Entertainment Close-up back issues from October 2009:
Netcraft Predicts GoDaddy.com to Surpass All Certificate Competitors.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Netcraft, an industry analyst firm, reported it is predicting GoDaddy.com will surpass all SSL certificate competitors worldwide in a matter of months. In its September Secure Server Survey Report, Netcraft noted that, "If VeriSign and Go Daddy's market shares continue to ...
Amulet Debuts GUI Tool for Embedded Systems.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Amulet Technologies, a developer of graphic user interface (GUI) solutions, announced the release of a new GUI design tool developed specifically for embedded systems. "Creating a GUI should be as simple as drawing," said Ken Klask, Amulet's CTO. "We wanted to create a design ...
Research and Markets Offers Report: Marking Device Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade [Q3 2009 Edition].(Report)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Marking Device Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade [Q3 2009 Edition]" to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights ...
Parade Rolls Out Line of DisplayPort Timing Controller ICs.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Parade Technologies, a provider of digital video interface products, announced it has introduced the DP627 and DP628 Direct Drive Monitor (DDM) timing controllers with DisplayPort input at the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF). Parade reported that the devices are the world's first ...
Zong Rolls Out Subscription-Based Mobile Payments Service.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Zong, a frictionless payment service for publishers of online games and other digital content, announced the launch of its subscription-based mobile payment service. Zong reported it is now the first mobile payments platform to offer a subscription service, which allows Zong ...
Airports Company South Africa Leverages Entuity's Eye of the Storm Network Offering.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Entuity announced that Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has deployed its Eye of the Storm to manage its expanding network. In conjunction with authorized Entuity reseller NetSpeed Technologies of South Africa, the Eye solution has been deployed and allows ASCA to offer IT ...
Parade Rolls Out Line of DisplayPort and HDMITM Solutions.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Parade Technologies, a provider of digital video interface products, announced it has introduced three new products that enable switchable graphics implementations in notebook PCs. These include the PS8321 DisplayPort 2-to-1 multiplexer, the PS8271 HDMITM/DVI 2-to-1 multiplexer, ...
PRA International Taps Phase Forward's OutcomeLogix Preferred Late Phase Solution.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Phase Forward, a provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, announced that PRA International has named Phase Forward's OutcomeLogix as its preferred late phase solution provider. "With the experience of our late phase services group, we have long ...
SPSS Debuts PASW Statistics Certification.
Oct 01, 2009 ... SPSS Inc., a provider of Predictive Analytics software and solutions, announced PASW Statistics Certification, a new standard that confirms an individual's level of expertise with PASW Statistics. With this certification program, SPSS said it has created a body of statistical ...
Panoz Auto Development Taps ESI Group Design Partner for Sports Car Development.
Oct 01, 2009 ... ESI Group, a supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, announced that it has been selected by Panoz Auto Development Company as a design partner for its sports car development program. "ESI is known for its technology and ...
Privus Mobile Offers Free Upgrade for BlackBerry Customers.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Privus Mobile, a developer of Caller ID solutions for BlackBerry smartphones, announced it has released a free update to distributors and existing subscribers enabling caller name lookup in addition to its enhanced Caller ID services. The company said the updated smartphone ...
YouGov Survey: Mobile VoIP Applications Important to Mobile Phone Users.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Eighteen percent of adults in the UK with a mobile phone would be interested in a mobile VoIP service offered by their mobile phone operator, and 11 percent of people who have downloaded a VoIP application onto their mobile phone use it daily, according to a YouGov omnibus survey of 2,255 ...
Power Integrations Debuts New Technical Microsite and Reference Designs.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Power Integrations announced it has launched a new technical microsite, powerint.com/smartmeters, focusing on energy-efficient power supply solutions for utility meters used in smart-grid energy networks. Power Integrations said utility companies are investing in the so-called ...
The Rubicon Project Earns $42 Million in Series C Funding.
