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eBay Supports Resolution to Protect Small Internet Businesses

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T15:53:00Z

Tod Cohen, Vice President for Government Relations and Deputy General Counsel at eBay Inc., made the following statement upon the introduction of H.Res. 1570 by Congressman Paul Hodes (D-NH).
"We applaud Congressman Hodes for his commitment to protecting the hundreds of thousands of small online retailers and entrepreneurs that have provided consumers access to greater choice and quality goods. This resolution is just part of the widespread, bipartisan opposition against new burdensome and (...)

BIXI rolls into London

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T15:11:11Z

July 30, 2010, Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, launched the latest addition to the BIXI franchise. London is adding its name to an impressive list of world metropolises including Montreal, Melbourne, Boston, Washington and Minneapolis that have adopted the BIXI public bike system as an active and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional modes of urban transport. In fact, London will be BIXI's largest undertaking so far, with 6,000 bikes and 400 docking stations ready to roll (...)

Wavefront Presents Rogers Ventures Matchmaking Session

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T14:55:54Z

Wavefront is hosting a matchmaking session in Vancouver on August 23rd for Canadian entrepreneurs and innovators to meet one-on-one with representatives from Rogers Ventures. From cloud computing to next generation digital media to machine to machine (M2M), Rogers Ventures focuses on investing in companies that are enabled by broadband wireline and wireless technology.
This is a great opportunity for wireless and new media startups looking for Seed or Series A funding. On average, Rogers (...)

PEER 1 Hosting Signs Multi-Year Colocation Agreement with Capgemini Canada

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T14:49:16Z

International hosting provider, PEER 1 Hosting (TSX:PIX), has signed a multi-year colocation agreement with Capgemini Canada Inc.("Capgemini"), a member of the Capgemini Group, a leading global provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Under the agreement, Capgemini is taking approximately one full Performance Optimized Data Centre (POD) of space, in PEER 1 Hosting's new flagship data centre located in northeast Toronto. The initial term of the agreement is five years and (...)

IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T14:47:21Z

IBM Poland (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing center in Poland. As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1500 students.
"The new cloud center will provide a common platform for students and professors, industry partners and government agencies to work on real solutions based on cloud (...)

Cisco, Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net, and U-SNAP Alliance Join Smart Grid Coalition

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T14:25:00Z

The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced that five new members have joined its effort to educate and provide information to policymakers, utilities, consumers, and other stakeholders. The new members are Cisco, Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net, and U-SNAP Alliance.
DRSG is the trade association for companies that provide products and services in the areas of demand response and smart grid technologies and practices.
Cisco, a worldwide leader in networking (...)

IBM and Carnegie Mellon University to Create Smarter Infrastructure Lab

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T14:16:00Z

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announced today that they will create a collaborative research lab at the university to undertake research and create technologies to help cities, governments and industries worldwide develop smarter infrastructures.
The new lab is part of the Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator (PSII) and will be located within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, PA. The PSII is a Commonwealth of (...)

Monster Media and Limited Space Enter Partnership, Bring New Meaning to "Window Shopping"

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T13:06:00Z

Companies now have a better way to reach their target audience and engage consumers on a whole new level, due to a recent partnership agreement between two local media companies. Monster Media, the global leader of out-of-home interactive advertising, has teamed up with Limited Space, the leading supplier of media in premium UK shopping malls, to rollout their interactive technology in premium malls across the UK.
These interactive "billboards" will transform Limited Spaces' network of (...)

AOL Kids Adds Weplay.com to Starting Lineup

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-30T06:15:24Z

Weplay.com, the leading online youth sports experience, announced its partnership with AOL Kids, http://kids.aol.com, a destination for kids online. AOL Kids and Weplay Team Up will Make AOL Kids Sports a Fun and Exciting Youth Sports Experience.
Together the companies launched a unique experience for kids who love and play sports available on AOL Kids Sports, http://kids.aol.com/sports/. The new offering allows kids to earn rewards for their on and off the field achievements, (...)

Apple Updates Safari 5

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T18:15:00Z

Apple released Safari 5.0.1, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery. Apple introduced extensions support in Safari 5 in June so developers could begin creating extensions with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can quickly find extensions that add powerful new features to Safari, from toolbars that display live web feeds to sophisticated programs that filter web content. Safari 5.0.1 allows users to download (...)

3D TV Shipments Expected to Reach 3.4M in 2010 and 42.9M in 2014

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T18:00:00Z

A new generation of TVs has reached retail, with 3D models now available from all leading TV manufacturers. DisplaySearch forecasts 3.4 million 3D TVs to be shipped in 2010, with the market expected to reach 42.9 million in 2014. Based on this forecast, 3D TV market penetration is expected to grow from a 5% share of total flat panel TVs in 2010 to 37% in 2014. The emerging 3D TV market is tracked in the latest issue of the DisplaySearch Q2'10 Quarterly TV Design and Features Report. (...)

