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A Virtual Manchester City...coming soon... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:50AMManchester City Manchester City has linked up with global sports video game producer Electronic Arts (EA) in an innovative move into the virtual content market, reports Sport Business . The partnership will see dedicated team-focused virtual content distributed through the club and the digital channels of the EA Sports division, including match simulations prior to the fixtures and unique ...
Clash of the Social Media Titans Set for Downtown Dash Presented by ING DIRECT Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:22AMCHICAGO -- On Saturday, September 10, 2011, social media mavens exercise their savvy skills as they navigate their way around Chicago seeking scavenges, looking for money saving clues and completing physical tasks.
With Rising Controversies over Financial Reform, GlobalEcon to Hold Virtual Conference on Dodd-Frank Birthday Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:22AMCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the face of rising controversies over financial reform, PYMNTS.com and Global Economics Group are holding a virtual conference on the first anniversary of Dodd-Frank.
Video Release -- 8x8 Redefines Video Conferencing With New Cloud-Based, Flat-Rate Virtual Room Service Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:15AMSUNNYVALE, Calif. -- 8x8, Inc. , provider of innovative cloud communications and computing solutions, today announced the launch of 8x8 Virtual Room, a new cloud-based video conferencing service offering businesses of any size an easier, more flexible and significantly more affordable way to collaborate using voice, video and content.
AWS: CIOs can use the Cloud to become more strategic Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:24AMWhen Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that -- a concept.
American Horror Story Set for FX Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:43PMFX has placed a 13-episode order for its next original drama series, American Horror Story, co-created by former Nip/Tuck executive producers and current Glee co-creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, announced John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks. American Horror Story begins production in Los Angeles on July 27 and will premiere on FX in October...
Balancing risk in today's investing environment Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:39PMOther than under your mattress, is there anywhere safe - let alone profitable - to put your hard-earned dollars?
Like business on Facebook? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:00PMJamshedpur, July 18: Over 750 million users with each spending an average of 23 minutes per day to catch up with their 130 friends from across the globe. Social networking site Facebook is creating waves across the world, but are we really using it to get furitful returns?The answer, if professor Sree Sreenivasan of Columbia Journalism School is to be believed, is no.Sreenivasan, addressing the ...
AWS: CIOs can use the cloud to become more strategic Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:37PMWhen Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that -- a concept. read more
Virtual Private Networking made better Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:30PMA dynamic organisation as yours needs reliable and secure networking facilities to stay ahead of competition and in command of growth.
Davinci Virtual Shares Tips On Small Business Staffing and Hiring Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:58PMSalt Late City, UT, July 18, 2011 Davinci Virtual , the leader in smart offices, is sharing a list of tips for small business owners that are ready to expand their staff.Right now is a great time to be hiring, due to the high volume of people in the market for a job, said Bill Grodnik, CEO of Davinci Virtual. Beyond just posting...
FX Orders "American Horror Story" to Series Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:33PMDylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters and Denis O'Hare star in the series, due to premiere in October.
Regulators set to rule on telco purchase deal Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:21AMREGULATORS have wrapped up hearings on Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) plan to purchase rival Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc. (Digitel) and a decision could be issued early next month.
EA Sports pens Manchester City deal Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:16AMUnimaginably minted Premier League football team Manchester City has signed an agreement with EA Sports that will see the publisher go first with a host of City-related exclusives. Chiefly, the entire City squad has undergone 360-degree 3D headscan shots with a view to making their representation in the upcoming FIFA 12 unlike anything seen in previous games. A host of other initiatives are on ...
New App We&Co Lets Customers Say Thanks, Get Free Stuff Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:06AMPeople like to brag about where they go, and they dig the idea of competing to "check in" more: FourSquare grew 3,400 percent last year . A new app is betting people will want to say thanks as much as they like saying, "I'm here." GOOD got a sneak peek at We&Co , which launches publicly today after a test run in Atlanta. “Instead of the check in, our central action is the thank you,” We&Co's ...
Steam ups Valve's download speeds Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:53AMValve has revamped its Steam platform to optimise content delivery, the company has said. With the help of new server and client codes, the overhauled Steam is said will offer better download rates for customers around the world. "The maximum aggregate bandwidth of the system will be greater than the current system; this will help us satisfy spikes in demand when there's a big release," the ...
