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Street side sale of electronic equipment - Peshawar

Computer parts and other broken-down pieces of electronic equipment are sold on the side of University Road, in an increasingly common attempt by...

by MusarratUllah Jan in Pakistan on 22/01/2012

Politics

Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users just see a black screen...

by Craig Shepheard in United Kingdom on 18/01/2012

Business

Nokia Lumia 710 draws attention at CES - Las Vegas

The Lumia 710 is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show and drawing crowds. The phone went on sale 11th January at US T-Mobile dealers, and is...

by Doug Bardwell in United States on 12/01/2012

BREAKING NEWS

22/01/2012 - Street side sale of electronic equipment - Peshawar - Pakistan - Computer parts and other broken-down...
18/01/2012 - Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves - United Kingdom - Wikipedia has taken its English-...
12/01/2012 - Nokia Lumia 710 draws attention at CES - Las Vegas - United States - The Lumia 710 is on display at the...
11/01/2012 - CEATEC Japanese trade show dates announced - Las Vegas - United States - During the Consumer Electronics Show in...
10/01/2012 - 140 countries represented at Consumer Electronics Show - Las Vegas - United States - The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show...
09/01/2012 - Sharp introduces new 80" Aquos TV and smaller Freestyle wireless TV - United States - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las...
08/01/2012 - Global tech spending in 2012 to exceed USD$1 Trillion - Las Vegas - United States - Steve Bambridge and Steve Koening,...
08/01/2012 - 2012 CES analyst declares this 'Year of the Interface' - Las Vegas - United States - Shawn Dubravac, industry analyst for...
29/10/2011 - MCM London Comic Con - United Kingdom - Running over two days, the event will...
13/09/2011 - Acer Indonesia committed to providing best customer Service - Indonesia - Acer, the number one notebook vendor in...

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Two groups stood outside the Chandler Intel plant hoping the US President would see their signs. One group bitterly opposed Barack Obama and the other strongly supported him. The presid...
President Obama on the Campaign Trail in Arizona - Chandler
US President Barack Obama visited a US$5.2 billion fabrication plant, set to open in 2013 that will produce microchips for servers and personal computers. Obama wished to highlight indu...
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Street side sale of electronic equipment - Peshawar
Computer parts and other broken-down pieces of electronic equipment are sold on the side of University Road, in an increasingly common attempt by vendors to make some meager amount of m...
Kodak files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Penzance
Kodak has recently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and is trying to re-invent itself as a digital company. Kodak is best known for colour film and processing. Cornwall, UK. 21st Januar...
Google censors logo on USA search page to protest SOPA
Internet giant Google blacked out its logo on its search page for USA users, joining the anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA protests. USA. 18th January 2012
Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves
Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users just see a black screen and a political statement: "Ima...
Sharp introduces new 80" Aquos TV and smaller Freestyle wireless TV
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sharp Electronics announced their new 80" Aquos TV which they hope will replace white boards in offices. They also presented a line o...
CEATEC Japanese trade show dates announced - Las Vegas
During the Consumer Electronics Show in Nevada. Hidekazu Hasegawa announced the dates of this year's show to be from the 2nd to 6th of October. The show is expected to attract at l...
Nokia Lumia 710 draws attention at CES - Las Vegas
The Lumia 710 is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show and drawing crowds. The phone went on sale 11th January at US T-Mobile dealers, and is available on line at Costco, Wal-Mart...
140 countries represented at Consumer Electronics Show - Las Vegas
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show opened today and runs through 13th January. Over 2,700 technology manufacturers will be showing their products to 146,529 registered attendees from 14...
The Digital Experience attracts thousands of tech writers - Las Vegas
The Digital Experience was held at the MGM Grand Hotel Monday evening. The show is open to trade press only and allows technology companies to get press coverage one day prior to the op...
Global tech spending in 2012 to exceed USD$1 Trillion - Las Vegas
Steve Bambridge and Steve Koening, global analysts for consumer electronics, forecast global tech device spending to exceed USD$ 1 trillion in 2012, driven by smartphones and tablets. L...
2012 CES analyst declares this 'Year of the Interface' - Las Vegas
Shawn Dubravac, industry analyst for CEA, forecast that in 2012, manufacturers will strive to create more seamless interactions for consumers with their connected TV's and other de...
President Arroyo highlights IT jobs as her legacy - Negros
President Arroyo speaks about how she grew the outsourcing industry from 2,000 jobs in 2001 to over 500,000 jobs by 2010, and revenues grew from $24 million to $7 billion USD during the...
'FOA: J Atkinson. Do not publish'
Behind the first sex toys trade website in Turkey, a secular country ruled by an Islamist government is a woman. The online business of adult toys initiated by Ozlem Erkan (38) has reac...