The Mazda 3 has taken top honours in the March new car sales figures, marking the end of the first quarter of 2013. Finishing in the familiar position of first place, the Mazda 3 racked up sales of 3786 vehicles despite a fall in ...
Tags: Small Cars, Transportation
Lovers of the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader have vented anger over the decision to pull the plug on the RSS service and are petitioning to keep it alive. A "Keep Google Reader Running" petition at change.org had racked up more than ...
Tags: Google Reader, RSS service, Google
Howrad Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, is retiring as chairman in June. He announced his departure in New York in a ...
Tags: Howard Stringer, Sony, Samsung Electronics
Apple's new parental security offering includes finger painting - you roll your finger over areas of an iPhone display to stop your kids accessing content. It's an intriguing feature implemented with little fanfare but one of many options ...
SONY has reported its eight straight quarter in the red but says it remains on track to achieve its forecast of a full-year profit. But the results, released after reports that Sony will this month announce the late 2013 launch of its ...
Electric utility National Grid is still trying to resolve problems with its recently implemented SAP payroll system that cropped up after Hurricane Sandy, the major storm that caused widespread damage on the U.S. East Coast and the ...
Tags: Electric utility National Grid, SAP payroll system, system problems
Infor is being sued by a Puerto Rican tax authority on grounds that its failure to maintain software used by the organization racked up $9 million in costs. The Municipal Revenue Collection Center first acquired a limited license in 2006 ...
Tags: Infor, software, company news
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to investigate what happened with a massive, failed U.S. Air Force ERP (enterprise resource planning) project, amid a rising tide of calls for action on Capitol Hill to reduce wasteful IT spending. ...
Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee, ERP project, IT spending
We didn’t hear a peep from the Waterkeeper Alliance and its president Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., after a federal judge admonished them soundly in a December ruling in favor of a family farm. It’s not a victory for agriculture just ...
SAP’s revenue from software and software-related services showed ample growth thanks in part to its HANA in-memory database and the strength in its portfolio of cloud applications, the company said Tuesday as it reported preliminary ...
SAP's revenue from software and software-related services showed ample growth thanks in part to its HANA in-memory database and to strength in its portfolio of cloud applications, the company said Tuesday as it reported preliminary numbers ...
Tags: software, soft, Computer Products
A Yorkshire baker is appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den on December 23 in a bid to secure the backing she needs to make her premium cakes a national brand. Whitmarsh is targeting the coffee shops of Selfridges and John ...
Tags: Yorkshire baker, BBC, Dragons'Den, premium cakes
Faced with a pending debt payment at the end of March, Caribbean Cement Company (Carib) has increased the prices by an average 16.5 per cent. Having already implemented a 9.2 per cent price increase in June, the manufacturer should see ...
Tags: debt payment, domestic sales, revenue, new terms, Carib
Orange has become the most complained about internet service provider (ISP) in the UK, according to new research. Ofcom's quarterly complaints report for July to September 2012 showed the broadband provider racked up the most grievances ...
Tags: internet service provider, Orange, ISP, new research
Facebook appears to be losing users in the U.S. and other major markets, though its user base in parts of Asia is growing, according to an investment company report. Facebook saw its U.S. user base drop by 0.7% over the past three months ...