opera 11 Web browser has added extensions, tab stacks and a polished e-mail client to woo users from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Apple’s Safari or Google’s Chrome. The new features are offer some compelling reasons to consider a new browser experience if your daily work involves routinely looking at large numbers of related Websites. Using extensions to enhance the Opera Web browser can also take some of the effort out of surfing the Web by blocking ads, remembering passwords and performing other chores using standards-based additions to the base Opera browser. To read the full review, click here. Or if you have experience with Opera 11 share your thoughts at http://labs.eweek.com/ – …
HTTP Headers the Way to Implement FTC ‘Do Not Track’ Controls: Researchers
December 3rd, 2010 |
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Academic researchers think the best way to implement the "Do Not Track" controls proposed by the FTC is by using the HTTP headers. – While there are several potential methods to implementing the Federal Trade
Commissions proposed quot;Do Not Track quot; mechanism, the most effective method is to
have the browser append quot;Do Not Track quot; to its header messages, according to
several software developers.
The consensus se…
Wilmar off 0.2% as China price controls weigh
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Wilmar (F34.SG) off 0.2% at $6.04 in light trade, underperforming most other Singapore blue chips (STI +0.6%), as China’s latest price-control measures fuel concerns.
Plantation group’s Yihai Kerry unit, one of major edible oil producers, informed by Beijing to hold off raising selling prices over next 4 months in bid to rein in food inflation, according to report in 21st Century Business Herald.
Singapore palm stocks hurt by China price controls
November 18th, 2010 |
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Singapore plantation stocks weak as new China guidelines to ease price pressure on consumers fuel concerns of softer CPO demand, prices.
Statement from China’s State Council Wednesday says Beijing will seek to tame rising food, energy prices. “We view the price control guidelines by the Chinese government as short-term negative for CPO prices as they may weaken import demand and prompt traders to liquidate their speculative positions,” says CIMB.
“Special border controls” announced
October 19th, 2010 |
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Serbia will introduce special border controls in order to prevent possible abuses of the no-visa regime it has with EU’s Schengen area countries. This was announced on Tuesday by Serbian Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić, who pointed out that, “as things stand, the White Schengen is not endangered”.
Damping Controls for Website Posted By : Top Article1
August 26th, 2010 |
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When it comes to your internet site, special aid should be paid to every second particular to make sure it performs optimally to serve its determination. Here are seven of import rules of thumb to discover to make sure your website performs well.
Facebook Places Privacy Controls Get EFF Approval
August 20th, 2010 |
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation said privacy controls in Facebook Places show a "substantial improvement" over those used in earlier products such as Facebook Connections and Instant Personalization. – Despite complaints from some consumer advocates about the privacy measures
in Facebook Places, the Electronic Frontier Foundation called privacy controls
for the location-based service a quot;substantial improvement quot; over those
of earlier products.
That praise from the EFF comes with the …
Khazanah controls 95% of Parkway
August 17th, 2010 |
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Malaysia’s state investor Khazanah said its Integrated Healthcare unit controls 95% of Singapore hospital operator Parkway Holdings (PARM.SI) and it would make a decision soon on its listing status.
Shares of Parkway were suspended from Tuesday as less than 10% of its shares are in free float, Parkway said in a separate statement.
APC Starts Division to Make Data Center Controls
July 27th, 2010 |
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American Power Conversion announces the formation of a specialized software business unit to focus on control of all aspects of the data center. – IT physical infrastructure companies, the folks who make precision power and
cooling equipment, uninterruptible power supplies, and energy management
software, are starting to make moves into the data center management software
sector.
Emerson Network Power
has quietly begun providing system ma…
Facebook Privacy Controls Boosted for Applications
July 1st, 2010 |
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Updated: Facebook is giving users more security and control over how much data third-party applications can collect and share. – Facebook has launched more changes intended to improve
privacy, this time focusing on tightening controls determining how
applications collect and share data.
quot;The majority of people on Facebook actively interact with applications
and Facebook-integrated Websites every month, quot; Faceb…
Facebook Pushes Its Privacy Controls over Lingering Concerns
June 19th, 2010 |
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Facebook continued to push back against lingering concerns over its privacy controls, issuing a blog post and a letter detailing the ways in which it stewards users’ personal data. Privacy advocates issued an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg June 16, asking for more user control over information contained on the site. In response, Facebook issued a counter-letter addressing the advocates concerns point-by-point, and followed that up with a corporate blog posting on June 18 detailing how its privacy settings worked. According to reports, the privately held company may have earned as much as $800 million in 2009. – This week saw Facebook push back against lingering concerns
over how it uses member data, using resources such as its corporate blog to
insist that individual privacy remains its utmost concern. While the
social-networking sites revenues and membership have only increased over the
past year, a r…
Facebook vows to change user controls
May 27th, 2010 |
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Facebook, the world’s most popular online social network, has announced that it is beefing up privacy protections. It comes in response to mounting pressure to better secure personal data exchanged among its nearly 500 million users, RFE/RL writes.
Facebook Privacy Controls Revamped for Simplicity
May 26th, 2010 |
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Facebook is rolling out changes to its privacy settings. Among the changes – Facebook slashed the number of settings required to make all information private and create one control for user content. – After weeks of controversy, Facebook announced a revamp of its privacy settings in the name of simplicity.
In a presentation to the media, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined a number of changes designed to make it easier for users to
govern how their information is shared on the social network….
Facebook CEO: ‘We Missed the Mark’ with Complex Privacy Controls
May 24th, 2010 |
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In a column published in the Washington Post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted some missteps with Facebook’s privacy controls and repeated a pledge that the social networking site would simplify its privacy settings in the coming weeks. – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines earlier this year when he declared privacy was no longer a quot;social norm. quot; But in a column published today by the Washington Post, the CEO admitted Facebook’s privacy controls may have “missed the mark.”
“Six years ago, we built Facebook aroun…
Russia rules out capital controls
May 13th, 2010 |
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The Russian government does not intend to introduce any restrictions on capital movement despite the threat of excessive inflows damaging the economy. This is according to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, RIA Novosti reported.
Dell, Egenera Make a Deal for Cross-Platform Data Center Controls
April 27th, 2010 |
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Best-selling IT hardware manufacturer Dell announces a deal with enterprise software maker Egenera to make available Egenera’s PAN Manager 6.0, an open-standards, cross-platform control center for converged infrastructures.
– Dell is bound and determined to expand its horizons into the wild and
wide-open world of data center software management. It’s already involved in
producing a cloud
storage appliance, and it recently
acquired Kace to handle all of its application virtualization needs.
The world’s best-selling…
How to Implement Secure, PCI-Compliant Access Controls
February 18th, 2010 |
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Business trends such as outsourcing, teleworking, cloud computing, and the need to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and other corporate, government and industry regulations have redefined the traditional moat and castle notion of the network perimeter. The problem businesses face today is not how to keep people out, but how to safely let them in. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Dave Olander explains how to implement secure, PCI-compliant access controls without introducing additional risk or jeopardizing IT’s security or compliance posture.
– Many legacy systems are simply not aligned with current business needs. Many offer limited value in today’s dynamic business and regulatory environment. Next-generation access solutions evolved from the need to manage a smaller group of high-performing or trusted users such as database administrator…