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Former Yahoo! Global CRO and CEO of AdMeld (Google) Joins Tapad's Distinguished Board of Directors NEW YORK, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tapad, the leading providers of unified cross-device advertising solutions, today announced the appointment of Michael Barrett to the company's Board of Directors. Barrett's role takes effect immediately. He is based in New York. ? Barrett has nearly 20 years of experience in e-commerce, advertising, publishing and sales. He most recently served...
15 deaths among more than 200 cases nationwide in tainted steroid injection outbreak BRIDGETON, N.J., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two New Jersey residents who received steroid injections to relieve chronic pain are asserting in separate Complaints filed today that a Massachusetts-based pharmacy is responsible for exposing them to potentially deadly fungal meningitis. The Federal government is reporting 15 deaths to date among the approximately 14,000 patients in 23...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Michael Barrett, Chief Information Security Officer at PayPal, has joined the organization's board of directors. NCSA is a nonprofit, public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education to help a digital citizenry stay safe and secure in an increasingly connected world. It works across government, private, nonprofit and academic organizations toward that...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A lawsuit filed yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges a complicated scheme by former employees to embezzle millions of dollars from Mantra Films, the Joe Francis-owned company that produces the Girls Gone Wild videos. The lawsuit presents compelling evidence uncovered by investigators that the tax indictment against Francis rose entirely out of efforts by a former accountant hoping to cover his theft of millions from Francis'...
CyberDefender Continues To Build Experienced Management Team To Meet Growth Needs LOS ANGELES, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a continuing effort to further bolster its management team as growth has accelerated, CyberDefender Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CYDE), an award-winning provider of PC security, Antispyware/ Antivirus Software, PC Optimization, PC Support, and Identity Theft Prevention solutions, announced today two new key management hires. Mr. Raffi Simonian, an...
By Elise Ackerman San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. - The hacker who infiltrated Sarah Palin's e- mail account last month might have intended to embarrass the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the prank also exposed one of the Internet industry's most uncomfortable secrets: It is remarkably easy for someone to break into your online e-mail account. In a post on an online community bulletin board, the hacker, who called himself "Rubico," described how he broke into...
Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best. Fortunately, the solution is simple: listening repeatedly. In fact, intensive repetition "” listening at least 400 times to each heart sound "” significantly improved the stethoscope abilities of doctors, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting.After demonstrating last year that medical students greatly...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Juan Uribe homered and drove in five runs while Jon Garland pitched six strong innings as the Chicago White Sox beat the struggling Chicago Cubs 6-2 in interleague play Friday between the cross-town rivals at Wrigley Field. Uribe had a two-run single to key a three-run White Sox first inning and added an RBI double in the third and a two-run homer in the eighth in the opener of a three-game series between Chicago's two teams. "He was the reason we pretty much won...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cubs catcher Michael Barrett was suspended for 10 games on Friday and three others disciplined for their roles in a bench-clearing brawl at last Saturday's interleague game against the White Sox. White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson was suspended for five games, Sox third base coach Joey Cora for two games and White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was fined an undisclosed amount, Major League Baseball announced. The fracas erupted in the second inning of the intra-city...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rookie Sean Marshall won his pitching duel against Florida ace Dontrelle Willis to help the Chicago Cubs eke out a 3-1 victory over the Marlins in National League play at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Making just his fourth major league start, the 23-year-old Marshall (2-0) turned in another poised and polished performance, allowing two hits over seven shutout innings while striking out a career-high seven to get the decision. "He (Marshall) was phenomenal," Cubs...
