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Thefts Of Laptops Mistakenly Sent To Election Center Remain Unsolved
The laptops mistakenly were delivered to the election center in the first place, Granger said. The election center ordered 60 electronic poll books from Electronic Systems & Software but the company...


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China Quality Watchdog Says Some Hp Laptops Faulty
By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING: China's quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer...
Dell 'superdell' Schanze Makes Another Run For Governor
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dell "Superdell" Schanze is running for political office. Again. This time, Schanze is seeking the GOP nomination for governor against incumbent Gary Herbert and Republican...
Dell Coupon Code For Discount On Refurbished Laptops
Outlet and all their computers are covered with a one year warranty. The coupon code 6WWZ2FL5JX8JV1 has to be copied and pasted into the coupon code field on the shopping cart screen. Residents in...
Shareholders Sue St. Jude Medical Over Earnings Prediction
is facing a federal securities class-action lawsuit claiming that the medical device maker and two of its top executives misrepresented the company’s financial situation to shareholders last...
March Madness Spikes Internet Traffic
Internet traffic for at least one business telecom provider in the Phoenix area was up on Thursday as March Madness basketball swept into full...
Ex-brocade Ceo's Mistrial Request Rejected
CEO Gregory Reyes. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer said he could find no prosecutorial misconduct or false testimony by a government witness. The request for a mistrial came after...
Marvell Unveils $99 Tablet Design, The 'moby'
This week, Marvell unveiled a $99 tablet e-reader reference design that the company promises will do for the e-reader market what ARM-based notebooks have done to compete with netbooks.The "Moby"...
Dell Adds To Price-fixing Lawsuits Against Lcd Giants
Dell has filed a lawsuit against six major LCD panel makers in Japan and Taiwan, alleging that they had formed a cartel to artificially inflate prices. The legal action follows a string of suits...
Tbr Ranks Lenovo #1 For Commercial Laptops And Desktops
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced that TBR has ranked the company #1 in its Corporate IT Buying Behavior and Customer Satisfaction Studies for commercial laptops and desktops for 3Q...
Yahoo Tech Chief Pullara Jumps To Benchmark Capital
following advertising executive Joanne Bradford's departure announcement on Monday. In addition to crafting corporate technology strategy at Yahoo, Pullara was involved in the company's...
Aol Goes 'local' With $10m Vc Fund
continues to bet on local content, establishing a $10 million venture capital fund it will use to make investments in startups focused on local markets. AOL said it will also increasingly...
Cerner Will Join S&p 500
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI). The $5.5 billion deal awaits regulatory approval and is expected to close after March 31. Standard & Poor’s did not specify when Cerner would join the...
Spencer Web Design Gets $25,000 Loan
, a web design, development and Internet marketing services business in St. Peters, Mo., has been approved for a $25,000 small business loan through Missouri. Spencer Web Design will use its...
Apple Now Accepting Ipad-focused Apps
reached out to software developers on Friday, telling them it has begun to accept apps they develop specifically for the new iPad tablet computer. To be included in the grand opening of the iPad App...
Hp Laptops Faulty: China
BEIJING: China's quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations. The...
Cinram Announces Results Of Review Of Historical Tax Filings
/CNW/ - Cinram International Income Fund (TSX.CRW.UN) (the "Fund") announced today that upon completing an extensive review of the Fund's subsidiaries' previously filed tax returns and following on...
Twitter To Search, Report 'popular' Tweets First
'Highly Critical' Firefox Hole to Be Patched March 30 A report by Secunia of an unpatched remote code execution vulnerability in current versions of Firefox has been confirmed by...
Google Nearing Adwords Ruling In Europe
Google Inc could win a widely expected victory next week in Europe's top court and still face many more battles over keyword advertising, the backbone of its Internet business model. The European...
Hands On: Amazon Kindle For The Mac
Hands On: Amazon Kindle for the Mac Finally, Kindle for the Mac is here. Mac OS X versions of e-reader software seem to be an afterthought for sellers of e-books. Unfortunately, this seems to be more...
Emc's Tucci Realized $7.2m In Option Exercises In '09
Corp. Chairman and CEO Joseph Tucci last year realized $7.4 million in value after acquiring 750,000 shares through stock option exercises, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing. Tucci, 62,...
It Firm Hardy Corp. Forms New Division
. said it has formed a new business venture to pursue the maintenance and monitoring of “mission-critical” data centers. And the mechanical contractor has hired 25-year IT veteran Gary...
Boston Scientific Defibrillator Wins Fda Nod
has approved a new use for one of its defibrillator products. The FDA’s Circulatory Systems Devices Panel has approved the use of Boston Scientific’s (NYSE: BSX) cardiac...
Mbta Sued Over 'alert' System, Software
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , alleging the MBTA has infringed its patents with its “T-Alerts” system as well as its open approach to encouraging software developers to...
Bioenergy Holdings Lands $6.4m In Debt
BioEnergy Holdings LLC has raised $6.4 million in a new debt round, bringing its total debt investment to $70 million, the cleantech company reported in a regulatory filing posted Friday. The...
