Computerworld - Apple's rumored November launch of a smaller, less-expensive iPad will put the company in a tight spot -- tighter than usual -- if it's not able to build up and maintain adequate supplies through the holiday season, analysts ...
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPad Mini, tablet, company news
IDG News Service - Microsoft on Friday said it has fully restored its Xbox Live service after problems prevented an undetermined number of users from logging into the online gaming service. At 4:28 p.m. Eastern Time, Microsoft's Xbox ...
Tags: Microsoft, Xbox Live service, online gaming, company news
Computerworld - Google yesterday boosted payments to researchers for reporting bugs in Chrome, saying the move was prompted by a decline in vulnerabilities submitted by outsiders. "Recently, we've seen a significant drop-off in externally ...
Tags: Google, bugs in Chrome, brower, company news
IDG News Service - A tool for testing if web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference on Wednesday. The tool and the research ...
Tags: web application firewalls, Black Hat USA 2010, cyber security
IDG News Service - Cellular telecom carriers spent Saturday working to restore wireless service to customers across the U.S. northeast, which is just beginning to pick itself up from the battering it suffered earlier in the week from ...
Tags: Cellular telecom, wireless service, cell sites, company news
IDG News Service - Barnes & Noble introduced Wednesday two Nook tablets with 7-inch and 9-inch high-resolution displays, targeting entire families with the devices. The Android devices will ship in the U.S. in late October and be ...
Tags: Barnes and Noble, Nook tablets, company news, new product, tablet
ATLANTA — Aaron's largest franchisee, SEI/Aaron's, has opened its 100th store with a new location in Concord, N.H. SEI/Aaron's was established in 1995 by Charles Smithgall and has opened rent-to-own stores in the Northeast and ...
Tags: SEI/Aaron, Concord, new store, company news
US-based Babson Capital Management, a global investment management firm, has provided subordinated debt and made an equity co-investment to support River Associates Investments’ acquisition of a controlling stake in Rose City Printing ...
Tags: Babson Capital Management, investment management, acquisition
US-based Kraft Foods is set to introduce 40 foods and beverages in the year 2013, which will be the company's first products launch after becoming an independent firm. The new products line will feature Oscar Mayer Selects Chicken Breast ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, foods, beverages, company news
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. (TMHU), the supplier of the number one selling lift truck in North America, celebrated the end of its 2012 philanthropic giving year with the donation of two internal combustion lift trucks to the Columbus, ...
Tags: Toyota Material Handling, lift truck, company news, USA
Svelte Medical Systems has treated the first patient in the ACES (Acrobat Coronary stent system effectiveness European Study) clinical trial. ACES is a randomized, controlled study to show the clinical benefit and utilization of the ...
Tags: Svelte Medical Systems, clinical trial, ACES, company news
Amarantus BioScience has purchased all of the intellectual property (IP) assets from Power3 Medical Products. Power3 was in bankruptcy and the company has acquired the IP assets for $40,000 which includes technology related to the ...
Tags: Amarantus BioScience, intellectual property, Power3 Medical Products
Taiwan's leading LED-lighting manufacturers claim to have received hefty orders for the fourth quarter o0f 2012 thanks to increase in inventory buildup by Chinese retailers for the upcoming Chinese New Year season, LED replacements of ...
Tags: LED, lighting, LED lighting, company news, taiwan
US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed the acquisition of Heiser Insurance Agency (HIA), a US-based retail insurance broker. Terms and conditions of the transaction have not ...
Tags: insurance brokerage, risk management, acquisition, company news, insurance
PPG Industries announced last week that it has received a favorable private letter ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service regarding the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and subsequent merger of a ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Internal Revenue Service, commodity chemicals business