Oct 01, 2009 ... The Rubicon Project, an Internet advertising infrastructure company, announced it has added $9 million in venture funding bringing total financial investments to $42 million. The Series C funding round was led by GE/NBCU's Peacock Equity Fund with a $6 million investment and ...
Military Training Technology Magazine Taps Trusted Computer Solutions for List of Top Simulation and Training Companies.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc., a developer of cross domain and cyber security solutions, announced it is included in Military Training Technology Magazine's 8th annual "Top Simulation & Training Companies" list that recognizes companies who make an impact on military training. ...
Omnix to Roll Out Tier-1 Infrastructure Software-as-a-Service Offering for Network Contractors and Tower Operators.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Omnix Software, a UK-based provider of specialized project automation solutions for telecom infrastructure lifecycle management, announced that it will be launching its new online service Omnix Live at The 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show, Nashville, Tennessee. Omnix said its ...
Sybase 365 Publishes White Paper: Mobile IP-Based Services Central to Future Growth in Converged Fixed/Mobile Telecoms Industry.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a provider of mobile messaging and mobile commerce, announced the release of a new white paper entitled 'IPX: The Second IP Revolution,' a look at how the Internet Protocol Exchange (IPX) will form a community that includes both the fixed and ...
First Data and RSA Partner to Develop Merchant Card Data and Brand Equity Security Offering.
Oct 01, 2009 ... First Data, a provider of electronic commerce and payment processing services, and RSA, announced they have partnered to provide a new service called First Data Secure Transaction Management, which is engineered to enable merchants to secure payment card data and remove it from their ...
Active Endpoints Debuts ActiveVOS 7.0.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Active Endpoints, Inc. announced the release of ActiveVOS 7.0, a new release of its business process management suite (BPMS). ActiveVOS 7.0 delivers a system for modeling, testing, deploying, running and managing business process applications that include both system and human ...
Panopto Rolls Out CourseCast 2.2 Knowledge Capture Solution.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Panopto, Inc., a provider of media knowledge casting and management solutions for the corporate, education, government and healthcare markets, announced the release of CourseCast 2.2, an update to its CourseCast knowledge capture solution. "With CourseCast 2.2, users are ...
IEEE P2030 Smart Grid Working Group Offers Update on Upcoming Meeting.
Oct 01, 2009 ... The IEEE Standards Association announced that the next meeting of its P2030 smart grid initiative for the power engineering, communications and information technology industries will take place October 27 - 29, at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York. During the ...
Sprint Rolls Out Support for Android on Sprint Developer Web Site.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Sprint announced several additions to its Application Developer Web site -- developer.sprint.com/android -- designed to give developers the tools needed to create applications for Android-powered devices. Sprint said the updated site will include: - Implementation ...
Comcast TV Pulse Survey: New Fall Viewing Trends - Drama Series and Multiplatform Viewing.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Comcast announced the findings of its "TV Pulse Survey", an independent nationwide survey, which revealed 81 percent of individuals plan to watch primetime TV this fall and nearly 60 percent said the fall TV season is important to them. The data also reported that while many ...
Badger Meter Sets Third Quarter Conference Call.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Badger Meter, Inc. announced it will hold a conference call to discuss the company's third quarter 2009 results on Tuesday, October 20, at 10 a.m. Central/11 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties can listen to the call live on the Internet through the company's Web site: ...
GE Joins Forces with Nuri Telecom.
Oct 01, 2009 ... GE announced it has signed an agreement to work together with Korea's Nuri Telecom to build a smart grid infrastructure in Korea. "GE recognizes the importance of collaborating with technology and delivery partners to realize the promise of a smarter grid," said Bob Gilligan, VP ...
The University of South Dakota Utilizes CommonSpot.
Oct 01, 2009 ... PaperThin, a Web content management solution provider, announced that The University of South Dakota is using CommonSpot to manage content for its website, usd.edu, and for "myU", the University's faculty, staff and student portal powered by uPortal. The University of South ...
