Civica CTO John Hood has branded Microsoft's Surface RT tablet "a bit of a lemon", telling Computing that the machine lacks the established ecosystem and standout features to separate it from existing products. Speaking to Computing at ...
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University Bank is to acquire 100% of a second independent insurance agency, Ann Arbor Insurance Centre, for $1.13m. Over the next few months, Shawn Shepherd and Edie Jackson will move to the Ann Arbor Insurance Centre headquarters and ...
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U.S.-based Seesmart, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (RVLT), has received a $5 million order for LED lighting products with a total potential value of $10 million. These LED products manufactured ...
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At the Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) Annual Conference in San Diego yesterday, three unique industry-related perspectives from three different occupational fields discussed whether using less glass in building ...
A new year invariably brings a host of new fashion trends, meaning every fashion journalist, blogger and aficionado is now scrapping to try and tell the world what their predictions are. The wonderful diversity and wealth of opinion in the ...
GaAs solar material maker Alta Devices boasts solar cells with an efficiency of 28.8%, but perhaps even more astonishing is the fact it can produce GaAs cells that are only 1-micron thick, which opens up the possibility of a whole new field ...
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Under the helm of its new CEO, Steve Bennett, Symantec last week outlined a re-organisation intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and back-up services and products. These products would be built primarily on ...
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Microsoft will reap enormous revenue when it introduces mobile versions of its Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, an analyst said on Friday, despite warning that the window of opportunity is quickly closing. “The day ...
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It was announced last week that hardware accessories vendor Belkin has agreed to buy Cisco’s Home Networking Business unit, which includes the strong Linksys brand. The terms of the deal, which is expected to close in March, were ...
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The dynamic nature of the global economy can also be felt in the paper, office supplies and stationery sector – new needs arise, new ideas are being sought. Restructuring and expanding assortments rank among the most important steps ...
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Live to Play Sports, parent company of Norco Bicycles, is expanding its sales team in Eastern North America, a rapidly growing market for the distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories. The addition of new sales reps and management ...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that Sony could have prevented being hacked in April 2011. Sony's April 2011 hack of its PlayStation platform saw the personal data of millions of customers put at risk. ...
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Handheld Group, a manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, PDAs and smartphones, today announced the launch of the new version of its highly popular Algiz XRW rugged notebook. The updated Algiz XRW is considerably faster than its ...
Kanguru announces the launch of Kanguru’s new Defender DualTrustTM, a new secure online access and encrypted USB storage device developed jointly by Kanguru and Deepnet Security. The Defender DualTrust turns any Windows PC into a safe ...
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Global IP Telecommunications shows for the first time the software telephone "Juggler" that gives rise to substantial advances in the ergonomics of electronic office communication. "We simply need space on our desktops! Therefore our ...