May 19, 2013

Business - News


Google Realtime Search Engine Introduces as a Powerful Tool for Businesses

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Google Realtime Search Engine Introduces as a Powerful Tool for Businesses : Google added new functionality to its real-time search  engine, and moved it from an obscure feature buried in the options on the left pane of the standard Google search, to its own Web site. The new Google Realtime can be a powerful tool [...]

Avast Software Gets $100 Million Invest From Summit Partners

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AVAST Software, developers of the world’s most popular antivirus program, today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company. With the investment, Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in the company, which markets its popular antivirus software based on a freemium model. “Summit Partners’ [...]

Facebook Places vs. Foursquare – Who will Survive ?

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Facebook’s unveiling of Facebook Places  is an obvious banshee cry to Foursquare and other location-based check-in services. As with those services, Facebook Places allows users to share their location and discover new hot spots by following the stops of people in their network. Well, Facebook’s latest feature, Facebook Places, is an attempt to make your [...]

Can RIM Survive the War Against Blackberry ?

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We already know that the Blackberry manufacturer company RIM is under growing pressure from various governments, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and India, to allow greater access to its proprietary security technology. Government officials claim it’s to allow them to monitor terrorists and other criminal activity, but critics say such access could just [...]

HP webOS Tablet PC may Hit in Early 2011

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HP is planning to launch its most anticipated webOS tablet and its been already revealed from its internal staff already. It’s already been said that the HP webOS tablet is going to release in Q1 2011. Aside from that, the enterprise-oriented Windows 7 tablet will also be arriving in the near future, though an exact [...]

Verizon Fios Test Passes 1Gbps

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Verizon released a press release today stating the company had field tested FiOS speeds around 1 gigabit-per-second to one of their customers who are subscribed to the gigabit passive optical network (GPON). The company said in a press release Monday that it had successfully tested the 1Gbps service in June connecting an existing Fios business [...]

HP Mini 5103 Business Netbook Hit the Market

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With a compact body design, simple and attractive, the next HP netbook Mini 5103 stands out from other models in its class by embedding an optional 10-inch touch screen, where you can watch HD movies with a WSVGA resolution to the integrated graphics card Broadcom Crystal HD. The Mini 5102 works with either an Atom [...]

SkinnyBytes Announced New Range Computers Using Power Over Ethernet

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SkinnyBytes has unveiled a new lineup of PoE Computers which are AIO (All-In-One) ranging in sizes from 8.9” to 18.5”. As these systems are powered via Power-over-Ethernet they do not require AC power outlets. AC electrical power is expensive to install, and is far more dangerous than the low-voltage DC power provided by PoE. The [...]

Did Internet Almost Kills United States Postal Service? , USPS Reports $3.5 Billion Loss

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The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.5 billion loss in its most recent quarter Thursday, as mail volume plummets and retiree health care costs mount. The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars, said operating revenue declined 1.8% to $16 billion during the fiscal 2010 third quarter compared to a year earlier, [...]

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. or CTSH’s 2Q Net Profit Incresed by 22% Expect it to Continue

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) reported a profit that topped market estimates for the sixth straight quarter, helped by a surge in discretionary projects, and raised its outlook for the year. Shares of the IT services provider were up 5 percent in trading before the bell. Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions traded at a new [...]

Microsoft Focusing on Apple Mac Systems – MS Announced its Mac Office 2011 Price and Release Date

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Microsoft said Monday that it was expecting to release Office for Mac 2011 in October, while at the same time cutting the price as much as 50 percent to bring pricing in line with its Windows counterparts. Two versions of the software would be made available, one directed at academics and the other for business. [...]