Plano Man Pleads Guilty To Filing False Tax Returns
Plano resident Anthony U. Barber pleaded guilty this morning to charges he assisted in the preparation and filing of false tax returns. The Office of U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks said in a statement...
North Columbus Holiday Inn Changes Flag
Holiday Inn Express in north Columbus. Columbus-based Red Roof said the former Holiday Inn has reopened under its brand at 1221 E. Dublin-Granville Road. The 87-room property joins eight others in...
Portland Dials Up For Google
Portland officials will attempt to set the record for the world’s longest game of “Telephone” in an attempt to draw interest...
Teradata Confirms It Will Move Headquarters
will move its headquarters to the Austin Road interchange, a few miles down the road from its current site in Miami Township, company offcials confirmed Friday. Teradata (NYSE: TDC ), one of the...
Presidential Hotline To Russia Calls On Phoenix
’s Phoenix-based aerospace unit was awarded an $8.4 million, five-year U.S. Army contract to operate Detrick Earth Station, home to the Washington-Moscow presidential hotline. ...
Judge Oks Facebook's Beacon Settlement
's $9.5 million settlement of a federal class-action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations has been approved by a federal judge. Facebook has agreed to contribute $6 million to set up a...
Can You Type 163 Words Per Minute? This Guy Can
SXSW , Das Keyboard brought the two finalists--Nate Bowen of NYC and Sean Wrona of Ithaca, NY--to Austin Texas, and crowned a winner. Both typists have been clocked at 150 words per minute, but this...
What's A Toilet Mummy? In February, You Found Out
A list of the top sites experiencing the most growth in February indicates that most of America was interested in Toilet Mummies, asking random questions of strangers, and clicking on ads.Confused?...
Md. Tax Credit Bill Passes House Of Delegates
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed tax credit for businesses that hire the unemployed appears likely to become law, having passed the House of Delegates on Friday. O’Malley had...
Midwest Research Institute Wins Department Of Defense Research Contract
has received a U.S. Department of Defense contract to provide support services for national defense research against chemical and biological warfare and terrorism. The Kansas City-based organization...
Dispute Between Medafor, Cryolife Heats Up
Medafor Inc. rebuffed a major distributor’s attempts to buy it, the Brooklyn Center-based medical technology firm has ended its distribution agreement with the company. Medafor in a Wednesday...
Baylor Health Care System, Texas Oncology, Pathologists Biomedical Laboratories And Us Oncology Join Forces To Create 'med Fusion'
have joined to create a new company integrating advanced laboratory services and clinical trials services in Lewisville. The company, called med fusion, plans to hire 320 employees next year and...
Google Adds Buzz As A Slick Android Widget
Google's Buzz social-networking technology has finally received support from the Android mobile operating system. Users will now be able to add a dedicated Buzz widget to their Android phones.Android...
Chinese Watchdog Accuses Hp Of Selling Faulty Pcs
Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine...
Inside Microsoft's Internet Explorer Testing Lab
Internet Explorer 9 , we also got a tour of Internet Explorer Testing Labs. Partner Test Manager Jason Upton took a small group of tech journalists through the facility housed...
Manhattan Judge Bans Real-time Finance News
Reuters ) - A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about analyst research from several Wall Street banks, often before...
Palm's Road To Success Is... Better Training?
versions for Verizon Wireless, to sell alongside the original models on Sprint. Palm reported revenues of $349.9 million, above the company's previous estimate of $300 million to $320 million, but...
Apple Applies For 'igroups' Mobile Social Patent
New Samsung AT&T Phones Strive to Be Social AT&T has unveiled four 'Quick Messaging' phones that will include a new suite of messaging, video, and photo sharing solutions, plus enhanced contacts...
News: Hp Slate Priced And Dated
It appears that the Spanish site Clipset has revealed both pricing and some rough dates for HP's new Slate device, which was first announced at CES.Pricing has been set at the 400 euro ($550) mark,...
Scott Mueller From Que Publishing And Mark Harrer From Diskeeper Corporation To Be Featured On Let's Talk Computers
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - March 19, 2010) - Guests from Que Publishing and Diskeeper Corporation will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Que Publishing is a company of Pearson...
Fisher-price Signs On To Facebook
has launched a Facebook application for parents to record their little ones’ milestones. The East Aurora-based company has also transformed iconic toys into iPhone applications lor children to...
Globalscape Concludes 2009 With Strong Sales Growth
ended the fourth quarter of 2009 with a double-digit increase in revenues. The company reported net income of $125,254 on revenues of $4.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This compares with...
Analyst: Gamestop Corp. Is In A Good Position
is in a good position this year due to the expected launch of new games, new gaming equipment and counter-cyclical demand, said analyst Tony Wible...
Nasdaq Moves To Delist Gsi Group Shares
Nasdaq Stock Market has moved to formally delist the company’s shares from its international exchange. The move comes several months after Nasdaq suspended trading of GSI shares and commenced...