For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-March), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) has ...
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A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were shut down by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud. US authorities shut down 177 domain names for websites selling counterfeit ...
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Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
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EPA’s Pinocchio nose continues to grow longer. Despite a barrage of criticism following the admitted release of private farmer data to three environmental groups after a Freedom of Information Act request, EPA has clammed up and ...
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Businesses that receive a court order for data similar to the one reportedly?handed to Verizon?by an intelligence agency have no choice but to comply and to take comfort in their immunity from lawsuits, an expert says.? In April, the ...
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LORD Corporation has announced that the company hosted the North Carolina Military Foundation’s board meeting on June 3 at its headquarters in Cary. The event featured presentations from several keynote speakers, including U.S. Rep. ...
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When One World Trade Center got its crowning spire recently, Slingmax roundslings were a critical part of the process. And those slings depended in large part on Dyneema fiber from DSM Dyneema LLC. DSM Dyneema, a leader in life ...
Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. "Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich ...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted online payment processor Liberty Reserve for laundering $6 billion in a series of global transactions, which the agency charges may be the largest international money laundering prosecution in ...
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Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax ...
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Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the U.S. and other countries, according to a new ...
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BICSI—an international association supporting the information technology systems (ITS) industry—and ASIS International (ASIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), striving to foster the growth of the security and ...
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The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regulations, according to a federal court document. The U.S. District Court in Maryland on ...
Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference ...
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More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday. ...
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