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Hye Rin Bae

Google says it would pay more tax in UK - Telegraph - 0 views

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UK google would be willing to pay higher taxes

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  • Dr Eric Schmidt said Google would be willing to pay higher taxes.
  • The technology giant has come under heavy fire for using tax laws to avoid paying a more
  • The technology giant has come under heavy fire for using tax laws to avoid paying a more significant level of corporate tax in the past.
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  • tax in the past.
  • significant
  • level of
  • corporate
  • Mr Schmidt told the Edinburgh Television Festival yesterday that Google "loves" Britain and would pay more tax if it were legally required to do so. He said the company's hands were tied by Britain's low tax demands.
  • "It is true we could pay more tax but we would have to do so voluntarily. It's called paying the legally minimum amount of tax required," he said.
  • Mr Schmidt's comments come after months of
  • surrounding the UK's corporate tax system, which has seen campaign group UK
  • controversy
  • Uncut
  • target high street chains including Vodafone, Boots and Barclays.
Hye Rin Bae

UK riots 2011: London police should learn from those in Manchester | Mail Online - 0 views

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Manchester UK riots london police

shared by Hye Rin Bae on 11 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • In London the police have been adopting the modern, sophisticated approach of observing while criminals loot and riot.
  • In Manchester they have generally chosen the more old fashioned approach of arresting those involved.
  • In Birmingham the probability of a rioter ending up in a police cell would seem to be quite a bit higher than in the capital. In Nottingham and Wolverhampton the message is credible that the police will come and arrest anyone involved in rioting.
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  • Waiting until after the event and relying on CCTV is not enough. Yet that was the policy of the Metropolitan Police until last night.
  • surveillance
  • perpetrators
  • subsequently
  • Everything possible should be done to stop the damage taking place - not just wait until it as been done before acting.
  • funking
Mojo joanne

Firefox 6: Is it really faster? - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

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is mozilla firefox 6 faster ?

shared by Mojo joanne on 17 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • There are also plenty of nice security tweaks on Firefox 6,
  • Meanwhile, Laptop magazine's Dan Howley takes full stock of the speed of Firefox 6, which was rumored to be substantially faster than Firefox 5.
  • measures a browser’s capabilities using Java, Firefox 5 scored 4,733. We then ran Firefox 6 on the same system using Peacekeeper, and recorded a similar score of 4,572
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  • Higher scores are better.)
  • Howley says Firefox 6 lagged behind its main competitors on the same Peacekeeper scale
  • score of 4,830, while Chrome managed to score a 8,400
  • Firefox 6 isn't quite as speedy as some analysts had hoped. But hey, maybe Mozilla can correct that in the next major update, due in about 6 weeks.
Giang V

Dell updates Vostro laptop for better battery life | Mobile Computers | ZDNet UK - 0 views

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Dell Vostro Laptop Better Battery Life

shared by Giang V on 15 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Dell updates Vostro laptop for better battery life
  • Dell has launched the V131, a new ultraportable laptop in its small-business Vostro line that the company says improves on the poor battery life of its
  • predecessor
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  • the Vostro V130.
  • ets customers replace batteries themselves and also offers lengthier battery life.
  • unveiled
  • V131 could manage almost 10 hours on a single charge.
  • Other features include an HD webcam with dual-array microphones, SRS Premium Voice Pro audio software, a fingerprint reader and a fall sensor for the hard drive. Although US customers can only choose configurations with hard drives, SSD options are available in some countries, including the UK.
  • on sale at a starting price of £359 excluding VAT and shipping
  • price can go much higher depending on the configuration
Andy Chen

Shark Attacks Shock Russian East - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Shark Attacks Shock Russian East

shared by Andy Chen on 19 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Shark Attacks Shock Russian East
  • MOSCOW — When a young man lost both his arms this week in the waters off Russia’s east coast, officials and residents initially had trouble believing what had happened. But a day later, when a teenager’s legs were ripped up in the same waters, all doubt vanished.
  • a man-eating shark
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  • coastal Primorsky Krai, along the Sea of Japan.
  • Large sharks have been sighted in the region only rarely, scientists said, and attacks until now were unheard of.
  • The first victim, a 25-year-old computer programmer, had been out for an evening swim with his wife on Wednesday at a popular vacation spot near Russia’s border with North Korea.
  • “It was only about 300 feet,” Ms. Udovenko said, according to the Interfax news agency. “About halfway there, Denis noticed something in the water and screamed, ‘Swim faster, it’s a shark.’ ”
  • Late on Thursday, the Russian news media reported a third attack, citing local residents, though officials did not immediately confirm it.
  • Witnesses gave varying descriptions of the shark, putting its size at 6 to 12 feet long. After reviewing the accounts, several scientists said they believed it was probably a great white.
  • That body of water is home to seals and other shark prey, but not in sufficient densities to sustain large sharks. A hungry great white, lacking its typical prey, Dr. Astakhov said, “could certainly have attacked a human.
  • Another draw for a great white might be water temperature. The waters in the region have been several degrees higher than normal, making a more attractive environment for great whites, according to Mr. Zgurovsky.
  • Russians’ blasé attitude toward danger is a source of national pride, and despite the ban on swimming, local news media reported Thursday that beachgoers continued to take to the water.
Jeon Yap

Apple's MacBook Air to be 'big hit' in China - Computerworld - 0 views

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apple macbook air hit china

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  • new MacBook Air in China
  • big hit"
  • debuted in the U.S
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  • , Apple's online store for Chinese customers lists all four MacBook Air models
  • 11-in. and 13-in. configurations -- for sale, but with lengthy shipping delays.
  • The 11-in. MacBook Air's estimated delivery time, according to the e-store, is 9-to-11 working days, while the 13-in. models will reach customers approximately 5 working days after ordering.
  • "no supply" of 11-in. MacBook Airs
  • 13% of the company's revenues for the quarter ending June 30.
  • increasingly afford to own a PC
  • The new MacBook Air is poised to be a big hit in the Greater China region
  • 7,698 yuan and 9,198 yuan for the 64GB and 128GB flash drive models,
  • $1,203 and $1,438, significantly higher than the $999 and $1,199 U.S. customers pay.
  • Apple's 13-in. MacBook Air costs 9,998 yuan and 12,498 yuan -- the latter for the notebook with 256GB in storage space -- or $1,563 and $1,954. U.S. list prices are $1,299 and $1,599 for the same models.
  • brick-and-mortar outlets.
  • New orders ship within 24 hours
  • 85.2 million
  • 76.6 million, IDC estimated.
  • "With IDC naming China the largest PC market in the world this week based on [second quarter] shipment data, we believe investors should increasingly think about the Mac opportunity for Apple in China over the next few years," White advised.
  • Jeon Yap on 31 Aug 11
     
    Mac book air happen to be a big hit in China
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