KnowledgeVision Expands Leadership Team as Demand for Online Presentation Platform Grows Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:09AMVeteran of Constant Contact and HubCast Appointed Chief Financial Officer (PRWeb July 18, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8647179.htm
Market Research Global Alliance (MRGA) Launches MRGA365 Utilizing Onstream Media's MarketPlace365® Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:00AMOnstream Media Corporation , a leading online service provider of live and on-demand corporate audio and web communications, virtual event technology, and social media marketing, today announced that Bell SMG, LLC, which operates the MRGA , has launched MRGA365 , powered by Onstream Media's MarketPlace365Â® and believed to be the market research industry's first virtual expo.
JaguarPC Adds SolusVM On Managed Virtual Private Server Hosting Services Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:26AMLeading VPS hosting specialist JaguarPC now provides SolusVM virtualization software across all Managed VPS hosting solutions. (PRWeb July 18, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/managed/vps-hosting/prweb8648561.htm
OU Receives $34 Million Software Grant From Siemens PLM Software Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:18PMOakland University industrial and systems engineering students will benefit significantly from a nearly $34 million in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software made to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
VIRGIN LABFEST 7: Freedom, escape--exciting theater Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:23AMPhilippine Daily Inquirer, 07.18.2011 10 new plays preoccupied themselves with that central motif in ways that summoned verve, ambition and style, if not always insight HOW MANY TIMES can one spin variations on the theme of entrapment and escape, the need to flee what has become a destructively unsettled--or its flip side, becalmed--state? At the recent Virgin Labfest 7, which closed a couple of ...
Royal Dutch Shell Pulls The Pin On Mackenzie Delta Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:11PMRoyal Dutch Shell PLC is giving up on the Mackenzie Delta, pulling out of the region 38 years after it first discovered a massive deposit of natural gas.
Oakland University Gets $34 Million Grant From Siemens PLM Software Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:24PMROCHESTER - Oakland University industrial and systems engineering students will benefit significantly from a nearly $34 million in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software made to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Review: Geo Walk for iPhone and iPad Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:48PMEither the iPhone or iPad version of this visual fact book for kids offers an appealing interface and fun, easy to use content. But it would be nice if Geo Walk contained more of that content.
The perfect supermarket cereal aisle? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:37PMAffinnova Inc. uses techniques initially developed for genetic research to help consumer brands such as Post Foods to improve cereal sales. The two MIT PhDs who founded Affinnova have substantially modified life sciences research algorithms so they can be used to help a brand like Post sell more Grape-Nuts and Shredded Wheat.
ASEAN recognition to spur growth Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:14AM“You name it, Cebu has it,” says Olivia Palala, the executive director of the office of ASEAN Affairs, aptly describing Cebu City as it was named ASEAN City of Culture by the Ministers of Culture and the Arts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AMCA) yesterday at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
Facebook launches `Facebook for Every Phone` Java app for feature phones Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:49AMWith all the noise made by smartphone makers and their apps, you'd almost think that smartphones dominate the world cell phone market, but you'd be wrong, it’s actually something called the feature phone; a not quite dumb cell phone, but not a smartphone either, it’s something in-between.
Red Hat Joins $11M Round For Jaspersoft Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:07AMJaspersoft, maker of the world's most widely used business intelligence (BI) software, today announc...
CIOs can use the Cloud to become more strategic: Amazon Web Services Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:52AMWhen Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, joined the organisation in 2004, the focus was very much on servicing customers in a retail environment. The concept of commercially available, robust, scalable infrastructure was just that — a concept. The organisation was working big name retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Target but it was the online retailer’s own ...
Better architectural design through software Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:59PMNew software and hardware being developed at the University of California at San Diego makes it possible for people to communicate their experience of architectural design through physiological cues — an important consideration for those with healthcare conditions like Alzheimer’s disease that can make verbal communication difficult.
Pentagon hit by huge cyber attack Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:42PMThe Pentagon reveals its computers suffered a massive assault in March by a foreign government, as it unveils a new cyberwarfare strategy.
Say Anything: Greeting Card Universe Now Has Over Half a Million Paper Cards for Any & Every Occasion Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:10AMFrom Traditional Greetings to Eyebrow-Raising Sentiments, GreetingCardUniverse.com has Any Card Imaginable. (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8642523.htm
Comic-Con 2011: What are the biggest panels this year? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:06AMComic-Con is chockablock with panels and presentations and Q&A’s and autograph signings. It can all get a bit confusing — check out the full schedule here if you don’t believe us. To guide you through next week’s geekfest, we’ve put all the big TV and movie presentations from the massive Hall H and Ballroom 20
Eric Shanks Joins STATS Board of Directors Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:28AMNORTHBROOK, IL--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - STATS LLC, the world's leading sports technology, data and content provider, announced today that Eric Shanks, Co-President and COO of the FOX Sports Media Group, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Mr. Shanks has enjoyed a distinguished career in television production and programming. In his current role, Mr. Shanks oversees all ...
