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Joost to Provide White Label Online Video Platforms

2009-07-03T15:05:00Z

Joost, along with Joost.com, it will focus on providing white label online video platforms for media companies, including cable and satellite providers, broadcasters and video aggregators. This technology and service offering will support content owners' efforts to build comprehensive branded environments online.
Media companies around the world are embracing internet-based video portals as a key path to distribute their premium video, but building a world-class video portal is (...)

Dream Stick 360 Wireless Arcade Stick Now Available from Dream Arcades

2009-07-03T14:40:00Z

Dream Arcades has released the new Dream Stick 360. The Dream Stick 360 brings a new contender to the fighting game ring and introduces the first competition quality wireless arcade stick for Xbox 360. The Dream Stick 360, which is available now, features authentic arcade buttons, joystick and commercial quality cabinet. Windows PC support is also available via an optional adapter. The Dream Stick 360 is priced at just $139 plus shipping.
"The Dream Stick 360 is the perfect opportunity for (...)

FaceTime Survey: IT Managers OK Social Networking, as Long as It's Secure and Compliant

2009-07-03T14:15:00Z

FaceTime Communications - a provider of solutions enabling the safe use of Web 2.0 and unified communications in the enterprise — found in a survey that Social Networking is widely accepted by IT respondents, and 51 percent plan to beef up security within the next 12 months. Compared with a related survey in fall 2008 ("The Collaborative Internet: Usage Trends, IT Attitudes and End User Impact"), many more IT professionals are reporting that social media is in use at their companies, up (...)

True Internet Prepares for Next-Generation Cloud Services With Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform

2009-07-03T13:45:00Z

True Internet is paving the way for next-generation cloud services, starting with the deployment of the Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Nexus 7000 Series Switch, a robust platform that will help True Internet transform the delivery of consumer and business applications to any place and device. The deployment is part of True Internet's goal to become a next-generation service provider delivering a comprehensive range of world-class, innovative data, communications and entertainment services to its (...)

XING Launches Free App for BlackBerry Smartphones

2009-07-03T13:15:00Z

XING, a European business network, has launched a new app for BlackBerry smartphones. The free download will enable more than 7 million business professionals connected over 146 million times worldwide on the platform to access their personal network directly from their mobile devices. The app keeps track of all the user's contacts; phone numbers and email addresses are always available wherever they are, and automatically updated online by the members themselves.
The "What's new in your (...)

Bell completes acquisition of The Source and its 750 retail locations across Canada

2009-07-03T12:45:00Z

Bell has completed its acquisition of Canadian electronics retailer The Source after fulfilling all legal, regulatory and other closing requirements. Now operating independently as The Source and as La Source in Qu�bec, the company is already selling Bell TV, Canada's leading High Definition television service, and will offer Bell and Virgin Mobile wireless products exclusively in January 2010. Other Bell services such as Bell Home phone and high-speed Bell Internet will also be available in (...)

Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada

2009-07-03T12:20:00Z

Bell Mobility has completed its $142-million acquisition of the 50% stake in Virgin Mobile Canada not already owned by Bell, along with a long-term brand licensing agreement with the Virgin Group, after fulfilling all regulatory, legal and other closing requirements.
The company also announced that Robert Blumenthal will assume the role of President of Virgin Mobile Canada, and confirmed that Virgin Mobile products and services will be available at The Source retail locations in January (...)

MTS Allstream Offer Members of the Canadian Forces Wireless Service Hold While on International Deployment

2009-07-03T11:45:00Z

MTS Allstream Inc. is the first telecommunications company in Canada to offer wireless subscribers who are members of the Canadian Forces and are being deployed on international operations the chance to put their contracts on hold, while the time of their contract continues, during their call of duty overseas.
"The Canadian Forces are making an incredible contribution to important, often dangerous, missions around the world. When you are deployed to a distant place on the globe to carry out (...)

Helios Interactive and Full Sail University Announce Partnership for the Helios GameCore 2.0 Product Launch Event

2009-07-03T11:11:22Z

Helios Interactive will officially launch GameCore 2.0 - the newest release of their 3D game creation toolset and engine - in partnership with Full Sail University and Digital Media Alliance Florida (DMAF), the state's Digital Media Industry association, at the June 30th DMAF Digital Media Seminar (DiMeNar) hosted at Full Sail University's Entertainment Business building, the site of Full Sail University's Hall of Fame.
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The Launch event will include speeches from (...)

223 million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating Systems by 2014, according to Juniper Research

Itnewslink.com — 2009-07-03T10:45:00Z

The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom consultants Juniper Research. The Open Source OS research found that operating systems and the applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and a key factor in the choice of which handset to choose from by users.
The last three years has seen a revolution in the (...)

