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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online One of the giants of social gaming is being accused of copyright infringement by Electronic Arts (EA), which claims that certain key elements from their "The Sims Social" title have been blatantly copied in a competing product released by the alleged offender. According to Reuters reporters Malathi Nayak and Gerry Shih the Redwood City, California-based game publisher has filed a 40-page document in which they allege that Zynga...
PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a partnership with CHDI Foundation, Inc. to develop systems biology tools for Huntington's disease (HD) research. HD is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to gradual cognitive decline and dementia; there are currently no...
LONDON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor®, a global leader in online brand protection. The completion of the acquisition is subject to standard regulatory approvals. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition of MarkMonitor,...
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global public relations firm Ketchum today announced that former Reuters News correspondent Jeremy Pelofsky joined the agency's Public and Corporate Affairs Practice as a vice president and media strategist. Based in Ketchum's Washington, D.C., office, he brings 15 years of government media experience with Reuters News and Bloomberg News, where he covered the White House, Congress and a number of federal and international agencies, including...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Rumors have been flying for a while about a new Kindle Fire offering from Amazon. Today, Reuters is quoting Demos Parneros, Staples’ president, saying Amazon could actually release multiple mobile devices as soon as next week. According to Parneros, Amazon has introduced 5 or 6 tablet SKUs in preparation of an imminent launch. Amazon has been rumored before to release a 10-inch version of their Fire tablet, which could put it in...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online One month after we first heard rumors of Apple dropping their long standing 30-pin dock connector in the latest, unreleased iPhone, Reuters has come through with a confirmation of their own. This Reuters “confirmation” can be added to confirmations by the Wall Street Journal that the next iPhone will have a 4-inch screen and be even slimmer than before. At this point, we seem to know a great deal about the latest,...
redOrbit is joining in solidarity with Tim Tuttle of The New 93Q in Houston, TX, who had this to say on Facebook: "It's pretty apparent that this spineless loser in Colorado decided to ambush & shoot unarmed, innocent people in order to gain fame & notoriety. The Q Morning Zoo has decided to take a stand and never utter his name on our show. Ever! From this day forward he will only be referred to as "The Aurora Gutless Coward." Sorry scumbag, but you don't get a movie or trading...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Experts are predicting considerable growth for eBay's Bill Me Later (BML) service, while warning that such growth could come with considerable risks due to the nature of the business. According to Alistair Barr of Reuters, BML, which essentially offers credit to online shoppers, was purchased by the popular online auction website for approximately $1 billion in 2008. It accumulated more than $2 billion worth of loans in 2011 -- an...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Some Windows-based computers were rendered inoperable by a recent anti-virus software update, security software developers Symantec confirmed on Friday. According to Reuters reporter Jim Finkle, a bug in an update to the company's Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 anti-virus software for businesses caused some PCs running Windows XP operating system software to crash repeatedly, resulting in the "stop message" or "blue screen of...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Teenagers are a coveted audience online, yet building a social networking site or app, or letting that age group on a larger social network comes with responsibility; a responsibility that companies take on with varying degrees. This is the promise to identify and block sexual predators from grooming and meeting up with kids and teens. Experts say that some of the best forms of monitoring combine technology and human observation....