Reldata Rolls Out 9240i Unified Storage System.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Reldata Inc. announced the release of its Reldata 9240i unified storage system powered by the new release of RELvos 2.4, its 64-bit storage virtualization operating system. The RELvos-powered 9240i is a software-centric unified storage system that consolidates storage area ...
Blue Spark and Novalia Partner to Drive Creation of Interactive Printed Electronics Products.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Blue Spark Technologies, a supplier of printed battery solutions, and Novalia, a developer of printed electronics products, announced they have signed a joint marketing agreement to drive the creation and launch of "Interactive Printed Media" products for the publishing, consumer, ...
siXis Rolls Out SX2000 Reconfigurable Computing Platform.
Oct 01, 2009 ... siXis, Inc., a developer of Silicon Circuit Board (SiCB) technology, announced it has introduced the SX2000 Reconfigurable Computing Platform, a scalable, reconfigurable computing platform designed to streamline and accelerate data-intensive applications. "The SX2000 resulted ...
Kingston Leverages ExaGrid Disk Backup with Deduplication System.
Oct 01, 2009 ... ExaGrid Systems, Inc., a supplier of scalable disk backup solutions with data deduplication, announced that Kingston Technology Company, a developer of memory products, has chosen to deploy the ExaGrid disk-based backup system. "We compared the ExaGrid system to other products ...
NiTi Surgical Solutions Issued Patents in China and Japan.
Oct 01, 2009 ... NiTi Surgical Solutions, a surgical device company, announced the Japan Patent Office and the Patent Office of China have issued patent certificates that cover two of the company's products, the Hand CAC 30 Compressions Anastomosis Clip applicator and CAR 31 Compression Anastomosis Ring. ...
Demandware Gears Up with M-Commerce Application.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Demandware, Inc., an on-demand ecommerce solutions provider, announced the release of a mobile commerce application as part of the Demandware SiteGenesis storefront that enables retailers to build smartphone shopping destinations. The application will be available to all ...
The Marketing Alliance Posts Financial Results for Fiscal 2010 First Quarter.(Financial report)
Oct 01, 2009 ... The Marketing Alliance, Inc., a provider of services and distributor of products to independent insurance agencies throughout the United States, reported financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended June 30. "We were pleased with our results given the difficult ...
Datawatch Rolls Out Datawatch Dashboards BI Tool.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Datawatch, a developer of Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM), announced the availability of Datawatch Dashboards, a BI tool that gives all levels of users visual insight into operational performance as well as the ability to graphically monitor specific ...
Youbet.com to Participate in the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Consumer Conference.(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Youbet.com, Inc. announced that President and CEO David Goldberg will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Consumer Conference on Thursday, October 1 at the Palace Hotel in New York City. The presentation will begin at 10:55 AM Eastern Time, and investors can listen ...
DPR Group to Supply Public Relations and Marketing Services to Alagad.
Oct 01, 2009 ... DPR Group, Inc. announced that Alagad has selected the firm to provide public relations, marketing and consulting services. The DPR Group team said it will implement ongoing public relations and marketing campaigns for custom web development services. The account will be managed ...
EFD Rolls Out Ultimus V High-Precision Dispenser and Optimeter.
Oct 01, 2009 ... EFD, Inc., a subsidiary of Nordson, announced it has developed two new products for improving medical device, electronics and other critical assembly processes, the high-precision dispenser and optimeter. For fluids that change viscosity, EFD said its Ultimus V high-precision ...
Research and Markets Offers Report: The Business-end of Prepaid? Customer Intentions Regarding the Purchase of New Prepaid Devices in 2H2009.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Business-end of Prepaid? Customer Intentions Regarding the Purchase of New Prepaid Devices in 2H2009, Including Among Business Decision-Makers" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that ...
Serious Materials Secures $60 Million in Series C Financing.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Serious Materials, a building materials company, announced that the company has closed $60 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Mesirow Financial, a diversified financial services firm in Chicago. Additional new investors included Enertech Capital, Cheyenne, and ...
