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Former Wurld Ceo Kerber Released From Prison
, was released from prison this week after serving eight months in prison after he was convicted of stealing from the company, according to the state Department of Correctional Services. The...


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More Details On Ipad As Orders Begin
Apple Inc. released more details about its new iPad as it started taking orders for the tablet computer on Friday. Customers are initially being limited to two iPads per person, with pre-order...
Michael Dell Falls To 25th Richest Billionaire
(Nasdaq: DELL) founder placed 12th on the list with a net worth of about $17.1 billion. This year, the lowered that worth to about $12.3 billion. The listing said Dell, 44, lost millions this year...
Charlottetown Making Plan For Gateway
The Charlottetown Area Development Corporation is developing ideas for what to do with the area at the foot of the Hillsborough Bridge, one of the city's main...
Intel's Next Big Mission: Secure Hardware?
Intel has had a difficult time selling the concept of security, both to its customers, and even to its own design teams. But that might be about to change. At an event this week highlighting the work...
Mobile Social Networking On The Rise
A new comScore study shows that 17.1 percent of cell phone subscribers visited a social networking site or blog in January 2010, compared with 13.8 percent in October 2009, according...
Iphone App Use Peaks At Night, Too
iPhone app usage peaks during weekday evenings around 9 PM as well as on weekends.The company, which markets a mobile analytics package for app developers, said that iPhone users generate seven...
Google Updates Local Product Search
Google Play Stumbles Upon (or Around) the Web In an effort to showcase more of what is available via its RSS reader, Google introduced a new Labs feature, Google Reader...
Fcc Wants To Know Your Broadband Speed
FCC wants to know. The commission this week launched a broadband testing tool that will let you test your connection quality or alert the FCC if you live somewhere without broadband access. The...
Javelin Semiconductor Raises $6.2m Financing
Javelin Semiconductor Inc. has received a $6.2 round of financing. Austin-based Javelin, which was founded in 2007, collected the capital from 14 investors, according to a filing Thursday with...
Aveo Pharma Ipo Misses Pricing Targets, Dips After Opening Bell
has priced its initial public offering, which could net up to $81 million for the cancer-focused biotechnology firm. That amount would fall short of the Cambridge, Mass., company’s expected...
Miami U. Researchers Win Nsf Grant For Hive
grant to upgrade the HIVE, a large virtual research environment on campus. David Waller, associate professor of psychology, and Eric Bachmann, associate professor of computer science and software...
Gtc Biotherapeutics Bids Adieu To Nasdaq
Nasdaq Stock Market and that it has taken steps to trade in the over-the-counter market as it advances its research. The Framingham, Mass.-based company said it does not expect...
Fluor’s Joint Venture Gets Go-ahead On Sh 161 Extension
North Texas Tollway Authority that the venture can commence work on the extension of State Highway 161 to Interstate 20. The contract is valued at $416 million and will be recorded on Irving-based...
Bladelogic Founder Joins Bazaarvoice Board
's board. Austin-based Bazaarvoice has gone through a growth spurt recently, moving to a 51,000 square foot headquarters last fall and planning to increase it workforce 70 percent this year. ...
Apple Patches 16 Holes In Safari
released Safari 4.0.5 to address 16 vulnerabilities. New versions for Windows and the Mac are available. Fifteen of the vulnerabilities are newly-disclosed,...
Plastic Logic's Que Proreader Delayed Until Summer
If you were waiting to purchase the Plastic Logic QUE ProReader e-reader tablet, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Late Thursday night, the company notified customers that the company is postponing...
Google's China Censor Plan Will Have 'consequences'
. "If you insist on taking this action that violates Chinese laws, I repeat: you are unfriendly and irresponsible, and you yourself will have to bear the consequences," Li Yizhong, Minister of...
Xpand Promises Universal 3dtv Glasses By June
One of the big obstacles to the adoption of 3D TV at home, I'm convinced, is the fact that to get the 3D effect, you'll need to be wear "active shutter" glasses. No one I've talked to thinks that...
Apple Now Accepting Ipad Pre-orders
Apple's online store . The Wi-Fi versions of the iPad will be delivered on April 3, or April 5 for those in areas without Saturday delivery. The tablets with Wi-Fi plus 3G, however, will not ship...
Hardwarecentral's Cpu Price Watch For March 12, 2010
Welcome to the HardwareCentral Weekly CPU Prices. This is a weekly update on CPU prices we find around the net. We have several different tables to help you find what you are looking for, sorted by...
Bedfordreport.com Complimentary Analyst Research On Dell, Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Yahoo! Inc. , Apple, Inc. And Many More
TORONTO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - The Bedford Report is pleased to announce that its latest Market Update analyzing the Technology Sector has been released. Technology is such an integral part...
Space Florida Gets Launch Complex Rights
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and will proceed with construction and refurbishment work at both locations for commercial use. Mark Bontrager, vice president of Space Florida’s spaceport...
Pivot3 Moves Into Asia
Pivot3 Inc. is planning to bring its security servers and storage to the Asian market. The Houston video surveillance company has appointed Brad Armstrong as vice president of sales to lead its Asia...
