Mindshare North America names Geoffrey Greenblatt Director of Gaming
The announcement was made today by Scott Sorokin, Mindshare’s Global Digital Leader. Greenblatt’s appointment is effective immediately, and he will report to Sorokin.
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Video Game Industry Association Files Request for Attorneys’ Fees with U.S. Supreme Court
“We look forward to moving forward and working together to raise awareness about the valuable tools and information available to parents,” said Michael D. Gallagher, CEO of the ESA, the trade association representing U.S. computer and video game publishers. “From the start of this misguided legislation, then-Governor Schwarzenegger and specific California legislators knew that their efforts to censor and restrict expression were, as court after court ruled, unconstitutional and thus a waste of taxpayers’ money, government time, and state resources.”
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FedEx Advances Corporate Responsibility Efforts Through Team Member Involvement and Smart Investments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) moved closer to meeting its 2020 global citizenship goals with significant support from its 290,000 global team members and through a number of smart investments. The FedEx 2010 Global Citizenship Update, released today, showcases how smart collaboration and strategic investments can help connect the world in responsible and resourceful ways, while creating economic opportunity.
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Microsoft and SUSE Renew Successful Interoperability Agreement
REDMOND, Wash., and NUREMBERG, Germany — Microsoft Corp. and SUSE, an independent business unit of The Attachmate Group Inc., today announced a four-year extension of the groundbreaking agreement struck nearly five years ago between Microsoft and Novell Inc. for broad collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability and support. This relationship will extend through Jan. 1, 2016, with Microsoft committed to invest $100 million in new SUSE Linux Enterprise certificates for customers receiving Linux support from SUSE.
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Mercedes-Benz opens Advanced Design Center in Beijing
With the growing importance of the Chinese auto market as it increasingly influences changing needs and trends, Beijing saw the grand opening of Daimler’s fifth Mercedes-Benz advanced design studio worldwide. Covering almost 1,000 square meters, this latest studio will contribute to the future designs of Mercedes-Benz automobiles.
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Derry Township School District Chooses HP for Student Computer Program
PHILADELPHIA -- HP today added new products to the HP Digital Learning Suite and announced that the Derry Township School District of Hershey, Pa., has chosen HP notebook PCs for the expansion of its one-to-one computer program to schools throughout the district.
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AAA Names New Information Technology Manager
Prior to his work at AAA, Cutler served as a Senior Network and Telephony Engineer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and a Technology Solution Engineer at Ingram Micro in Buffalo.
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NAVTEQ Traffic™ Launches RDS Real-Time Traffic Services Across Russia via Autoradio
Moscow – NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has signed an agreement with the Russian network radio station Autoradio (Prof Media Broadcasting Corporation), the leader of Moscow FM-broadcasting, to facilitate real-time traffic information distribution via Radio Data System (RDS), enabling broadcast delivery of NAVTEQ Traffic across Russia. RDS is one of a variety of distribution formats NAVTEQ makes available to customers to suit their product needs; NAVTEQ’s traffic information is already available to connected devices in Russia via NAVTEQ Traffic Pro® since December 2010.
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New Website, Airport Parking Hub, Offers Travelers Free Access to Discounted Airport Parking
Airport Parking Hub serves to link off-site airport parking lot owners with travelers who need a secure and reliable place to park their vehicles. At www.airportparkinghub.com users have immediate access to hundreds of independent parking lot locations. The user friendly interface and search engine allow travelers to search for spots using a variety of criteria, such as lot proximity to airport terminal and lowest price offered. The entire transaction of selecting, reserving and paying for a parking spot is handled in advance online, allowing for fewer delays upon one’s arrival or departure.
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Save NOW Furniture Is A New North American Discount Online Furniture Store
Save NOW Furniture is a North American discount online furniture store located at http://www.savenowfurniture.com with a storefront in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. With 15 years industry experience, Save NOW Furniture specializes in providing discount home office furniture, bedroom furniture, and outdoor patio furniture to its customers.
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Guitar Maintenance: Get The Best Out Of Your Guitar Available Now At Mike’s Guitar Talk
Mike Sunderlin of Mike’s Guitar Talk helps beginning guitar players get the most out of their gear by explaining what they need to know about taking care of it. Guitar players will find out how to make their gear sound the best and last the longest at http://www.mikesguitartalk.com/2011/07/guitar-maintenance-get-best-out-o....
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Vertica Accelerates Big Data Analytics with Vertica 5.0
BILLERICA -- Vertica, an HP Company, today announced availability of Vertica 5.0, the latest version of the Vertica Analytics Platform, which offers greatly improved flexibility and real-time performance for customers most demanding business intelligence and analytic workloads.
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Active Broadband Networks appoints three new Board Members
“I am excited to be joined by Steve and Jit on the Board,” said Abbot Gilman, Executive Chairman, “Active Broadband Networks has tremendous opportunity and we are thrilled to have Steve and Jit’s help and guidance to realize it”.
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Sony’s Newest Cyber-Shot Camera Expands Range Of Creative Options
SAN DIEGO – With an exceptionally slim and stylish design, Sony’s new DSC-TX55 Cyber-shot camera makes it easy to capture any moment with high-quality still photos, full high-definition video and amazing 3D images, providing consumers with the ultimate in creative control of their photos and videos.
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Alcatel-Lucent brings visual collaboration to users across the enterprise with suite of video solutions
Paris -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced availability of a suite of visual collaboration solutions that bring high-quality, cost-effective video to users across the enterprise. Alcatel-Lucent’s Visual Collaboration suite moves beyond costly and restrictive telepresence solutions by employing an open solution approach that extends enterprise video to any endpoint and location, including desktop PCs, smart phones, laptops, tablets, interactive whiteboards and display screens across offices, meeting rooms and boardrooms.
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Rockwell Collins unveils touch-control flight displays to enable natural, eyes-forward operation
This week, EAA AirVenture attendees can experience the new touch-control displays, as well as other innovative features of Pro Line Fusion, at the company’s pavilion located near the Rockwell Collins Exhibit Hanger C.
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Nissan Announces New Mid-term Business Plan for the ASEAN region
Bangkok, Thailand - Nissan Motor Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (NMAP) *1, a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) as the newly established strategic regional headquarters of the ASEAN region, announced today a new six-year business plan, with clear objectives to achieve further growth across the region. A key highlight is the goal to more than triple sales to 500,000 units with 15% market share by the end of 2016, up from 150,000 units and 6% market share in FY2010. One of key strategies to realize this growth is the introduction of more than 10 new models during the period, as well as deep collaboration with governmental bodies to gain competitive advantages. The scope of markets for this plan includes Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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NYSE Liffe gains approval to offer direct access in Brazil
The CVM’s decision to grant approval enables enables customers in Brazil to benefit from direct access to NYSE Liffe’s Short Term Interest Rate, Bond, Swapnote, Equity and Commodities Futures and Options. Alternatively, Brazilian firms can continue to make use of non-direct (intermediated) access for the execution of their NYSE Liffe business.
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