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Iowa schools gets $60M from Microsoft settlement
December 8, 2009 6:31 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsGov. Chet Culver says Iowa schools will get more than $60 million from the settlement of a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.Culver says more than 1,000 schools will be eligible to apply for some of the money.The money will be distributed to schools through vouchers, which can be used to buy...
Fujitsu Will Help Enterprises Build Secure Clouds in Their Own Data Centers
December 8, 2009 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | Commentshttp://solutions.us.fujitsu.com/ () —Fujitsu (http://bit.ly/5SVH9k) (http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com (http://solutions.us.fujitsu.com) ) today announced it will be offering end-to-end enterprise cloud services designed to help enterprises and ISVs in North America quickly reap the cost and agility...
Industry Leaders Join Forces to Provide Business Process Excellence for Global Organizations
December 8, 2009 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | Comments(http://www.pega.com)Pegasystems Inc. (http://www.pega.com/) (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software solutions, and Capgemini (http://www.capgemini.com/) , one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced...
Procera Networks Hires VP of Product Management
December 8, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | Commentshttp://www.proceranetworks.com () —Procera Networks Inc. (NYSE Amex: PKT), a developer of Evolved Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) solutions providing traffic awareness, control and protection for complex networks, today announced that Cam Cullen has joined Procera Networks as Vice President of Product...
QuadraMed accepts $126M Francisco Partners offer
December 8, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsHealth care information technology company QuadraMed Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to by acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners for $126 million.The deal values QuadraMed stock at $8.50 per share, which represents a 32.6 percent premium to the stock's Monday closing price of $6.41....
Qatar's Khalid Cement Industries Complex Selects Epicor(R)
December 8, 2009 5:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsEpicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions to the midmarket and Global 1000 companies, today announced that Khalid Cement Industries Complex (KCIC), one of the largest concrete manufacturing companies in Qatar, will implement Epicor's...
Stony Brook University Student Wins Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
December 8, 2009 3:52 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsYing Liu, a graduate student at Stony Brook University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has won the fifth annual Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship.
Deutsche Messe Stages Industrial Fairs in Mumbai
December 8, 2009 3:50 am | CommentsFrom 10 to 13 December the quartet of industrial trade fairs comprising CeMAT INDIA, MDA INDIA, ENERGY INDIA and Industrial Automation INDIA will be staged in Mumbai for the first time.
Japan unveils new $81 billion stimulus package
December 7, 2009 10:00 pm | by TOMOKO A. HOSAKA - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsJapan's government on Tuesday unveiled $81 billion of new stimulus spending to keep the world's second-biggest economy from lurching back into recession.Despite shrinking tax revenue, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Cabinet agreed to 7.2 trillion yen ($80.6 billion) in new spending after...
PV Industry Expected to Return to High Growth in 2010
December 7, 2009 9:59 pm | by General Electric | Comments2009 marked the PV industry’s first “Solar Cycle,” with end-market demand shrinking 14% Y/Y, according to the DisplaySearch Q4’09 Quarterly PV Cell Capacity Database & Trends Report. [...]
Universal, Sony and EMI to Start Music Video Site Called Vevo
December 7, 2009 9:59 pm | by New York Times | CommentsThe new Web site will be introduced Tuesday night as three of the four top music labels combine to try new ways to increase revenue.
Advertising: Groups Far Apart on Online Privacy Oversight
December 7, 2009 9:59 pm | by New York Times | CommentsA round table on privacy and technology held by the Federal Trade Commission showed a heightened awareness of online privacy issues, if not much consensus.
Boxee, a Start-Up, to Offer a Device to Put Web Video on TV
December 7, 2009 9:59 pm | by New York Times | CommentsA partnership between Boxee and the Taiwanese equipment maker D-Link hopes to keep the price of the new set-top box under $200.
Seagate Expands Beyond Disks for Storing Data
December 7, 2009 9:58 pm | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsSeagate Technology, the biggest maker of disk drives, is launching its long-awaited entry into the market for devices that store data on memory chips.
RIM, China Mobile Make Blackberry Deal
December 7, 2009 9:58 pm | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsResearch In Motion will introduce the Blackberry to personal users and small businesses in China, and plans to introduce a Blackberry running on Chinese-developed technology.
