EU swimming beaches get clean bill of health
The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday.
May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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Recent study confirms the productivity leap of the Fixteri whole-tree bundler
Nokia cuts losses but sales continue to plummet
Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market, with sales for the handset maker falling by 20 percent in the first three months of the year.
Apr 18, 2013
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Google to invest $390m in data center in Belgium
Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center.
Apr 10, 2013
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Gartner: Global cellphone sales fell in 2012
(AP)—Research firm Gartner says worldwide cellphone sales fell last year, as economic turmoil dampened shopper appetites.
Feb 13, 2013
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Ice detector warns drivers in advance: Technology makes driving on black ice safer
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an automatic slipperiness detection system for cars. The system helps drivers to avoid personal injuries and damage to vehicles in slippery road conditions. ...
Jan 23, 2013
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Nokia sheds 300 IT jobs, transfers 820 workers
Struggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations.
Jan 17, 2013
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EU: Online news least read in France—Estonia, Lithuania lead
Only about one in three internet users in France went online to catch the news or read their favourite newspapers in the last three months, the lowest in any EU nation, European Union data showed Tuesday.
Dec 18, 2012
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Boreal bird species of conservation concern affected by climate change
Global study of student scores a mixed bag for US (Update 3)
American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study released Tuesday revealed.
Dec 11, 2012
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China's Huawei to open R&D centre on Nokia's home turf
Chinese telecom firm Huawei announced on Monday plans to invest 70 million euros ($90 million) to open up a research and development centre for smartphone and tablet software in Finland, home to rival Nokia.
Dec 10, 2012
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Researchers have made the production of batteries cheaper and safer
Researchers at Aalto University, Finland have developed a method for producing lithium batteries that is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than previously used methods. This new process has succeeded ...
Nov 13, 2012
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New world record set at mobile-phone throwing contest
A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland.
Aug 19, 2012
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Finland team uses Earth's magnetic field for phone indoor positioning system
(Phys.org) -- Finland-based engineers have worked up a novel approach toward an indoor positioning system (IPS) inspired by the way certain animals--from homing pigeons to spiny lobsters--navigate their way ...
Jul 10, 2012
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Extreme weather conditions cost EU's transport system at least 15 billion annually
A study carried out by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland indicates that extreme weather conditions cost EU transport system at least €15 billion a year. Currently, the greatest costs incurred are from road accidents, ...
Jul 05, 2012
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