Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
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IDG News Service - Brand-new laptop and desktop computers sold in China contain preinstalled malicious software, which has infected millions of computers around the world, according to an investigation by Microsoft revealed on Thursday. ...
Atop the new investigation into Microsoft's failure to give some Windows users a browser ballot screen, European Union (EU) antitrust officials are also looking into charges that Microsoft has blocked rival browser makers from harnessing ...
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Novation has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in support of Unique Device Identification (UDI) system for medical devices. The company believes that the proposed UDI rule, designed to overcome the ...
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Intel today confirmed a $375m deal with Interdigital to acquire around 1,700 of its patents relating to networking and mobile technologies. The main areas covered include the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, 3G connectivity and Long Term Evolution ...
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Hewlett-Packard said in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had determined that its products were procured from a partner that was not informed that their ultimate destination was Syria. HP was responding to a ...
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When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N.Sabelnikov visited the U.S.for the first time in January,he had a surprise waiting for him. The surprise was an amended civil lawsuit soon to be filed against him by Microsoft,which alleged he ...
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Cisco has reportedly cut ties with Chinese telecom vendor ZTE after allegations that ZTE sold Cisco gear to Iran. In June, a Reuters story revealed that Cisco, HP and Oracle gear was being sold to an Iranian mobile operator despite U.S. ...
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CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror". CSC has been linked in court documents to the rendition of German citizen Khaled ...
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On Jan.1,2013,Theresa K.Lee,senior vice president,chief legal and administrative officer will retire after 25 years of distinguished service.Effective upon her retirement,Lee's responsibilities will be assumed by two new executives. David ...
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An opinion handed down by Judge Harlan Hale in the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas orders 10 units of Vitro SAB be put into involuntary bankruptcy.In the opinion written Tuesday,Binswanger Glass Co.and VVP Auto Glass ...
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Xylem Inc.announced the appointment of Christian S.Na as Senior Vice President,General Counsel and Corporate Secretary,effective December 3. He will report directly to Gretchen McClain,President and Chief Executive Officer of Xylem,and ...
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Flowserve Corporation announced Carey A. O'Connor has been named senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. In her new role, she reports to Mark Blinn, president and chief executive officer. O’Connor joined Flowserve in ...
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Life Partners Holdings, the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. has strongly denied the allegations leveled against the firm by Texas Attorney General, acting for the State Securities Board. Texas Attorney General filed a court case ...
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DentalPlans.com, an online provider of discount dental plans for individuals and families across US, has selected Danielle Powers as the company's general counsel. Most recently, Powers served as the director of legal and compliance for ...
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