Cloud gaming service OnLive has been acquired by a new owner, it said Friday. The move meant an unknown number of staff were laid off, but the company pledged to continue its operations. "The assets of OnLive have been acquired into a ...
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Google and the European Commission appear close to a settlement that would end the ommission's investigation of the Internet giant for potential violations of European antitrust regulations, according to a Commission spokesman. "We have ...
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The file-sharing company BitTorrent has begun testing an advertising model through which it would share ad revenue with content producers whose work is downloaded through the service, promising a way for artists to monetize informal sharing ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook today apologized to users for the substandard Apple Maps app in iOS 6, and steered them toward alternatives including Microsoft's Bing app and Google's online Maps. The Hoover Dam bypass bridge south of the dam ...
Germany's cybersecurity agency on Monday urged users to drop Internet Explorer (IE) and switch to a rival, like Chrome or Firefox, until Microsoft patches a new critical bug in its browser. In an alert released Monday, Germany's Federal ...
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The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific have been granted a United States patent for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography. The technology was jointly developed by the two companies,and has been ...
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Breakpoint Software Development, a small company of agile software developers, announced the debut of it's new computer monitoring software for parents. GigaWatch adds new spin to the subject focusing mainly on supporting new technologies ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association,steel product orders,including specialty steels,booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in October this year amounted to 7.26 million metric ...
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Disney rocked the world this week by announcing it will acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion – AND release Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015. The entertainment giant has come a very long way since its 1928 black and white Mickey Mouse film ...
Mozilla this week suspended development of a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, citing add-on incompatibilities and low priority for the project. In a message posted to Bugzilla, the company’s bug- and change-tracking database, ...
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With just two months to go before the retail launch of Windows 8, Microsoft has yet to price the new OS. Analysts today blamed Microsoft's attempt to accommodate both desktops and tablets with Windows 8 for the lack of information. "The ...
Microsoft has fixed 26 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said on Tuesday in its monthly security patch report. The security holes, described in five critical and four important ...
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Crossbeam has been bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, opening up the door for the security company to expand its product line both in-house and via acquisitions. Known for its high-end X-Series hardware that supports software of ...
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A new clinical study found that Bayer's blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system CONTOUR Next EZ meter and CONTOUR Next test strips proved easy to use and highly accurate when used by both patients and their healthcare professionals (HCPs). ...
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MEDFIELD, MA, June 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SmartStuff, a new e-book, introduces the public and executives to the "The Internet of Things," (IoT) which promises to change every aspect of our lives in this decade, yet is unknown to ...
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