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Jaspersoft Closes New Financing Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:00AMJaspersoft, maker of the world's most widely used business intelligence software, today announced the company has received $11 million of new capital financing. The investment was led by existing investors Red Hat and SAP Ventures, in addition to new investor Quest Software, and included participation from all existing major investors: Doll Capital Management, Morgenthaler Ventures, Partech ...
MediaCom and Aurasma Revolutionise Media World with Augmented Reality Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:22AMCAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - World-Leading Media Agency Partners with Hot Technology to Bring Advertising to Life MediaCom, one of the world´s leading media agencies and Aurasma, the world´s leading …
Sendmail and Harris Corporation to Offer Insights Into Secure Email in the Cloud at Congressional Country Club Event Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:26AMIndustry Experts Brought Together to Offer Large Commercial and Government Enterprises Insights and Advice Around Secure Email in the CloudEmeryville, CA (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 Sendmail, Inc., the leading provider of message processing appliances and applications for enterprise messaging infrastructures, and Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company ...
A video game designed to heal Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:01PMPlaymancer is designed to help with physical rehabilitation as well as mental health issues, like bulimia and gambling addiction.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 to Open in a Record 423 IMAX(R) Theatres Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:36PMFilm Marks the Largest IMAX Release to Date; Record Advance Ticket Sales;Virtual Sellouts in Vast Majority of UK IMAX Theatres
Kieran Fitzgerald: Queries and Hopes for the Future of Storytelling Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:31PMIt's my hope that going forward we do not come to undervalue, or lose sight of, art's special capacity. I hope future generations will be able to spend their moments interacting with the ever-replenishing fount of a composition.
Have Slaves Touched Your Tomatoes? 'Tomatoland' Says Yes Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:54PMTake heed, caprese salad eaters: Florida's fresh tomato industry is ripe for a take-down. And Barry Estabrook's latest book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit , offers a stinging indictment of the circumstances surrounding the plant's production. Estabrook examines the evolutionary peculiarities that led to today's most common tomato species. He ...
Colorado Editorial Roundup Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:14PMThe Associated Press A sampling of recent editorials from Colorado newspapers: NATIONAL: The Denver Post, July 11, on Corporate Average Fuel Economy hike: As the price of gasoline hovers around $3.50 a gallon, it's hard to imagine who wouldn't be intrigued by the idea of cars so efficient they get an estimated 56 mpg. That's the populist hook that comes with the Obama administration's proposal ...
Canadian shot putter Armstrong in high demand Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:30PMDylan Armstrong estimates he's bent his beefy six-foot-four frame onto 75 airplanes already this year. No easy feat considering he's also lugging around 50 pounds of shots in his battered roller bag. But the 30-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., is just happy to be in high demand at track and field meets around the world.
Canadian and world No. 1-ranked shot putter Armstrong happy to be in high demand Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:08PMTORONTO - Dylan Armstrong estimates he's bent his beefy six-foot-four frame onto 75 airplanes already this year. No easy feat considering he's also lugging around 50 pounds of shots in his battered roller bag.
Compuware and Cable&Wireless Worldwide Showcase Solution for Managing Cloud Application Performance at Cisco Live 2011 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:09PMLAS VEGAS -- Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company, and Cable&Wireless Worldwide announced today that they are highlighting solutions for managing cloud application performance at Cisco Live 2011.
New Facebook game rewards winner with real gold (Yahoo! News) Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:05PMYahoo! News - Games like World of Warcraft encourage players to obtain as much fictional gold currency as possible, but games that pay out actual gold are much harder to come by. A new Facebook venture by America Express does just that, and …
CORRECTING and REPLACING Red Hat Empowers Developers to Reach New Heights of Productivity with JBoss Application ... Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:28PMRALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today launched JBoss Application Server 7, a JBoss Community project that enables a cloud-ready architecture.
Trend Micro's Encryption and Key Management Solution for Cloud Environments Delivers New xSP and VMware vSphere® Support Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:03PMCUPERTINO, Calif., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, today announced that the company's encryption service with policy-based key management - Trend Micro(TM) SecureCloud - has been expanded with a new offering designed for cloud service providers, as well as encryption support for VMware vSphere environments. The latest version ...
Red Hat Empowers Developers to Reach New Heights of Productivity with JBoss Application Server 7 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:42AMRed Hat, Inc. , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today launched JBoss Application Server 7, a JBoss Community project that enables a cloud-ready architecture and delivers up to a tenfold decrease in startup time, faster deployment and reduced memory usage.