Google Gets High-level Chinese Warning
Google Inc. will face serious consequences if it stops censoring content on its Web site there. "I hope Google can respect Chinese rules and regulations," said Li Yizhong, Minister of...
Targus Canada Welcomes Kelly Lind As The New Country Manager
brings 25 years of experience to Targus with the goal of strengthening the company's presence in the Canadian market. In her new role at Targus, Lind will oversee Canadian operations as the company...
Gchq Loses Top Secret Laptops
It is the secretive heart of government information security, dispensing advice and setting standards throughout officialdom, but GCHQ's "cavalier" in-house policies have come under fire in a report...
Pennsylvania Sent More Goods To Canada Than Any Other Country In 2009
Between 2005 and 2008, the total dollar value of goods exported from Pennsylvania to other countries throughout the world rose rapidly, from $22.3 billion in 2005 to $34.6 billion in 2008. However,...
Waypoint Solutions Merges With Network Minders
Network Minders Solutions . Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. Charlotte-based Waypoint Solutions Group markets information-technology managed services and project management. The...
News: Qualcomm Patents Multi-fold Display
Qualcomm has patented a three screen touchscreen device that would allow you to fold out the screens to get a bigger viewing image when it comes to watching movies on the go, but a smaller one for...
News: Mac Pro Getting Core I7?
Apple is expected to launch updates to its Mac Pro range on Tuesday, rumours on the internet are claiming. Stating what many believe is the obvious; Apple will add the newly launched Intel Core i7...
Computer Virus Bugs Area Businesses
A computer virus that presents itself as a virus scanning product is making its way around area workstations. Among those affected was Laura Del Monte, director of marketing and client services...
Uncharted 2 Wins Big With Five Winners At The 10th Annual Game Developers
Creative Word-Wielding Adventure Game, Scribblenauts, Wins for Best Handheld Game and Innovation Award; Other Big Winners Include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Farmville, Flower and...
Laptops Could Be Key To An Earthquake Early-warning System
If Elizabeth Cochran allowed herself to dream, the future would look something like this: Every personal computer would double as a seismic monitor. That MacBook at the coffee house, the one used...
Opengl 4.0 Spec Announced
The Khronos Group announced today the release of the latest version of the OpenGL specification, which provides for an API for creating 2D and 3D graphics on any platform. The new spec, 4.0, includes...
Joyce Raley Teel Regains Spot On Forbes' Rich List
If the number of billionaires in the world is any indication, it appears the economy is on the way to recovery. According to the latest list from Forbes, there are now 1,011 billionaires in the...
Computers One Step Closer To Reading Your Mind
When this poster was printed in 1900, mind reading was still in the realm of magic. A new computer program capable of predicting individuals recollections has brought telepathy a small step closer to...
Tech-firms Heading Up To Austin’s Sxsw
2010 opening tomorrow, San Antonio business owners and their employees are starting the weekend early by loading up their exhibits and heading to Austin. In case you’ve been living under a...
Northrop Grumman May Cut Jobs In Hagerstown
determining a new Washington area location for relocating its corporate headquarters from California, said work has slowed at one of its local operations, and that may affect dozens of employees. ...
Radisys Buys Pactolus Communications Software
Pactolus Communications Software Co. in a deal aimed at bolstering the company’s offerings of Internet-based communications products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hillsboro-based...
Ralink, Trendchip Announce Merger
TrendChip Technologies Corp. on Thursday announced a merger agreement. Ralink, a developer of high performance wireless products, has headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan and operates a development...
Forbes: Honolulu’s Omidyar On Billionaire List
, shared the 148th ranking with three others that have an estimated worth of $5.2 billion. Omidyar’s latest venture is a Honolulu-based online media service called Peer News that is expected...
Open Source Search Startup Lucid Imagination Raises $10m
Lucid Imagination Inc. said Thursday it has completed its Series B funding with $10 million in new investments. The San Mateo-based company said new...
Intel's 'gulftown' Tops Desktop Pc Processors
Gulftown " manufactured on the company's 32nm process--are up this morning, and the results are pretty much what you'd expect: The chip seems to easily surpass the current Core i7 as the fastest...
Utstarcom Lost $226 Million In 2009
changing CEOs and moving to Beijing . In the fourth quarter, UTStarcom lost $39.4 million on revenue of $116.3 million. A year earlier in the same quarter it lost $80.9 million on sales of $241.1...
Vf To Open Panama Office, Cut Local Jobs
has announced plans to establish a new centralized supply chain office to manage purchasing in the Latin America region. The office is expected to open in Panama City, Panama by October. As a result,...
National Semi Q3 Profit More Than Doubles To $53.2m
on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $53.2 million, or 22 cents a share, on sales of $362 million. That was above the company's year-ago net income of $21 million, or 9 cents a...
Newtek Has A Hand In Avatar’s Success At The Oscars
officials in San Antonio can bask in the knowledge that the company played a small role in that film’s success. Rob Powers, the supervisor of the Virtual Art Department team that created the...
Ftc Seen Likely To Oppose Google-admob Deal
Google said in December that the deal was being held up by questions from the FTC. The potential impact of the deal on Internet advertising is apparently what is being scrutinized, althoughthe...