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Tech Giants Demand Government Surveillance Overhaul
2013-12-09 22:44:37| TechNewsWorld
Eight major U.S. high-tech companies have called on governments worldwide to reform surveillance practices. Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Apple and AOL want governments to ensure that data collection by law enforcement and intelligence agencies is bound by rules and focuses on targeted suspects. They also want governments to be more transparent about the data they request.
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United Kingdom: Government cracks down on illegal car pollution
2013-12-09 01:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Air quality campaigners and green businesses have welcomed a government pledge to crack down on the increasing number of drivers who are illegally taking their cars on the roads after removing mandatory soot filters. Roads minister Robert Goodwill announced last week that from February next year cars will fail the MoT if a diesel particulate filter that was fitted as standard has been removed. Most diesel cars sold after 2009 come with built-in particulate filters that claim to trap up to 99...
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Study: Government corruption rampant worldwide
2013-12-08 07:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: The bloody civil war in Syria is having yet another impact: The nation is now considered one of the most corrupt in the world, according to newly released data from the anti-corruption group Transparency International. The organization's annual "Corruption Perceptions Index," first published in 1995, is one of the most closely watched barometers of the issue. The group surveyed experts on public sector corruption in 177 countries, grading each nation on a scale of zero to 100, with zero being...
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Storage hardware sales hit by lower government spending
2013-12-06 18:03:44| InfoWorld: Top News
Storage vendors struggled with a decline in spending by the U.S. government and increased investment in public cloud capacity during the third quarter, according to IDC. Worldwide disk storage systems market sales decreased by 5.6 percent to $7.4 billion during the quarter, the analyst firm said on Thursday.
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Businesses grow impatient with Illinois government
2013-12-06 13:31:55| Food - Topix.net
Illinois took a giant step toward fixing its biggest financial problem Thursday by putting a sweeping pension reform on the books, ... Seth Perlman/Associated Press The Archer Daniels Midland Co.
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