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"Apple Sequester" Cost Jobs, Puts Americans' Health and Safety at Risk WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Institute for Liberty: (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/DC19307-INFO) On Monday, a United States Senate probe revealed that U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. shielded $44 billion from U.S. tax collectors through a series of evasive off-shore maneuvers. Every day, the left is exhorting American businesses to "pay...
COLUMBIA, Md., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per common share. The dividend will be paid on or about July 1, 2013 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 17, 2013. If the effective date of the pending merger with Nielsen Holdings N.V. is before June 17, 2013, the dividend will be pro-rated with stockholders receiving $0.001063829787234...
Retired law enforcement professionals to provide strategic insight SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to further refine the efficiency and process of collecting and recycling used electronics and better serve law enforcement agencies to help fight cell phone theft, ecoATM announces the appointment of an eight-member Law Enforcement Advisory Board. In addition to efficiency and process initiatives, the advisory board is tasked with ensuring that ecoATM kiosks remain...
SafeCell Enterprise App is now available at the enterprise level to enforce corporate wireless policy and reduce distracted driving HOUSTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Distracted driving is becoming a national epidemic. SafeCell Enterprise has designed the most advanced mobile App available to prevent dangerous driving behavior among employees by recording and reporting violations, and in some cases blocking text/SMS, phone and email while driving. The app runs automatically in...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Epiq Solutions, an engineering firm specializing in the development of flexible wireless communications systems, has announced the Matchstiq(TM)Z1, the latest addition to the company's small form factor software defined radio (SDR) product line. The Matchstiq Z1 combines a Xilinx® Zynq(TM) Z-7020 System-on-Chip running Linux with a flexible RF transceiver capable of tuning between 300 MHz and 3.8 GHz to provide a complete software...
The 10th anniversary of the annual State of IBM i Security Study comes a year after the largest data breaches in U.S. history. MINNEAPOLIS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PowerTech, a division of Help/Systems, announces the release of the 2013 State of IBM i Security Study. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130212/CG58040LOGO) The 2013 findings show that IBM i user provisioning is a significant source of vulnerability, with averages that include: 79 users had default...
Single-chip solution reduces board space, extends battery life and requires no external protection component DALLAS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today expanded its sensorless, brushless DC (BLDC) motor driver portfolio with a new device designed for high efficiency and low noise, which requires a low external component count of only one capacitor. The DRV10963 is a 5-V, 3-phase sensorless BLDC motor driver that simplifies layout...
~ Next Generation of the World's Best-Selling Smartphone Available On Cricket's Value-Packed Unlimited No-Contract Plans SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Communications, Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4. The Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone builds on the success and innovation of its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S3, and provides a suite of new innovations that will change how customers interact with a smartphone. The Galaxy...
SmartPay Helps Consumers Afford Smartphones with Instant Financing Outside Wireless Contracts LAS VEGAS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BillFloat, Inc., a leading innovator in consumer credit delivery, today announced it is piloting its SmartPay instant financing option with new partner RadioShack (NYSE:RSH), providing even more customers access to this innovative payment option in select stores in Houston. The SmartPay option allows customers to obtain a smartphone and pay for...
PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Carnegie Mellon University alumni are giving smartphone users a reality check with a new book that identifies and explains the cyberthreats posed by snooping hackers and other malware communication challenges. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO ) Anmol Misra and Abhishek Dubey, who earned master's degrees at CMU's Information Networking Institute (INI), have written a comprehensive book about security challenges...
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The RCA Studio II was released in January 1977 by RCA as a video game console. It had black and white graphics that were similar to Pong consoles. Game control used two built-in ten button keypads instead of controllers. The keypads made it difficult for two player games to be played because the players would have to sit so close together. It was discontinued in 1979. It used a switch box for the RF modulator and power supply. The sounds produced from the unit were comprised of varying...
The Cybook Opus is an e-book reader produced by Bookeen from France, released on July 27, 2009. The operating system for the Opus is Linux with an open source firmware. In June 2010, Bookeen published and improved firmware with a one-second mode which allows the device to be turned on and off in one second. It also keeps the last page read open and the user does not have to reboot each time. There is no keyboard and it does not have a dictionary or bookmarks. There is no internet access...
The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
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 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...
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