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ProfitRunners Introduces WideStorm™, an Online Negotiation System for Personalized, Hassle-Free Auto Sales Deals
Includes onsite training and turn-key marketing tools to jumpstart new business.
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New Cross Platform Version of Award Winning Forensics Triage Tool
NEWARK, Calif.----Following their 2007 award winning digital forensics tool, MacForensicsLab Inc. is proud to announce their new cross-platform version of MacLockPick. Unlike previous versions, MacLockPick is now available to E-Discovery professionals and IT managers in addition to the law enforcement community.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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NLU Products Announces Availability of BodyGuardz for Apple iPhone through Micro Center Retail Stores
DRAPER, Utah & HILLIARD, Ohio----NLU Products, the developer of scratch-proof, transparent skins for mobile devices, and Micro Center, the leading U.S. retailer focusing on the needs of dedicated computer users, today announced that NLU's BodyGuardz for transparent, scratch-proof protection for the Apple® iPhone are now available at Micro Center's twenty-one retail locations across the United ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Agency on Aging robbed
A laptop computer, three digital cameras and two safes containing credit cards, computer back-up discs, keys, payroll checks and other documents were stolen during a weekend break-in at the Northern Illinois Area Agency on Aging in the 2500 block of Charles Street.
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Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Storage Software Company (Update2)
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. , the world's largest personal-computer maker, agreed to buy LeftHand Networks Inc. for $360 million in cash to expand its storage offerings.
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Computing awards: Community project of the year shortlist
Janie Davies, Computing , Wednesday 1 October 2008 at 14:41:00 As part of our build-up to the Computing Awards for Excellence, which take place at London’s Battersea Park events arena on 5 November, we turn the spotlight on the nominations for Community Project of the Year Computing Awards Community Project of the Year shortlist St Barnabas Hospice Charity St Barnabas has rolled out ...
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Hewlett-Packard to buy LeftHand Networks for $360M
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy LeftHand Networks Inc., a provider of storage virtualization, for $360 million in cash.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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GenomeQuest Announces Integration of GenomeQuest(TM) 5.0 with Invitrogen's Vector NTI Advance(TM) for Genomic Sequence ...
GenomeQuest and Invitrogen today announced that the GenomeQuest(TM) 5.0 web-based sequence search, analysis and data management platform is now interoperable with Invitrogen's Vector NTI Advance(TM) desktop sequence analysis solution.
Centre Daily Times |
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Hitachi Unveils "Charting Progress," the Company's Newest Execution in its North America True Stories Branding Campaign
Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501) today announced the launch of "Charting Progress," http://hitachi.us/truestories/?movieNum=5 an online documentary film, the newest installment in Hitachi's North America True Stories (http://www.hitachi.us/truestories/) corporate brand campaign. The film highlights the collaborative relationship between Hitachi ...
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Citigroup, Goldman Sachs conflict on Apple stock
New analysis of Apple's difficult financial situation has yielded two significantly different views. Richard Gardner of Citigroup has cut his price target for Apple stock by more than $100, down to $170 from $287. Blame is laid on a 3 percent decline in industry computer sales, and a 12 percent drop in music revenue throughout 2008. Apple's guidance, normally thought by analysts to be too ...
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An assault on complacency at Microsoft
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s operations chief took it personally when one of the company's biggest accounts was threatened by Google Inc.
Boston Globe |
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Jack Schofield meets Vint Cerf, the 'father of the internet'
Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is a very distinguished, kindly, silver-haired gentleman in a three-piece suit, so perhaps I shouldn't expect him to ride to our rescue with six guns blazing, but I'd settle for a small pearl-handled silver pistol. I want to know who is going to clean up the internet now that it's full of scammers, spammers and criminals running zombie networks, while its connecting ...
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Oracle buys Advanced Visual Technology
Oracle has bought Advanced Visual Technology, a maker of space-planning software for retailers, for an undisclosed sum, it said Wednesday.
IT World |
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Terason Launches IMPACT 2008 to Provide Unique Advantage in Laptop Ultrasound Market
BURLINGTON, Mass.----TERASON, the innovator and leader in patented ultrasound microsystem technology, advances its handheld laptop ultrasound system with the release of IMPACT 2008.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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HP grabs hold of LeftHand Networks
Stronger competition for Dell/EqualLogic HP has snaffled the last of the main independent iSCSI SAN (Storage Area Networks) suppliers by buying LeftHand Networks in a $360m all-cash deal.…
The Register |
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Report: Santa Cruz Game Degree Gets Unclaimed SCEA Overtime Settlement Funds
$450,000 from a class action settlement in an unfair overtime case against Sony Computer Entertainment will be used to offer scholarships to game design majors at the University of California Santa Cruz. The 2005 lawsuit on behalf of a former employee sought damages from SCEA, claiming that the company didn't pay overtime to employees who worked nights, weekends and holidays, according to a ...
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Apple Fourth Quarter Earnings Report Scheduled for Oct 21
Apple will hold its regularly scheduled fourth quarter earnings report on Tuesday, October 21, after the stock market closes. Analysts and investors will be paying close attention to the Mac and iPod maker's figures to see how the company has fared during the weakening U.S. economy
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FDA funds 10-year modernization project
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has selected 10 contractors to receive up to $2.5 billion to help modernize bioinformatics technology.The 10-year contract is the cornerstone of the FDA's Information Technology for the 21st Century bioinformatics initiative, an extensive IT modernization program encompassing data management, data warehousing, IT infrastructure and IT security. This contract ...
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New testing program has district exploring options
Thanks to the recent installation of a nationally renowned computer-based testing system, district officials say they will be able to monitor individual students’ year-to-year academic growth like never before.
Monticello Times |
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NY victim uses remote logon to nab theft suspect
A laptop thief got caught -- after the computer owner tracked him remotely. Jose Caceres said he used a remote access program to log on every day and watch his computer being used, and then tipped off police, leading to the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect.
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C# In-Depth
Bergkamp10 from ComputerWorld writes "Microsoft's leader of C# development, writer of the Turbo Pascal system, and lead architect on the Delphi language, Anders Hejlsberg, reveals all there is to know on the history, inspiration, uses and future direction of one of computer programming's most widely used languages — C#. Hejlsberg also offers some insight into the upcoming version of C# (C#4) and ...
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Hollywood studios sue to stop DVD-copying software
RealNetworks, which has tangled with big rivals before, claims its new product is legal and asks a court for confirmation. A legal fight erupted Tuesday over the ability of consumers to copy DVDs onto their computers, setting the stage for a new battle between Hollywood and a purveyor of technology that could alter how consumers watch movies at home.
Newsday |
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Cyber Corner: Exploring the world in person more fun
I’ve got connections. Really, I do. One hundred, thirty-five of them spread out over the social network Myspace.com and the professional network LinkedIn.
The Pottsville Republican & Herald |
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NY victim uses remote logon to nab theft suspect
A laptop thief got caught _ after the computer owner tracked him remotely. Jose Caceres said he used a remote access program to log on every day and watch his computer being used, and then tipped off police, leading to the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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