Research and Markets Offers Report: US SOHO Business IT Expenditures By Vertical Summary, 2008-2013.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "US SOHO Business IT Expenditures By Vertical Summary, 2008-2013" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This Excel-based Data-rich Deliverable (DRD) ...
LiveWire Mobile Supports Integrated Multi-Content Storefront for Bell Mobility.
Oct 01, 2009 ... LiveWire Mobile, Inc., a provider of mobile managed personalization services, announced a mobile storefront that integrates full-track music, ringtones, wallpapers, games, applications and ringback tones for Bell Mobility. LiveWire said the new download storefront enables Bell ...
Konarka Appoints Alessandro Zedda VP of Materials Development.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Konarka Technologies, Inc., a developer of Konarka Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, announced that Alessandro Zedda has joined the company as VP of materials development. Zedda will lead Konarka's materials and device research and partnerships in ...
Research and Markets Offers Report: Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet & Forecasts.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet & Forecasts" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: The Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet & Forecasts report ...
Ping Identity Rolls Out PingFederate 6.1 Certificate Management Solution.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Ping Identity announced that it has introduced its PingFederate 6.1, which introduces a new digital signature processing model that streamlines partner certificate maintenance. "Organizations are searching for automated tools or capabilities to handle certificate lifecycle ...
Liquid Compass Signs Saga and Salem to Radio Network.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Liquid Compass, a streaming delivery network to the radio industry, announced that it has signed Salem Communications and Saga Communications, Inc. to its streaming radio network. Combined, the multi-year contracts add 154 stations in top-50 U.S. markets to the Liquid Compass ...
Innovative Silicon's Dr. Pierre Fazan to Present at SSDM in Japan.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Innovative Silicon, Inc., developer of the Z-RAM zero-capacitor, floating body (FB) memory technology, announced that its founder and CTO, Dr. Pierre Fazan will be delivering a presentation titled "Overview and Future Challenges of Capacitor-less DRAM Technologies for High Density Memory ...
India's Tata Power Company to Install 3M ACCR to Boost Electricity Transmission Near Mumbai.
Oct 01, 2009 ... The Tata Power Company, an Indian private-sector electric utility, announced it has chosen 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (3M ACCR) to increase electricity transmission capacity on their 110kV Borivali-Malad and Salsette-Saki transmission lines near Mumbai. Tata ...
Cavico Earns Tunnel Construction Contract at Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Cavico, an infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, announced that Vinh Son - Song Hinh Hydropower Joint Stock Company has awarded us a contract to construct a service access tunnel and road leading to Thuong Kon Tum hydropower plant. The project's Phrase I and II ...
Xodtec Gets New Patent for LED Lens Supporting Frame.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Xodtec Group, a developer of LED lighting, announced it has developed of a new type of LED lens supporting frame which is capable of supporting lenses and LED chips of multiple specifications. The frame structure gained Utility Model Patent Number: M 358248 in July from the ...
RMI Rolls Out Ultra Low Power Processor for Intelligent Real-Time Energy Monitoring Solutions.
Oct 01, 2009 ... RMI, a provider of processors for communications and media-rich applications, announced that its Au1250 series of Ultra Low Power Processors has been selected to power intelligent real-time energy-monitoring systems from Threshold. Threshold's energy-monitoring products provide ...
ForeSee Results Working with NPR.
Oct 01, 2009 ... ForeSee Results announced that it has been working with NPR to assess online customer satisfaction with the organization's website: npr.org. "NPR is showing that it has what it takes to evolve along with the media industry by listening to its customers and developing its online ...
Reportlinker Offers Report on Gypsum Products in North America.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Reportlinker.com announced that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Gypsum Products in North America In a release, Reportlinker.com noted that report highlights include: North American gypsum demand to benefit from recovery in US housing ...
