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Biotechnology Firm Intralytix Has Received Generally Recognized

Mar 5, 2013

Biotechnology firm Intralytix has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its food safety product, SalmoFresh. SalmoFresh is an antimicrobial preparation for controlling ...

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Matthew Mills Creates Packaging for Radnor Hills's Heartsease Farm Range of Soft Drinks

Mar 5, 2013

UK-based consultancy Matthew Mills Graphic Design has collaborated with Radnor Hills Mineral Water to create packaging for the company’s new Heartsease Farm range of soft drinks. Matthew Mills Graphic Design founder Matthew Mills ...

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Packaging Manufacturer North State Flexibles Plans to Expand Its Operations in Greensboro

Mar 5, 2013

Packaging manufacturer North State Flexibles plans to expand its operations in Greensboro, North Carolina, US with an investment of over $6m over the next three years. The expansion is expected to create 41 new jobs in the region. The ...

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Linde North America and Shick Have Launched a Newly Renovated Test Facility

Mar 5, 2013

Linde North America and Shick have launched a newly renovated test facility that combines precise temperature control with pneumatic ingredient-conveying solutions. Featuring a pneumatic conveyor equipped with a CO2 injection chilling ...

Tags: Linde North America, Shick, test facility

Grafix Introduces New Grafix Cut and Capture System

Mar 5, 2013

Global OEM and private label converting equipment manufacturer Grafix has launched the new Grafix Cut and Capture system. The rotary die-cut system introduced for in-mold label (IML) converting, features diecutting of any IML label ...

Tags: Grafix, converting equipment, capture system

Federal Government's Automatic Budget Cuts May Accelerate Cost Savings Measures

Mar 5, 2013

WASHINGTON - The federal government's automatic budget cuts, due to begin Friday, may accelerate cost savings measures already in place via sharing of services across agencies, IT consolidation, and an increasing reliance of off-the-shelf ...

Tags: automatic budget, service sharing, IT consolidation

Megaupload Lost a Bid on Friday to See a Trove of Evidence Held by U.S.

Mar 5, 2013

Megaupload lost a bid on Friday to see a trove of evidence held by U.S. prosecutors prior to extradition proceedings expected to begin later this year in New Zealand. The country's Court of Appeal rejected two lower court rulings from ...

Tags: Megaupload, extradition proceedings, file-sharing service

Windows 8's Uptake Pace Slowed in February for The Third Straight Month

Mar 5, 2013

Windows 8's uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, an analytics company said today. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's February usage share -- including what the firm labeled as "touch" for Windows 8 and ...

Tags: Windows 8, February usage share, company news

A Judge Has Ordered a Partial Retrial in Apple's Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung

Mar 5, 2013

A judge has ordered a partial retrial in Apple's patent lawsuit against Samsung in California, and has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the US$1 billion in damages Apple was awarded last summer. Judge Lucy Koh, in an order ...

Tags: Apple, Samsung, patent lawsuit

Former Apple Chief Evangelist Has Taken on Advisory Work for Motorola Mobility

Mar 5, 2013

Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist and former Apple chief evangelist, announced this week that he has taken on advisory work for Motorola Mobility - which is owned by rival Google. The well-known author and tech guru said in a brief posting ...

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Consumers and Businesses Can Easily Become Locked in

Mar 5, 2013

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston has warned against buying into cloud services offered by mobile device manufacturers and network operators, claiming that consumers and businesses can easily become locked in. Speaking at Mobile World Congress in ...

Tags: Dropbox, cloud service, mobile device

Facebook Is About to Launch a Redesign of Its News Feed Feature

Mar 5, 2013

Facebook is about to launch a redesign of its News Feed feature. The social network sent press invitations to a March 7 event at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. "Come see a new look for News Feed," the invite reads. Facebook ...

Tags: Facebook, News Feed, company news

Google Is Open-Sourcing a New General Purpose Data Compression Library

Mar 5, 2013

Google is open-sourcing a new general purpose data compression library called Zopfli that can be used to speed up Web downloads. The Zopfli Compression Algorithm, which got its name from a Swiss bread recipe, is an implementation of the ...

Tags: Google, purpose data compression library, Zopfli

Rights Advocacy Groups and Security Practitioners Remain on Opposite Ends

Mar 5, 2013

Rights advocacy groups and security practitioners remain on opposite ends of the spectrum on the merits of sharing information as a means to improve cyber security. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and ...

Tags: rights advocacy, sharing information, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Windows 8 Notebooks Have Been Selling Well for Taiwanese PC Maker Asus

Mar 5, 2013

Touch-based Windows 8 notebooks have been selling well for Taiwanese PC maker Asus, but overall Microsoft's new operating system has yet to find a major following, the company said. "I think the acceptance of Windows 8 in Q4 is not so ...

Tags: ASUS, Windows 8, Touch-Based Notebooks