Microsoft will start selling its struggling Surface devices to business customers abroad via channel partners on Thursday. The move builds on a similar effort Microsoft launched in July to tap distributors and resellers to push Surface ...
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Nokia is hoping to boost the number of applications available for the Asha 501 to make it more competitive with low-cost Android smartphones with the release Thursday of the first version of a software development kit (SDK) for the phone. ...
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Apple’s innovation problems were highlighted today when Forbes published its 2013 list of the world’s most innovative companies and ranked Apple at No. 79. Apple’s plummet has been dramatic. In 2011, the first year ...
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Google is distributing patches for a cryptography flaw in Android that may affect hundreds of thousands of applications. The patches have been passed to partners belonging to the Open Handset Alliance, a trade group dedicated to ...
IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel. The financial terms of the proposed acquisition were not disclosed. With offices in Boston and Tel Aviv, ...
Intel is looking to use light and lasers to shuffle data faster among servers, and is proposing a new optical interconnect, MXC, that could change the way servers are implemented in data centres. The chip maker is pitching MXC as a ...
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IBM is to acquire security firm Trusteer, whose software aims to help protect organisations against financial fraud and advanced security threats. Financial terms were not disclosed. Further reading IBM acquires cloud computing firm CSL ...
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Propex will promote Isis, the company's innovative platform of backings made with woven PCR PET, at FloorTek Expo. FloorTek is a manufacturing and technology show, to be held in Dalton, Georgia September 10 through 12. "We are thrilled ...
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Bimbo Bakeries USA is planning to close its facility in Easton, Pennsylvania, as part of its plan to shift the production to a new facility in the neighbouring county. The closure is expected to lead to a loss of 78 jobs. The phase out at ...
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Pure Protein, a protein product brand owned by US-based NBTY, has launched Soft Baked Bars. According to the company, the bars deliver the protein necessary for a lean, healthy and strong body, with 5g of sugar. The new Pure Protein Soft ...
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ReposiTrak has announced that first member of leading supermarket group has implemented its food safety solution, a move which expands the adoption of ReposiTrak as the industry standard for tracking and tracing food. ReposiTrak has ...
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Silgan Holdings, a US-based supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, has agreed to acquire Portola Packaging, a manufacturer of plastic closures, for $266m. Portola Packaging operates eight ...
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Abbott Vietnam has expanded the recall of its Similac GainPlus Eye-Q products to include another 4,387 cans of infant formula over concerns of whey concentrate contamination with Clostridium botulinum. The products implicated in the ...
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Schulz Organic Farms has recalled its full cream milk in Australia as it may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The product associated with the recall is 1 ...
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Trident Seafoods plans to invest $41m to establish a new seafood processing facility in Carroll County, Georgia, US. The new facility, which will be located in Carrollton city, will create about 175 new jobs. It will utilize frozen fish ...