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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/25/09 -- Spidvid provides the social framework needed so that individuals can connect to form production teams, collaborate on video projects together, distribute the content, and give credit and compensation back to each member involved. "... (more)

Yesterday, 23 November 2009, an Atlas V rocket from the United Launch Alliance successfully launched the Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14).  Liftoff of the Atlas V occurred at 1:55am ET.  The satellite separated successfully two hours later.   Today we received word that the satellit... (more)

If you search Google Images for “Michelle Obama” (no quotes), the first image you’ll see is a poorly photoshopped picture of her as an ape. You’ll also see a Google Ad on that page that links to Google’s explanation of why such a blatantly racist photo is the top-ranked one at G... (more)

Carrying over the provisioning and capacity planning techniques used in a traditional data center to cloud computing negates the full power of the Force cloud computing. One of the benefits of cloud computing is supposed to be efficiency, particularly in the utilization of compu... (more)

BooksOnBoard, the largest independent eBook store and a pioneer in the online distribution of digital books, has partnered with ORCA, a leading provider of payment and transaction solutions for digital media companies, to provide consumers with a new and easier payment option to ... (more)

As Cloud Sherpas continues to help businesses and organizations adopt Google Apps, we have found that many customers, regardless of location or industry, request a common set of additional management controls and end user features for their Google Apps environment. Until now, the... (more)

Google on Ulitzer Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501 will be used in MOTO Development Group's Android 2.0 Media Platform (AMP) offering reduced time-to-market for next-generation multi-touch consumer and enterprise electronics device develop... (more)

BEIJING, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Maxthon International today released version 2.5.8 of its popular browser. The award-winning, free software may be downloaded at http://dl.maxthon.cn/mx2/mx_2.5.10.2994.exe Starting from this version Maxthon supports various Windows 7 new feat... (more)

Wireless Technology on Ulitzer It was a clear, very beautiful morning in Sydney. Mike brought the Pitts biplane up to about 4,500ft, and you could literally reach out and touch the mountains from the open cockpit and passenger seat. I came close to better appreciating the words of ... (more)

Munich, November 24th, 2009. PantherMedia (http://www.panthermedia.net), the leading and rapidly growing marketplace for Royalty-Free photography with over one million images, illustrations and a vibrant photocommunity, today announces new credit prices and an optimized number of... (more)

Wireless Technology Magazine That Android has got a lot of publicity and public endorsement in the US is clear to all of us but the potential impact that Android can have is probably far beyond what you have thought. I am therefore posting some of my 'insights' in the subject. ... (more)

In Apache Tuscany, we have been experimenting with Google Android Platform to build Mobile SOA Applications, and we now have couple Android based samples that demonstrate a Android mobile application consuming SCA services available on the cloud. Store-android: A front end to our... (more)

Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today significant enhancements to the award-winning SBX IP, a converged IP telephony system developed in partnership with an LG electronics joint venture. Today’... (more)

Care2, the largest online community for causes, announced its 'Butterfly Rewards Program', a new way for Care2's 12 million members to make the world a better place. Members earn credits for taking action on the site, and then can redeem their credits to buy gifts for the world, ... (more)

Roku, Inc., maker of the popular and award-winning family of Roku players, announced today the Roku Channel Store and the first 10 free channels for Roku customers to enjoy on their TVs. From internet radio to video podcasts, professional web content to photo sharing and personal... (more)

MILFORD, Conn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Perimeter E-Security, the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance to companies of all sizes, announced the top ten biggest information security breaches and blunders ... (more)

The latest in the highly anticipated NG O&G summit has just taken place in New Orleans. Today, energy is at a crossroads. While the energy crisis has made its mark in the media the industry met to discuss the impacts on the sector. It is of utmost importance for the industry to p... (more)

Google's App Engine Platform LTech, a little friend of Google's, has spun up the first Power Panel for Google Apps to give enterprises moving to the cloud central administrative functionality. It's also announced Single Sign-On for Google Apps now that Google Apps are pushing d... (more)

Virtualization Magazine on Ulitzer Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, and Talend, the open source data integration house, have popped up with two free integrated virtual machines. One combines the Community Edition of Infobright's MySQL-based analytic database... (more)

Committed to offering design engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, has signed a franchise agreement with Altera Corporation, to supply their FPGA and CPLD devices, the latest develo... (more)