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New Version of Panda Managed Office Protection Allows Channel Partners to More Efficiently Deliver Value-Added Security Services for SMB Customers GLENDALE, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a leading global provider of IT security solutions, today announced the established success AAAntivirus, its largest value-added reseller (VAR) in the U.S., has achieved in delivering security-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to small and medium businesses (SMBs). The newly updated Panda...

Survey Findings will Guide Panda's Efforts to Better Protect Families and their Children Online through Ongoing Advocacy, Education and Innovation GLENDALE, Calif., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a world leader in IT security, today announced that it is encouraging consumers to participate in a nationwide study that surveys parents and educators to better understand the evolving online behaviors of children and their families, and guarantee their safety against Internet-related...

DALLAS, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Panda Ethanol Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PDAE) today announced that its Hereford Biofuels subsidiary has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. The company intends to sell its major asset, the Hereford ethanol refinery, pursuant to a Section 363 sale process approved by the bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy filing does not...

GLENDALE, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced that its Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, Panda Managed Office Protection(TM) (http://www.pandasecurity.com/easy), has been spotlighted by Everything Channel's VARBusiness on a shortlist of products that will keep companies protected in 2009. To help value added resellers (VARs) deal with next year's threats, VARBusiness staff, including senior members of the...

GLENDALE, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a world leader in IT security, today announced the findings from its multi-year security assessment of business services for U.S. immigrants. These multiservice businesses, primarily used by U.S. immigrants to send money back to their home countries, also known as remittances, were analyzed by Panda Security and were found to be severely lacking in security measures and at extremely high risk for cybercriminal activity such as...

A Chinese college student who wanted to hug a panda bear climbed into its pen, but instead of getting a cuddle he was mauled by the animal, officials said. The student ignored warning signs cautioning visitors to not climb over the panda cage fences at the Qixing Park Zoo in Guilin, China, hopping into a the bear's pen Friday, the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Officials said the panda, named Yangyang, was frightened by the 20-year-old's attempts to hug it and responded by...

Panda Energy International Inc. today announced that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has granted the air permit for the company's planned 1,000-megawatt combined-cycle power plant in Temple, Texas. The highly efficient generating station will be fueled with natural gas from the Texas Barnett Shale and will be able to supply the power needs of approximately 750,000 homes in the Central and North Texas regions. At peak construction, an estimated 400-500 personnel will be...

DALLAS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Panda Ethanol Inc. today announced that it has successfully restructured the funding arrangements on the company's 115-million gallon-per-year, biomass-fueled ethanol refinery, located in Hereford, Texas. The restructuring was made with the support of the project's senior and subordinated lenders and will allow for the completion of construction and startup of the facility. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081013/LAM053) As a part of...

The genome of the giant panda has now been sequenced, thanks to Chinese scientists. It's an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Researchers may also be able to explain the panda's low birth rates and help them to have more cubs by understanding their genetic make-up, said Wang Jun, a scientist at the Beijing Genomics Institute."By sequencing the giant panda genome we've laid the genetic and biological...

DALLAS, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Panda Ethanol Inc. today announced that it has exercised its contractual right to terminate Lurgi Inc. as the general contractor for Panda's 115 million gallon-per-year, biomass-fueled ethanol facility located in Hereford, Texas. The action was approved by Panda's board of directors in addition to the project's senior and subordinated lenders, as the company had lost confidence in Lurgi's ability to finish the facility due to continued construction...