Sony Computer Entertainment to Expand 'Official Licensing Program' for PlayStation Peripherals and Accessories

2009-07-02T15:05:00Z

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) has expanded the "Official License Program" to peripheral manufacturers in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe/ PAL territories to further enhance the PlayStation peripheral and accessory line-ups and offer richer entertainment experience on the PlayStation platform.
By entering into a license agreement with SCE through this program, peripheral and accessory manufacturers will gain access to technical documentations necessary for designing and (...)

Hitachi Introduces CP-D10 3LCD Short-Throw Projector At InfoComm 09

2009-07-02T14:45:00Z

Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., Business Group today introduced the CP-D10 3LCD projector that delivers a new level of affordability for a short-throw projector. The CP-D10 is the latest in Hitachi's line of superior short-throw projectors and offers Hitachi's customary abundance of features. The Hitachi CP-D10 projector is ideal for use in classrooms that utilize an interactive whiteboard as well as small meeting rooms where space may be limited. The projector features a short (...)

StrongMail Acquires Social Media Marketing Leader PopularMedia

2009-07-02T14:08:00Z

StrongMail Systems, Inc., a provider of commercial-grade solutions for marketing and transactional email, has acquired PopularMedia, a provider of social media marketing solutions. The acquisition coincides with the closing of StrongMail's sixth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, further strengthening its momentum in the marketplace and establishing it as the leading provider of integrated marketing solutions for email and social media. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. (...)

AT&T, BT and Tata Demonstrate Industry's First Cisco TelePresence Call Across Multiple Carrier Networks

2009-07-02T13:45:00Z

AT&T, BT, and Tata Communications took a significant step forward to deliver Cisco TelePresence services globally, by conducting the industry's first multipoint, intercompany Cisco TelePresence meeting across multiple carrier networks. AT&T, BT and Tata, together with Cisco, demonstrated the technical ability for a Cisco TelePresence user to call others on any carrier network with high levels of security and reliability.
Inter-carrier intercompany services have the potential to allow Cisco (...)

Tucows Signs Revised ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement

2009-07-02T13:15:00Z

Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, has signed the revised Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN at the organization's 35th International Meeting in Sydney, Australia. The new agreement takes effect July 1, 2009.
Customers of OpenSRS, the wholesale Reseller services division of Tucows Inc., will immediately see a reduction in the ICANN Fee associated with Global Top-level Domain registrations purchased through the (...)

AIIM Tracks Business Benefits of Enterprise 2.0

2009-07-02T12:45:00Z

Business take-up of Enterprise 2.0 has doubled in the last year, according to ECM industry researcher AIIM. There has been a dramatic increase in the understanding of how Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs, forums and social networks can be used to improve business collaboration and knowledge sharing.
In a survey conducted with 789 individuals, AIIM found that more than 50% of knowledge workers consider Enterprise 2.0 to be "important" or "very important" to their business goals and (...)

Interactive Ontario welcomes Darko Milivojevic as Vice President, Industry Development, promotes Sarah Baird to VP Programmes & Operations

Itnewslink.com — 2009-07-02T12:40:00Z

Interactive Ontario (IO) is pleased to welcome Darko Milivojevic as Vice President, Industry Development, to its growing team. In this new role, Darko will be responsible for representing Ontario industry stakeholders' interests, and increasing their visibility, on a national and international level.
“We are tremendously excited to have Darko join our team at IO,” said Ian Kelso, President and CEO, Interactive Ontario. “We know he will bring a wealth of industry expertise (...)

Uncover Everything About Anyone on the Web - Comprehensive People Search Engine

2009-07-02T11:45:00Z

Accucom Corporation has launched InfoPages.com, a free people focused search engine designed to deliver comprehensive personal information aggregated from a variety of sources. InfoPages.com not only compiles extensive public information once only found deep within town halls or local and district courts, it also pulls relevant information from the vast array of social networking sites and phone directories, delivering the most complete results possible for these types of searches.
This (...)

MyPhotoAlbum Announces the First and Only Full-Scale Photo Sharing for Facebook

2009-07-02T11:15:00Z

MyPhotoAlbum Inc. (Symbol "FCT") announces a new way to save and share photos on the Internet. For the first time, users can upload high-resolution photos to MyPhotoAlbum, a full-service online photo album, and share smaller versions of the same photos on Facebook, the world's largest social networking.
"Unlike most photo applications on Facebook, this is Full-Scale Photo Sharing," says Jessy Hanley, Vice President, Products at MyPhotoAlbum. "With one upload, digital photographers get the (...)

2009 Game Developers Conference Austin to Host Inaugural iPhone Games Summit and Independent Games Summit

2009-07-02T10:45:00Z

For the first time, the Game Developers Conference Austin (GDC Austin) hosts the Independent Games Summit and the all-new iPhone Games Summit. The iPhone Games Summit will bring together top game developers from around the world to share ideas, best practices and discuss the future of the bourgeoning iPhone and iPod touch mobile platform. Making its Austin debut, the Independent Games Summit features lectures and postmortems from some of the most notable indie game creators in the country. (...)

