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Wal-Mart's New China Chief Faces Uphill Road
Wal-Mart's new China chief likely will give the retailer a fresh start in the country, but the chain still will face uphill challenges to boost profit and gain ground against competitors. Read More | View Original Article
Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over
The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said. read more Read More | View Original Article
Within this site you will be able to find facts and figures about PricewaterhouseCoopers, biographies of PwC's leadership, and current news releases. You will also be able to find media contacts for specific services, industries and geographic areas. Read More | View Original Article
Super Bowl, and Its Ads, Set a Tweet Record
The surging social-media response to TV promises to shape future programming and advertising trends. Read More | View Original Article
Sands China, Cirque du Soleil End Contract
The Macau unit of Las Vegas Sands and Cirque du Soleil said they are putting an early end to a 10-year contract, showing the difficulty companies have faced trying to transform the gambling haven into a tourist destination like Las Vegas. Read More | View Original Article
Acer sues former CEO Lanci for breach of contract
Acer has sued its former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci in Italian courts for allegedly violating a non-compete clause, the company said Tuesday. read more Read More | View Original Article
Notified KM Radio of Independence, LLC of this Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 for failure to exhibit required obstruction lighting, operating overpower, and Emergency Alert System and public inspection file violations. by NALF Read More | View Original Article
Notified The L.R. Radio Group, Inc. of this Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 for violation of public inspection file rules. by NALF Read More | View Original Article
LTE femtocells ready to take off as API ecosystem expands
Vendors are rapidly preparing the LTE technology to meet operator demand as witnessed by 17 manufacturers adopting the APIs for their upcoming LTE products, according to the Femto Forum. Read More | View Original Article
SAP unveils HANA in-memory database offerings for SMBs
SAP on Tuesday announced the first products based on its HANA in-memory database aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, including a new Edge edition of the software as well as HANA-powered analytics for the Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite. read more Read More | View Original Article
Apple Is Challenged in China Over iPad Name
Proview Technology (Shenzhen) has filed for a temporary restraining order in a Shanghai court to stop Apple from using the iPad name in mainland China. Read More | View Original Article
Students plan to press Irish data commissioner on Facebook
A group of students concerned over Facebook's privacy practices plans to continue to press the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for action following a meeting on Monday in Vienna with representatives of the social networking site. read more Read More | View Original Article
User interface firm offers OpenCL benchmarking tool
Rightware Oy, a 2009 startup that has developed a licensable 3-D graphical user interface called Kanzi, has announced the availability of Basemark CL, a benchmarking system for OpenCL-related software and hardware. Read More | View Original Article
Apple seen taking 5% of HDTV market, earning $17B in revenue
If Apple were to offer high-definition television sets with an average selling price of $1,500, one Wall Street analyst believes the company could capture 5 percent of the market and earn $17 billion in revenue. Read More | View Original Article
Emulate the Turbo-Duo in Linux. Castlevania, Bonk and Blazing Lazers await.
Here is a guide for how to get going with Turbo-Duo games on your Ubuntu setup. Finally, play import classics like Rondo of Blood! Read More | View Original Article
Honeywell hits Nest thermostat with lawsuits
Nest, the iPod of home thermostats, allegedly violates patents Honeywell filed and ignored 20 years ago. read more Read More | View Original Article
Mindspeed completes Picochip acquisition
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. has completed the acquisition of privately held U.K.-based Picochip Ltd., rounding out its offering as a small cell wireless technology provider. Read More | View Original Article
MegaUpload planned to launch legal music service when raided
Conspiracy Alert! Was MegaUpload clobbered to stop upcoming legal service, or is founder Kim Dotcom blowing smoke? read more Read More | View Original Article
Encryption Key To Evolving Data-Centric Security Model
With data access no longer restricted to the four walls of the enterprise (or branch) and 9-to-5 business hours, enterprises that have traditionally relied on a perimeter-based approach to security are now seeing the benefits of a data-centric approach. Data encryption is paving the way for the transition to data-centric security methods, according to a survey of 506 IT professionals. Read More | View Original Article
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Ambank Holdings, Brogan Bankshares, and CoastalSouth Bancshares Read More | View Original Article
Anonymous Egypt Takes Down Police and Government Sites
Similar to other parts of the world where Anonymous hacktivists show their discontent with the local political regime, protesting against it by hacking and defacing sites, in Egypt the situation is not much different. A lot of government websites keep falling, especially after international Anonymous factions became involved. A... (read more) Read More | View Original Article
Magazines' Newsstand Slide Accelerates but Digital Circulation Shows Promise
A persistent undertow at newsstands seems to be regaining strength. But readers still snap up single copies around big news events. And digital circulation continues to gain. Read More | View Original Article
5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world
With the ongoing rollout of Facebook's Timeline feature, security and privacy have never been more important to your digital life. The new layout presents all of your current and past activities on Facebook -- posts, photos, comments, likes and so on -- in a handy timeline format to anyone with access to your profile, which may include friends of friends, colleagues, executives at your company, a potential future boss ... well, you get the idea. read more Read More | View Original Article
Merck Anticlotting Drug Meets Goal but Has Bleeding Risk
An experimental anticlotting drug from Merck reduced the risk of heart attacks and related events in a clinical trial, but significantly increased bleeding. Read More | View Original Article
FlowingData's Nathan Yau: The AdAgeStat Q&A
The FlowingData blog is required reading for anyone into data visualization. Part inspiration and part hands-on tutorial, the site brings to light examples that tell simple, elegant stories with complex data. Its author, Nathan Yau, sat down with us for a virtual Q&A. Read More | View Original Article
BYOD brings new set of IT 'heroes'
The dual trends of ‘bring your own device’ and the rise in mobile workforce have placed new demands on the IT team, particularly the help desk. read more Read More | View Original Article
Thrillist Hires New Head of Sales, Forms Thrillist Media Group
The media company-slash-e-commerce site for urban guys is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts: It's adding a sales chief and reorganizing into a new structure, Thrillist Media Group. Read More | View Original Article
