You can now use multibyte (UTF-8) characters in Amazon Redshift table, column, and other database object names. For more information, see Names and Identifiers in the Amazon Redshift Database Developer Guide. To support this new feature, we have updated the Amazon Redshift ODBC  and JDBC  drivers. The driver updates include support for multibyte characters and other enhancements. For details, see Amazon Redshift JDBC Release Notes and Amazon Redshift ODBC Release Notes .

AdEdge India has built and started up its first arsenic treatment system as a demonstration plant in India…

Solution efficiently removes 99 percent of contaminants from industrial wastewater, producing water suitable for discharge or reuse.

Pilot-scale water treatment technologies and processes for inland desal will utilize Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, NM, for pilot testing.

Commission will also consider a resolution approving recovery of $2.9M in drought costs from 2014 and 2015; Update to Travis Air Force Base water service contract status.

The contract includes ongoing service checks, calibrations, and spare parts replacement.

Company strengthens presence in Southwestern US.

It was Kryptowire of Virginia that discovered that some Android phones included stealth software that secretly sent personal information back to servers every three days, or sometimes daily. Amazon was amongst the companies selling he phones, although there is no suggestion it knew about the spying. “These devices actively transmitted user and device information including the full-body …

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There was once a Brit whose name became a by-word for destructive pre-announcements. He wrote a dozen books and founded a publishing company before launching himself on the computer market. In 1982 he was selling 10,000 computers a month, had sales of $82 million and employed over 1,000 people. The following year he talked publicly …

Read full article: Fable: The Guy Who Should Have Kept His Trap Shut

Analog Devices has acquired ‘liquid crystal waveguide’ solid-state laser steering technology from Vescent Photonics. “Vescent’s innovative non-mechanical beam steering technology enables more robust integrated lidar systems that overcome many of the major drawbacks associated with today’s mechanical offerings,” said ADI, which intends to apply scanning lidar to self-driving cars. While ADI is not yet saying …

Read full article: ADI buys solid-state laser steering technology