EA and Dr. Pepper to Create Gaming Experience with Exclusive Premium Downloadable Content

2009-07-01T15:05:00Z

EA and Dr Pepper have entered a multimillion-dollar marketing agreement that brings original content to Dr Pepper consumers via EA's blockbuster portfolio of games. Gaming fans may have access to exclusive premium content on select EA titles throughout 2010 with codes found on more than 500 million Dr Pepper products.
"We're proud to partner with an innovative marketing company like Dr Pepper that has such a rich heritage," said Elizabeth Harz, Senior Vice president of Global Media Sales (...)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Video Game Hits Store Shelves Worldwide

2009-07-01T14:43:00Z

It's time for gamers around the world to embark on an all-new incredible adventure with their favorite sub-zero heroes in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing). Based on the 3-D animated feature from Twentieth Century Fox, which debuts worldwide on July 1, the game allows players to command their movie characters, including Sid, Manny, Diego, Scrat and the one-eyed Dino hunting (...)

Visual DataFlex 2009/15.0 is Released; AJAX Library Support Now Official in RAD Software Suite for Building Windows Desktop and Web Database Applications

2009-07-01T14:15:00Z

Data Access Worldwide has announced the global availability of Visual DataFlex 2009/15.0, the company's latest release of its flagship rapid application development framework for building business software solutions for Windows and Web platforms. Visual DataFlex 2009/15.0 delivers a number of new features and enhancements, including official AJAX Library support for Web applications, Studio enhancements, runtime improvements, new and improved classes, Visual DataFlex Library enhancements, (...)

VAIO NW from Sony: everyday computing and entertainment notebook with Blu-Ray technology

Itnewslink.com — 2009-07-01T13:41:00Z

Sony of Canada Ltd. today unveiled the VAIO NW notebook— a new line of PCs that provide a powerful high-definition experience priced at $899.99 for the standard model and $1,199.99 equipped with Blu-ray Disc technology. Part of a series, the NW notebook features an optional Blu-ray Disc ROM drive making it ideal for viewing pristine HD content on-the-go. It also has the added convenience of DVD and CD read/write functionalities.
The model features a high-resolution 15.5-inch widescreen (...)

THQ Announces Management and Business Unit Reorganization

2009-07-01T13:15:00Z

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) announced a reorganization of the company��s management team and business units in support of THQ��s focused product strategy. In order to more directly align the organization with its previously announced strategy, THQ has formed three new business units: 1) Core Games; 2) Kids, Family and Casual Games; and 3) Online, and has promoted key executives to manage each of these units. Each unit manager will report directly to THQ President and CEO Brian Farrell.
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Kunimasa Suzuki Named New Deputy President of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

2009-07-01T12:40:00Z

Kunimasa Suzuki has been named Representative Director, Deputy President of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI)effective July 1, 2009, in addition to his current role as SVP, Deputy President, Networked Products & Services Group (NPSG), Sony Corporation (Sony). Suzuki will report to Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, SCEI, and EVP and President, NPSG, Sony, and assist him in managing the day-to-day operations of the PlayStation business overall.
He will specifically be responsible (...)

New Video Conferencing Network Launched to Cater the Growing Demand for Affordable High-Quality and HD Video Conferencing

2009-07-01T12:15:00Z

Media Network Services (MNS) has launched a new global video conferencing network enabling any business with video conference equipment to experience High-Quality to Telepresence and HD video conferencing without the need of traditional dedicated networks. The increase of businesses choosing to use video conferencing to communicate and interact with employees, customers and partners has lead to a high demand for enhanced video conferencing quality.
While companies traditionally have (...)

Wireless ePay Now Available on BlackBerry App World and Android Market

2009-07-01T11:39:00Z

USA ePay's Wireless ePay Credit Card Processing application can now be readily downloaded for free from BlackBerry's App World as well as the Android Marketplace. BlackBerry users on any network can now use App World, a fairly new software service provided directly by BlackBerry, to load USA ePay's Wireless ePay for BlackBerry application on their phones without having to plug their phones into their computer as they did in the past. The same applies to all Android Phone (sometimes known as (...)

HubSpot Adds Social Media Monitoring for Small Businesses to Internet Marketing Software

2009-07-01T11:15:00Z

HubSpot announces a social media monitoring feature, the newest addition to its inbound marketing software. The tool tracks a small business's activity on social media sites, monitoring the company's brands, relevant industry keywords and online coverage and activity of competitors as an integrated part of HubSpot's inbound marketing system.
While other social media monitoring services can be expensive and geared toward big businesses, HubSpot's new social media integration offers an (...)

Fortinet Beefs Up Enterprise Management Capabilities for FortiGate Multi-Threat Security Platform

2009-07-01T10:38:00Z

Fortinet — a network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - has made enhancements to its centralized management portfolio with the new software release of FortiManager 4.0 and FortiAnalyzer 4.0, which significantly improve the enterprise management capabilities of Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat security appliances. The new software releases of Fortinet's management and analysis platforms correspond to the FortiGate FortiOS 4.0 operating (...)