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The New HTC One Blends Groundbreaking Smartphone Innovations With Productivity Features, Mobile Device Management Solutions and Government-Grade Security BELLEVUE, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced the new HTC One(®) as its first HTCpro((TM)) Certified device in the United States. The award-winning and critically acclaimed new HTC One is designed to exceed the expectations of business customers...
Empire State Building Holds Nationwide Contest for Best Images of and From Global Icon NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Empire State Building (ESB) launched its annual "My Empire State Building" photo contest, offering photographers of all levels the opportunity to submit images of the iconic landmark through their original and creative lens. By visiting the Empire State Building's Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/EmpireStateBuilding), ESB fans will have the...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Shopatron, the world's leading provider of Allied Commerce, announced an exciting new partnership with The Thomas Kinkade Company, worldwide publisher of Thomas Kinkade artwork. Shopatron will serve as the eCommerce order management platform for the company, which is responsible for making Thomas Kinkade one of the world's most widely recognized artists. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101109/SHOPATRONLOGO) For...
SHENZHEN, China, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At 3 pm on May 21, Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd. held the promotion of "A9 Dual-core Chip RK3168 of the World's Lowest Power Consumption" in Midsummer Hall on the third floor of Shenzhen Pavilion Hotel. The promotion attracted a large number of solution providers, brand manufacturers and trade media, showing that RK3168 had entered the stage of mass production. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/CN19738) Compared...
Protect your home, family with Briggs & Stratton Corporation standby generator systems and portable generators MILWAUKEE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's hurricane season is predicted to be a busy one with above-average activity, according to a recent report released by Colorado State University. Sponsored by the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Preparedness Week aims to increase public awareness of emergency preparation and the upcoming season that runs from June...
Doubles the graphics performance of the GALAXY Tab 2 in less silicon area SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivante Corporation marked another major milestone in the rapid adoption of its industry leading GPU technology. The GC1000 graphics core, integrated into the Marvell PXA986 SoC, is powering the highly-anticipated Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 7.0. As demonstrated in widely reported Android(TM) tests by GLBenchmark and others, the new tablet nearly doubles the...
SuperServer® GRID K1 and K2 Based Solutions Support up to 7,680 Concurrent Users per 42U SuperRack® SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, today announced that Supermicro SuperServer® platforms integrate NVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 boards for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) support in the enterprise. These VDI solutions can be...
HAMBURG, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamDrive Recognized for its Innovative and Secure "Sync & Share" Technology Named One of Gartner's "Cool Vendors" of 2013 TeamDrive Systems, the leading European-based provider of secure enterprise file synchronization services, announced today that is has been included in the "Cool Vendors in Privacy", 2013 report by Gartner, Inc. The rapid adoption of tablets and smart devices has seen the emergence of private and...
Allows Users of Competitive Linux-based NAS Units to Trade Up to Infortrend Enterprise-Grade ZFS-based NAS at Steep Discounts SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Infortrend Corporation, a leading provider of networked storage solutions for disaster recovery and data backup today announced its new Competitive Trade-In program. Infortrend will offer up to a 30% discount for business users of Linux-based NAS products to switch to Infortrend's ZFS-based EonNAS products through a...
Innovative technology poised to revolutionize means of communication LONDON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crocodile RCS today launched a complete real-time communications platform comprising an open cloud signalling network, developer SDK providing session control, management and billing capabilities, and sample WebRTC applications. It is targeted at individual app designers, company website developers and service providers who would like to incorporate real-time web communications...
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The Bally Astrocade is a video game console and simple computer combination manufactured by Midway. The original name was the Bally Home Library Computer released in 1977 by mail order only, but shipments were delayed and the system was renamed the Bally Professional Arcade. In 1979 Bally sold the Consumer Product Division and a partnership was formed and in 1981 the system was released as the Bally Computer System. In 1982 the name was changed to the Bally Astrocade and production of the...
The OlivePad designed and developed by Olive Telecom, is a line of tablet computers originally for India. The original was the OlivePad VT100 released on October 23, 2010. Currently there are three other models, the VTW100, and two models in development, the VTR200 and the VT300. The VT100 uses the Android 2.2 operating system with 3G connectivity, and supports video calling. The display is a 7-inch touch screen. It has a Qualcomm 667 Mhz CPU, 512 MB RAM, built-in 512 MB of storage with up...
The LePad is a line of tablet computers sold by Lenovo in China. It was released in China in 2011. The LePad uses the Android 2.2 operating system, with either a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. The display features a 10.1-inch screen with a front facing camera for video calling, and has a battery life of eight hours. Outside china, in 2012, Lenovo released other versions of the LePad, under the name IdeaTab, A1, Yoga, and ThinkPad. The ThinkPad’s operating system was upgraded to the Android...
The HP TouchPad is a tablet computer released in the US on July 1, 2011, by Hewlett-Packard. It was later released in Canada, UK, France, and Germany, on July 15, 2011, and on August 15, 2011, in Australia. On August 18, 2011, Hewlett-Packard announced it was discontinuing all devices using the current hardware, webOS, because of low sales. The remaining devices quickly sold out after a drastic price reduction. The success of the sale prompted Hewlett-Packard to continue the development of...
The IdeaPad is a line of laptop computers from Lenovo, first released in 2008 with three models the Y710, Y510 and U110. Since the original release, six other models have been developed -- the G series, S series, V series, Y series, U series, and Z series. IdeaPad also produced a tablet and depending on the model, either the Android or Windows 7 operating system is used. The K1 and A1 use Android, and the P1 uses Windows 7. The S series was released in China in September 2008 and in the US...
