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Consumer Groups Urge FTC to Investigate Latest Google AdMob Company Purchase

Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google’s announced plan to buy Invite Media, a display advertising company, for around $70 million, saying the deal raises substantial competitive and privacy concerns.
“The ink is hardly dry on Google’s questionable AdMob acquisition,” said John M. Simpson, consumer [...]

HPTi is a Finalist for Twelve Different American Business Awards

High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), a company focused on technology solutions for the federal government, has been named a finalist for 12 American Business Awards. This is the fourth consecutive year that the mid-sized company has had 100% of its nominees accepted as finalists for the national awards. The American Business Awards, nicknamed the Stevies, [...]

Innocomm Introduces First Android 3.5G Smartphone with Telegent Mobile TV

At Computex Taipei 2010 today, Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Innocomm, a Taiwan-based provider of broadband wireless solutions, announced the introduction of the first 3.5G touchscreen smartphone based on the Android operating system to incorporate Telegent mobile TV technology.
The Innocomm Shark, which features a 3.2 inch WVGA (800×480) display, capacitive touchscreen, [...]

Pirated Software Seller Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Criminal Copyright Infringement

Robert Cimino, 60, of Syracuse, N.Y., was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in the Eastern District of Virginia for his sales of more than $250,000 worth of pirated software, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of [...]

Consumer Watchdog Says Google’s Economic Report Is Self-serving Hype

Google, the self-proclaimed “don’t-be-evil” company, is following the classic corporate evil-doer’s playbook as it attempts to quell worldwide outrage over the WiSpy scandal, Consumer Watchdog said today.
The Internet giant’s new report claiming that it generated $54 billion in economic activity last year in the United States, is an example of classic corporate PR [...]

The Princeton Review Set to Exit SES Business

The Princeton Review, Inc. (Nasdaq: REVU), a leading provider of test preparation and online career education services, today announced that it will no longer participate in the SES business effective at the end of the current 2009 – 2010 school year.  The Company intends to complete all SES tutoring programs in operation and will work [...]

Amway Global Ranks #1 in Online Health & Beauty Sales for Seventh Consecutive Year

Amway Global Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have once again propelled the company to the top spot in online Health & Beauty (H&B) sales. According to Internet Retailer’s annual Top 500 Guide to the web, Amway Global is ranked first in the Health & Beauty category for the seventh consecutive year, and 27th in overall web [...]

Synaptics Ranked One of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area

Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, has been ranked one of the “Best Places to Work” in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Synaptics placed 46 out of 170 companies nominated in the Large [...]

GLC Business Services Hires Two New Senior Account Executives to Serve New York City Legal and Professional Business Markets

GLC Business Services announced the addition of two new senior level account executives, to expand service to mid-size law firms and selected professional business services firms throughout the New York City metro and surrounding areas including Long Island, New York, and Stamford, CT.
Robert G. Zuccarelli and John J. Powers, have joined seasoned veteran Steve Loudon, [...]

New IBM Storage Solutions Reduce Cost & Complexity of Managing ‘Big Data’

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new storage products — part of its 2010 lineup of workload-optimized systems — that are designed to reduce the cost and complexity of storing vast amounts of data while making it easier for clients to apply analytics and gain insight from the data.
Driven by a rapidly growing pool of sensors [...]

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