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Microsoft Made The Clearest Case Yet for Its Surface Pro Tablet

Feb 18, 2013

Last week, Microsoft made the clearest case yet for its Surface Pro tablet when a top Windows executive said it should be compared with not one, but two Apple devices. While analysts agreed that Microsoft's Surface Pro message was much ...

Tags: Microsoft, Surface Pro tablet, Apple devices

John Moloney Is to Also Take a Seat on The Board of Fellow Irish Food Group Greencore

Feb 18, 2013

John Moloney, managing director at Glanbia, is to also take a seat on the board of fellow Irish food group Greencore. Moloney, who became Glanbia MD in 2001, "adds deep sectoral and international experience to the board", Greencore ...

Tags: CEO, Moloney, food group

Nestle Expands Its Haagen-Dazs Range with The Launch of a Gelato Line

Feb 18, 2013

Nestle's US ice cream unit Dreyer's has expanded its Haagen-Dazs range with the launch of a gelato line. Dreyer's, which contracts the licence to Haagen-Dazs from brand-owner General Mills said the range will debut with seven ...

Tags: Nestle, Haagen Dazs, ice cream

City Analyst Investec Has Criticised The "Revolving Door" at Premier Foods

Feb 18, 2013

City analyst Investec has criticised the “revolving door” at Premier Foods, after another key member of its management team left the firm this week. Room at the top: first ceo Clarke and now chief operating officer Eaton have ...

Tags: Premier Foods, management team, revolving door

Profits at Stater Bros Have Been Hit by Pressure on Margins

Feb 18, 2013

Profits at Stater Bros have been hit by pressure on margins, as the California-based retailer invested in pricing during the first quarter. Stater Bros revealed yesterday (12 February) that first-quarter net income fell to US$5.4m, ...

Tags: retailer, Stater Bros, Margin Pressure

Morrisons Is Under Fire From Its Suppliers for The Late Payment of Invoices

Feb 18, 2013

Supermarket giant Morrisons is under fire from its suppliers for the late payment of invoices, which, they say, the retailer is blaming on a faulty computer system, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Morrisons has been accused ...

Tags: Morrisons, fire, payment

Cisco Systems Posted Higher Revenue and Profit in Its Fiscal Second Quarter

Feb 18, 2013

Cisco Systems posted higher revenue and profit in its fiscal second quarter as Chairman and CEO John Chambers reiterated the company's ambitious goal to become the biggest company in IT. For the quarter ended Jan. 26, Cisco posted revenue ...

Tags: Cisco Systems, revenue, profit, IT industry

Australia's High Court Cleared Google on Wednesday of Violating Fair Trade Laws

Feb 18, 2013

Australia's High Court cleared Google on Wednesday of violating fair trade laws by allowing companies to publish advertisements containing their competitors' names, handing a defeat to the country's fair trade regulator. The High Court ...

Tags: Google, Australia, fair trade laws

SAP User Groups Aren't Pleased with The Vendor's Announcement

Feb 18, 2013

SAP user groups aren't pleased with the vendor's announcement this week that new customers will soon pay more for Standard Support, but at least so far, there doesn't seem to be a backlash as strong as the one that occurred a few years ago ...

Tags: SAP, Enterprise Support service, Standard Support

Opera Software Is Switching From a Home-Built Rendering Engine

Feb 18, 2013

Creating some consternation in the Web development community, Opera Software is switching from a home-built rendering engine to the more widely used open-source WebKit, now employed in the Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers. "It ...

Tags: Opera Software, Apple Safari, Google Chrome

The First Rear-Drive Chevrolet Sedan Makes Its Debut in Daytona

Feb 18, 2013

The first rear-drive Chevrolet sedan since 1996 makes its debut in Daytona this weekend, ready to lead the pack at the upcoming Daytona 500 NASCAR race. Like the Pontiac G8 before it, the Chevrolet SS is borrowed from General Motors' ...

Tags: Chevrolet, Daytona 500 NASCAR race, Holden

Opel Australia Has Beefed up Its Line-up with The Launch of Its High-Performance OPC

Feb 18, 2013

Opel Australia has beefed up its line-up with the launch of its high-performance OPC (Opel Performance Centre) range of cars including the Corsa OPC, Astra OPC and Insignia OPC. The OPC variants will sit above the regular Opel versions, ...

Tags: Opel, OPC Range, Australia

Samsung Has Launched a New Series of "Smart Feature Phones" Called REX

Feb 18, 2013

Samsung has launched a new series of “smart feature phones” called REX, which the firm will sell in emerging markets. Countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China will drive much of the volume growth in the ...

Tags: Samsung, smart feature phones, REX, emerging markets

Oracle Is Hitting Back Hard at a Recently Released Forrester Research Report

Feb 18, 2013

Oracle is hitting back hard at a recently released Forrester Research report that suggested most customers aren’t interested in moving up to the vendor’s next-generation Fusion Applications, which were released about 18 months ...

Tags: Oracle, Forrester Research report, Fusion Applications

The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection Is Part of an Important Cyber Espionage Operation

Feb 18, 2013

The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and probably part of ...

Tags: Adobe Reader, Cyber Espionage Operation, malware