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CHICAGO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Akamai (Nasdaq:AKAM-Free Report) as the Bull of the Day and Barnes Group (NYSE:B-Free Report) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis ontheVarian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VAR-Free Report), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI-Free Report) and Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq:ARAY-Free Report). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:...
NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- High 5 Games and Electrotank, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which High 5 Games will acquire substantially all of Electrotank's assets and intellectual property. As a result of the agreement, High 5 Games will welcome the Electrotank team into the company. "This move will allow High 5 Games to strengthen and finalize our upcoming Game Server Platform, which will allow our content to be...
Blogs, websites and social networks will be targets for major advertisers SAO PAULO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to being known as the soccer country, Brazil also leads the ranking of countries that most access social networks in the world. According to IBOPE, social networking sites have had the highest percentage in recent times (36%), led by Facebook, with almost 44 million single visitors in December 2012, 22% more than in 2011. With a high level of influence,...
Represents Significant Investment By Publicis, Leverages Rosetta Services and Solutions and IBM Smarter Commerce Technologies to Drive Innovation in Customer Engagement and Commerce PRINCETON, N.J., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Publicis Groupe's Rosetta today announced the launch of the first Commerce Center of Excellence in San Luis Obispo, CA, to serve as Rosetta's main hub for Commerce-related innovation, accelerate the agency's ability to deliver quality commerce solutions at...
LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending June 9, 2013. RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES* RANK TITLE STUDIO WEEKS IN RELEASE...
Distribution Leaders Take "Women of the Channel" and "Power 100" Honors TARRYTOWN, N.Y., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Westcon Group, a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers, today announced Senior Vice President of North America Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy - as well as Director of Security Product Sales in North America Heather Allen -- were recognized by...
NASHUA, N.H., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber security expert and noted entrepreneur Gary Miliefsky has unveiled a breakthrough antispyware program that blocks online eavesdropping. The program, SnoopWall, will debut on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/NE33065LOGO ) SnoopWall blocks remote access to mobile devices by protecting data-leakage ports including webcams, microphones, and GPS. Restricting access to...
NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While advancements in digital technology and increased popularity of social networking have made their mark on and offline social interaction in recent years, it seems some Americans have more faith in a pet to help their social life. Indeed,according to new research from Mintel, almost half (47%) of pet owners believe owning a pet is better for your social life than social networking sites. (Logo:...
Previously available only to iOS users, MPme's mobile app effortlessly personalizes global radio listening with tap of button LONDON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MPme's free, popular mobile music app became available today for the Android operating system. First launched for the iPad in January 2012, MPme now offers the Android faithful an elegant, intelligent aggregation of several thousand radio broadcasts worldwide presented to audiophiles based on individual style, or...
Mobile devices need better security as they offer more services, and biometric authentication provides a solution, says Heavy Reading Mobile Networks Insider BOSTON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As mobile devices, smartphones and tablets become more prolific, the need to secure them grows exponentially, and biometric authentication offers that security, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Insider (www.heavyreading.com/mobile-networks), a subscription research service...
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The Fairchild Channel F is a game console manufactured by Fairchild Semiconductor that was released in August 1976. It was the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console as well as the first to use a microprocessor. The original name for the system was the Video Entertainment System, but when Atari released their VCS the name was changed to Channel F. By 1977 sales had reached 250,000 and was second to the Atari VCS. The Channel F, using an F8 CPU, produced enough AI to use...
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 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 Coleco Gemini is similar to the Atari 2600 video game console. The Gemini was manufactured by Coleco as the second generation game console using ROM cartridges. In 1982 Coleco produced an expansion module for the ColecoVision that was compatible with the Atari 2600. Atari tried to sue Coleco for patent infringement but lost, allowing Coleco to manufacture the Coleco Gemini. The Gemini had an 8 way joystick, attached on the top, and a 270-degree paddle on the bottom of the same...
The ECTACO jetBook is a line of e-book readers developed by ECTACO released globally in October 2008. Other models released were the jetBook lite in January 2010, the jetBook mini in August, 2010, and the jetBook color. The display on the jetBook is a 5-inch reflective LCD screen with no backlight. It has an automatic page-turn and bookmark function. English is built into the device with an explanatory dictionary and supports most European and Asian languages, with adjustable font sizes,...
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