Computer giant Oracle has splashed out some $2.1bn (£1.34bn) to acquire Acme Packet, a provider of session border control technology. Excluding cash, the deal can be valued at about $1.7bn. The transaction has been unanimously ...
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Facebook makes it easy to connect with people online,but some of its users say they got burned out on the site or grew tired of their friends'"drama,"a new survey shows. More than a quarter,or 28 percent,of those quizzed in a recent Pew ...
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IDG News Service - Michael Dell has teamed up with investment firm Silver Lake to buy computer maker Dell, the company he founded as a 19-year-old in 1984, in a deal valued at about $24.4 billion. After the transaction closes, Michael ...
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Microsoft's XNA development environment-a platform popular with independent videogame programmers for the Xbox 360 console-has been marked for retirement by the company. In an email sent to Microsoft MVPs(most valued professionals)on ...
Secure Photo storage is a useful new photo security solution that enables users to keep the photos stored on their mobile devices safe from intruders & anyone else unauthorized to view them. CHICAGO, IL, February 05, 2013 ...
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IDG News Service - Former Atari Interactive CEO Frederic Chesnais has decided to take a 25.23% stake in the company in a bid to save it from bankruptcy, Atari announced Tuesday. He will pay principle shareholder BlueBay just 400 euros for ...
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Computerworld - Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle's cadence for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion must update Java ...
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Computerworld - Booming sales of tablets, smartphones and solid-state drives (SSDs) are taking a toll on hard-disk drive (HDD) sales, revenue from which is expected to drop by about 12% this year. According to a market report from ...
U.S tech companies lead all other industries in patent production, and Silicon Valley has the highest patent-producing population, says a new study. Moreover, the rate of patenting by U.S. inventors "is at its highest point since the ...
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Ace Hardware has made the Ace brand paints that line its store shelves since 1984. But it's Ace's new brand, Clark+Kensington, that tops Consumer Reports' latest Ratings of two finishes, semi-gloss and low luster satin and eggshell. For ...
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced plans to help streamline wireless broadband buildout in the U.S., with initiatives that include clarifying a provision requiring local review of modifications to cell towers. Other ...
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Experts and readers of PC Magazine Russian Edition present awards to the best software solutions of 2012 BERLKSHIRE, ENGLAND, January 17, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Panda Security's free solution, Panda Cloud Antivirus, has received the ...
Marketplace creates more value for company's extended warranty dealers. DALLAS, TX, January 17, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- McCusker & Company, a leading worldwide provider of extended warranty services, has launched a consumer electronics ...
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Virtual Flower lets you make animated 3D flowers, trees, geometrical shapes, and "star spheres", and 4D geometries. These can be embedded in web pages as VRML using the Cortona plugin, or exported as animations in various file formats. ...
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XpresSpa operates 28 traveler comfort locations in 14 major airports on two continents. DALLAS, TX, January 17, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- McCusker Service Group, a leading worldwide provider of field service maintenance services, has ...
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