A line of branded Dinosaur Train puzzles and games will arrive in stores in July. Jumbo Games has announced a new partnership with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to launch the range. It's based on The Jim Henson Company’s ...
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Brazilian meat giant Marfrig has named VP of finance Ricardo Florence dos Santos as its CFO. Dos Santos will replace Alexandre Mazzuco, who will "pursue other professional challenges and focus on personal projects", Marfrig said. It is ...
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Startup Pertino -- backed by former executives from Packeteer and Apple -- has what one analyst calls the most advanced networking as a service (NaaS) product on the market, available starting today as a public beta. To spin up a ...
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According to research firm Gartner, Big Data is currently still a solution looking for a problem, despite it being forecast to drive $34 billion of IT spending in 2013 and create 4.4 million IT jobs by 2015. While businesses are keen to ...
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Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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Intel is set to launch a web-based video streaming service this year, as the chipmaker attempts to find new means of making profit in the face of declining PC sales. The world's largest computer chip manufacturer has felt the force of a ...
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BCBGeneration will be launching an intimate’s collection for fall 2013 that will be sold at retail globally as well as through BCBGeneration stores. The launch of this new product category is following a new licensing agreement ...
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Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced the company has been named one of the leading vendors of point of sale (POS) software, ...
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Steve Ballmer should be replaced by a CEO from outside of Microsoft in order to bring fresh ideas to the firm's leadership, an ex-senior VP of Microsoft has told Computing. Joachim Kempin, who worked at Microsoft for two decades ...
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On a day normally devoted to red hearts and pink cupids, let’s talk about a partnering that yields an easy green and good action-Textile Recycling. The recycling coordinator for Delaware County, Pennsylvania values the importance of ...
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Nathalie Pilon, president of Thomas & Betts Canada, announced that, after more than 37 years of service to Thomas & Betts, Patrice (Pat) Jomphe, VP Commercial Division, retired on January 31, 2013. His successor is Andre Boudreau, who is ...
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The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) has welcomed The Siemon Company—a player in copper and fiber networking solutions—as a new member. “We view CCCA as a strong industry association and an ...
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Optical networking and associated semiconductor technology firm JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported a modest improvement in sales performance during its fiscal second-quarter 2013 (ended 29 December 2012). On a non-GAAP basis, net ...
NANEO Precision IBS Coatings GmbH of Rheinbreitbach, Germany, which produces custom-made precision optical coatings for high-end applications in the laser and photonics industry, recently ordered a SPECTOR ion beam deposition (IBD) system ...
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Intel intends to sell set top boxes which can see what you're doing in your home. It will be able to identify each individual watcher of a domestic TV. The information gathered will allow companies to target advertising at specific ...
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