Social Networking Sites Reach a Higher Percentage of Women than Men Worldwide

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T17:36:00Z

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released a global report on women's online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel. Among its results, the report found that social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, with 75.8 percent of all women online (...)

IBM and UPMC Partner to Make 'Smart' Patient Room Even Smarter

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T15:14:00Z

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are teaming up to bring "smarter" hospital rooms to patients nationwide. Created by UPMC three years ago to bring the right patient information to the bedside when it's needed, the high-tech "smart room" now features new capabilities, namely a system for automatically organizing and prioritizing the work of nurses and other caregivers.
Under a new agreement, IBM will be the exclusive sales channel for the SmartRoom solution (...)

Moving Tales Inc. Releases First 3D Animated Storybook App for iPad

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T15:10:00Z

The Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross, an exciting new iPad app, was released today and is available for iPad users at App Store for $4.99. Inspired by the age-old tale of a man who becomes rich through a dream, The Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross describes the journey of a poor pedlar woman who, guided by the shifting line between the real and the unreal, discovers a surprising and wonderful treasure.
The app's dynamic typographic layouts can be animated using the iPad's accelerometer, and (...)

Nuance Unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11, Simply Smarter Speech Recognition

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T14:40:37Z

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a provider of speech solutions, unveiled Dragon� NaturallySpeaking� 11, a new release of the world's best-selling speech recognition software that fundamentally improves the way people interact with their computers. From improved accuracy and faster performance, to an intuitive new interface, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 has been redesigned to let people spend more of their energy working and creating, rather than clicking and typing.
Dragon 11 (...)

China Will Overtake Japan to Become Asia's Largest Fiber Market by 2011, Pyramid Finds

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T14:30:00Z

China will overtake Japan to become Asia's largest fiber market, with 25.9 million fiber access lines in service at year-end 2011, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
China: With the Industry Restructure Completed, the Real Battle Begins offers a precise profile of the country's telecommunications, media, and technology sectors based on proprietary data from our research in the market. It provides detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the (...)

One in Three Top-Trending Search Topics Return Malicious Results, Finds Norton Study

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T14:23:48Z

According to a new Norton study, more than one in three of the top-trending search terms returned at least 10 percent malicious results, putting people's computers and personal information at risk from cybercrime. It turns out that between February and May, searching for “tropical dreams sweepstakes” could actually have been a nightmare, and searching for “red hot laugh riot” could have been anything but funny. At the peak of their popularity, these two particular (...)

HTC Droid Incredible Carries $163.35 Bill of Materials, iSuppli Teardown Reveals

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T14:18:15Z

HTC Corp.'s Droid Incredible smart phone carries a Bill of Materials (BOM) of $163.35, according to a dissection conducted by iSuppli Corp.'s Teardown Analysis Service. The Nexus One's BOM amounted to $174.15, based on iSuppli's January pricing estimate, very close to the current materials cost for the Incredible. The centerpiece of both phones is an advanced Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display.
Both phones also share a common electronic design based on Qualcomm (...)

Cisco and NetApp Unveil End-to-End FCoE Solution with VMware for the Dynamic Data Center

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-29T09:03:00Z

As part of their ongoing collaboration, Cisco, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), and VMware (NYSE: VMW) announced the industry's first certified end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments. This combined solution supports FCoE end-to-end to reduce the number of devices and cables needed and to drive data center consolidation, virtualization, and automation. Cisco data center switches and NetApp� storage FCoE solutions are now validated by VMware to support (...)

Internet-Enabled TV Trumps 3-D TV in 2010

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-28T18:15:00Z

While the consumer electronics headlines this year have been dominated by 3-D television news, the real story in 2010 is about Internet-Enabled TVs (IETVs), according to iSuppli Corp. Global shipments of IETVs-i.e., TV sets with built-in Internet capability-will amount to 27.7 million units in 2010. In contrast, 3-D set shipments will total only 4.2 million this year. While 3-D television shipments are set to soar in the coming years, iSuppli's forecast shows the biggest near-term growth (...)

“The Signal,” the Next Thrilling Chapter of “Alan Wake,” is Available on Xbox LIVE

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-28T18:00:00Z

Now is the time to descend into madness as you explore the dark and twisted world of “The Signal,” the first Game Add-on for “Alan Wake.” In this latest chapter to the critically acclaimed psychological action thriller exclusive to Xbox 360, our favourite writer is in greater peril than ever before as the boundaries between reality and nightmare become disturbingly distorted. Threatening to overwhelm Alan's mind, the nightmarish mysteries feel chillingly familiar. (...)

Jon Feltheimer named Personality of the Year

Itnewslink.com — 2010-07-28T17:00:00Z

Reed MIDEM, has named Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year. Lionsgate CEO will give keynote address at MIPCOM 2010 (4-8 October 2010 - Cannes, France).
Mr. Feltheimer is being recognised for his leadership at the helm of Lionsgate and for driving creative productions and developing award-winning TV programs, including Mad Men, which have become global phenomena. Feltheimer will be honoured on 5 October during (...)