PLX Rolls Out New Line of USB 3.0 Solutions.
Oct 01, 2009 ... PLX Technology announced it will bring to market USB 3.0 solutions for a wide variety of applications. PLX said the development expands on the company's USB 2.0 expertise and PCI Express (PCIe) leadership, and will be compliant with the interoperability standards of the USB 3.0 ...
MobileIron Releases Secure IT Management App for iPhone.
Oct 01, 2009 ... MobileIron announced its secure IT management application for the iPhone is available in the App Store. The app includes a set of security and management features to enable enterprises to confidently operationalize iPhones at scale. "Our research shows that over 30 ...
Brocade Offers Update for DCX Data Center Backbone Platform.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Brocade announced it has added to two new modular solutions to its Brocade DCX Backbone family: the Brocade FX8-24 Extension Blade designed to connect two or more data centers to enhance business continuity and disaster recovery, and the Brocade FCoE 10-24 Blade, which provides Fibre ...
EA Rolls Out MySims Agents for Wii and Nintendo DS.
Oct 01, 2009 ... The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announced MySims Agents for the Wii and Nintendo DS has shipped to store shelves and will be on sale September 29. An original IP, MySims Agents is a mystery-solving adventure game where players are agents who must stop a plot that ...
Upek Debuts TouchChip Fingerprint Solutions.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Upek announced at the Biometrics Consortium Conference that it has launched a line of TouchChip silicon fingerprint sensors, providing developers of biometric products with sensors that offer additional compatibility with government and industry standards and streamlined integration. ...
Firetide Plans to Earn FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Validation for MIMO 802.11n Wireless Infrastructure Mesh Products.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Firetide Inc., a provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks, announced it plans to achieve Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 certification for its MIMO 802.11n HotPort 7000 product line. FIPS 140-2 is being adopted as the de facto cryptography ...
RTI Offers Routing Service.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Real-Time Innovations (RTI) announced the release of RTI Routing Service, which aids in the scaling and integration of real-time systems across Wide Area Networks (WANs) and Systems of Systems. RTI Routing Service enables communication between applications deployed in different ...
Agile Partners Rolls Out TabToolkit for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Agile Partners, developers of GuitarToolkit, announced it has launched TabToolkit, a guitar tablature and music notation player for the iPhone and iPod touch. "When we launched GuitarToolkit and considered what we could do next for guitarists, we thought of a tab player," said ...
Pocket Communications Ramps Up with New Smart Phone Lineup.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Pocket Communications announced the launch of its smart phone lineup that provides a smart phone with Internet, camera, music, texting or email. "Pocket continues to raise the bar on pre-paid wireless offerings by making multi-function smart phones available for everyone," said ...
Naville Detail Taps VeriFone Vx 570 for Payment Applications at all Swiss Locations.
Oct 01, 2009 ... VeriFone Holdings announced that Naville Detail, a network of local retail outlets and products designed to cater for the needs of the Swiss consumer, has contracted for 1,600 Vx 570 payment solutions to run multiple payment applications at its 190 locations. Naville Detail said ...
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance Appoints Tyco International as Board Member.
Oct 01, 2009 ... The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance, a consortium of physical security providers focused on promoting interoperability of IP-enabled devices in the security industry, announced that Tyco International has joined the organization's Board. PSIA's 1.0 API Media Device ...
LDRA Rolls Out Tool Suite v8.1.0.
Oct 01, 2009 ... LDRA, a provider of automated requirements traceability, software verification, source code analysis, and test tools covering the full application lifecycle, announced it has updated the capabilities of the latest version of the LDRA tool suite to address large-scale applications. ...
StoneSoft's StoneGate VPN Client Passes Compatible with Windows 7 Testing.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Stonesoft, a provider of security solutions, announced that its StoneGate VPN Client has passed the "Compatible with Windows 7" testing requirements for compatibility. "We are happy to offer our customers network security solutions that meet their highest security demands at all ...