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Despite selling its personal computer business to Lenovo in 2005, Lenovo has been keeping its palms on at least one aspect of the low-margin x86 market it once dominated with its lineup of low-end x86 server computers. But now that may be about to change…

Nissan Leaf sales has officially surpassed the 100,000 unit mark worldwide, capturing a full 48% of the EV market, Nissan is quick to add. Sure, it has taken three years and a big price cut to get there, but with Leaf sales numbers now in the six figures…

Just a couple of years ago, indirect evidence (“signatures”) of gigantic cosmic “tendrils”, or filaments, was discovered lurking around distant galactic formations. Vast in scale but invisible, such filamentous structures apparently account…

A Tesla Model X prototype was spotted and photographed in Culver City, CA recently. This vehicle is the well-anticipated follow-up to the very impressive Model S sedan. It has been designed to be a cross between an SUV and a minivan, meaning all-wheel…

Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, is not expecting its activities in investment banking, its largest division, to improve this year, one of its joint chiefs said Monday. “I didn’t say that we expect 2014 to be materially better than 2013 for…

Shares in PSA Peugeot Citroen plunged on Monday after it pushed forward with plans for China’s Dongfeng and the French state to invest 3 billion euros into the troubled French auto group. The shares in the automaker slumped 11.11 percent to 10.21 euros…

Deutsch Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, announced late Sunday a surprise net loss of 965 million euros ($1.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2013 because of litigation costs and weakening revenues. In a statement issued more than a week earlier than…

Oil prices fell on Monday as China’s economic growth data fuelled concerns over energy demand in the world’s second largest economy, traders said. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in February, dropped 67 cents to $…

Month after month, we tech writers like to discuss the gains Microsoft is making with Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) in terms of its overall market share. It’s kind of like documenting each developmental stage of a baby as it grows into toddler-hood.…

With rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S5 announcement swirling daily, it looks as if the latest leak regarding the device has surfaced some interesting new user interface elements. Specifically, the new shots appear to showcase an overhauled Google Now…

The latest word out of Chinese tech analyst Sun Chyang Xu (originally reported by Chinese site Tencent) is that Apple is planning on releasing two different sizes of iPhone 6 later this year—both of which are bigger than the current crop of iPhones…

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Monday, 20 January 2014, Gibraltar: In December 2013, Famous Four Media signed its first Registry Agreement for its .BID generic…

Growth in Chinese market supported by Enterprise Resource Planning software through language translation and legislation modulesNewcastle, 20th January, 2014: Leading…

Partnership will provide financial institutions with a scalable enterprise application solutionLondon 20th January 2014 – Digital Keystone, the leading provider…

I recently got a chance to check out a couple of electric tuk tuks at EVS27 in Barcelona. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to test drive them, just snap pics. Below are most of my pics of these tuk tuks, followed by some information about the vehicles…

Europe’s main stock markets were largely flat on Monday after losses in Asia as traders reacted to China’s latest economic growth data. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies dipped 0.03 percent to stand at 6,831.11 points around midday in the British…

Sinclair Voicenet to add ASC’s neo Recording and Quality Management Suite to its solution portfolioUK/Germany, January 20, 2014 – ASC,…

London – January 20, 2014 – Resource Guru, the cloud-based team scheduling company, today announced that it has closed $870,000…

Analyst Joe Hoffman sees Openwave Mobility’s Integra platform as a highly scalable solution for networks to optimize and monetize video…