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COMPUTERS 
February 2, 2020 Fire guts computers, documents at IOB branch in Kerala, losses pegged at Rs 50 lakh
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A major fire broke out at the Indian Overseas Bank branch located at Ulloor here on Saturday morning, triggering panic among local shop owners and residents. The fire gutted many important files, electronic equipment, computers and wooden furniture in the office. No casualties have been reported as the branch had declared a holiday due to a […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
April 19, 2017 Out of control garden fire damages nearby speed camera
The corner of Farfield Avenue in Beeston A fire in a garden spread to a nearby speed camera. Crews from Highfields station were called to a fire which had broken out in Farfield Avenue in Beeston at around 10.40am yesterday (Tuesday, April 19). Read more: New city centre Co-op wants to sell alcohol – and […]
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NEWS 
November 29, 2016 50 Sure Fire Ways to Get People Fired Up and Motivated as Self-Starters at Work
A recent Gallup poll indicates that the percentage of U.S. employees who consider themselves “engaged” in their jobs averaged 31.5 percent, an historical low. That means nearly 70 percent of American employees don’t consider themselves engaged at work. Fired-up employees will perform their jobs more proactively. And you’ll realize benefits as well. You will find that you […]
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NEWS 
October 4, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 24, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and even bursting into flame if damaged, defective or exposed to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 8, 2016 Amazon to Restore Encryption to Fire Tablets This ‘Spring’
Amazon is reversing course and will let customers resume encrypting locally stored data on their Fire tablets. Amazon removed the ability to encrypt local data in September because it said customers weren’t using the service. That decision came under new scrutiny last week as Apple squares off against the FBI over access to the encrypted […]
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CLOTHING 
April 2, 2016 East Africa’s used-clothes trade comes under fire
GIKOMBA market, just north of Nairobi’s downtown, is a place to buy just about anything. At its entrance, where ragged minibuses push their way through rutted red mud, stalls sell piles of pillows, plastic toys, cutlery and soap. But the most common wares are second-hand clothing. Piles of old T-shirts and jeans; winter jackets, incongruous […]
