Amazon Inspector now supports security assessments for Windows Server within Amazon EC2. Amazon Inspector now provides assessments for Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVE), CIS Operating System Security Configuration Benchmarks, and Runtime Behavior Analysis for Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.
Plastics Pipe Institute announces annual award winners
Awards were presented during the PPI’s Annual Meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina in May.
International Wastewater Systems Inc. partners with RENEW Energy Partners LLC
The Joint Venture will initially build projects in California for which RENEW is committing funding of $60 million over five years.
EPA Settlement with Central Missouri AGRIService to address Clean Water Act violations at construction site in Marshall, Mo.
As part of the settlement, Central Missouri AGRIService has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $166,914 to the United States.
Research: Blending wastewater may help California cope with drought
UC Riverside researchers develop economic model that shows how flexible treatment processes may create water supply that is affordable and benefits crops.
Brexit uncertainty hits UK chip sales
Brexit uncertainty in the UK’s manufacturing sector has contributed to a fall in semiconductor sales through distribution channels in the last three months. The UK contracted post-Brexit vote by almost 2% to €141m, according to figures released by DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists). In stark comparison, Germany, the biggest market, grew by …
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Fable: The Boss Who Believed In Himself
61 years ago a company produced an iconic five transistor radio. The company founder and boss won an order for 100,000 of the radios from the US company Bulova. But Bulova wanted their own name on the radio. “Whoever heard of you?” Bulova’s president told the radio company boss, “our brand has a world reputation …
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Brainless Beasts
It is, of course, August when the news gets silly and even the idea of a self-driving truck seems a good one. For me, stuck behind a truck at 80mph with another up my bum and blocked in by a third is horrible enough. The knowledge that one or other or all three has no …
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ON cleared to buy Fairchild
ON has received the US FTC’s blessing to proceed with its $2.4 billion takeover of Fairchild on condition that it sells off the Ignition IGBT business.
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Princeton open sources 25-core server chip
Princeton University researchers have developed a new chip that promises to boost the performance of data centres.
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