Microsoft Corporation has recently rolled out a new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy program for Windows, which will allow end-users to validate their operating system as genuine. The WGA system functions without gathering personal data that can identify individual users of counterfeit software. WGA has validated more than 512 million systems internationally
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The world’s first trial of personalized mobile TV advertising, conducted by Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), has proven its effectiveness with a positive consumer response. The results of the three-month trial, which have been processed by M:Metrics, Â show that the average click-through rate reached 13%, and the average viewing time of each mobile
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) and key partners are meeting on Thursday and Friday to demonstrate an unprecedented commitment to combat the so-called neglected tropical diseases. This commitment comes from political leaders and ministries of health in affected countries, from development agencies and banks, foundations, scientists, and some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical
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The European Armenian Federation urges the Ministers of Justice of the EU member-States not to surrender to the pressure exerted by Turkey in order to exclude the negation of the Armenian genocide from the scope of the Framework decision aiming at penalizing denial. In this regard, the Federation sent a mail to the EU German
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The European Commission welcomes the adoption by the Council of the Customs 2013 programme (see IP/06/639) for the period 2008 – end 2013. The new programme aims at helping Member States to better combat customs fraud and to cut compliance costs for traders. It will support new security policy initiatives, the implementation of modernisation of
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What is RAPEX? RAPEX (Community Rapid Alert System for non-food consumer products) is a European rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products. It ensures that information about dangerous products identified by the national authorities is quickly circulated between the national authorities themselves and the European Commission, with the aim of preventing or restricting the selling
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Improved EU-wide cooperation between customs authorities has led to an increase in the number of dangerous consumer products – from teddy bears to hairdryers, cleaning sprays, mini-motorbikes, cigarette lighters and ski boot bindings – removed from the EU market last year. The Annual (RAPEX) Report on dangerous consumer products published today by the European Commission
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange announced that pursuant to Article 46(1) of the CSE Law, “Acropolis Brokerage AEPEY†will no longer be a CSE member with effect from 19/4/2007.This decision was taken after the Greek SEC’s decision dated April 18, 2007 for the suspension of the Company’s license pursuant to Article 4a of Law 1806/1998 due
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Motorola, Inc. will showcase a variety of content-delivery solutions including transmission and distribution equipment, customer home equipment and other technologies at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas this week. Additionally, two executives will share their insights on how content distribution is changing in light of new technologies, compression advancements and bandwidth solutions
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PandaLabs has detected an increase in the use of spam combined with social engineering to spread malware. Several examples have appeared over the last few days. The most recent case detected involves emails warning of an alleged malware alert (with subjects such as: Worm alert! or spyware alert!), but whose real aim is to spread
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