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Unique tracking device aims to debut at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New technology from MotionsTek (www.motionstek.com), a Taiwan-based technology developer, might put lost and found departments out of business. Tag*it is a discrete tracking device that pairs with a user's smartphone. By gauging relative motions, the technology knows when a wallet, purse, or other personal valuable is moving too far away. MotionsTek has...
Showcases FibeAir IP-20A - an ultra-high power all-indoor solution and FibeAir IP-20C HP - a high power multi-core all-outdoor solution, both supporting 2048QAM, at CTIA Wireless CTIA WIRELESS PRE-CONFERENCE, LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. [http://www.ceragon.com ] (NASDAQ: CRNT), the #1 wireless backhaul specialist, today introduced the newest additions to its FibeAir IP-20 product series. FibeAir IP-20A...
Solutions Integrator NACR Wins 13th Consecutive Award at Catalyst Conference EAGAN, Minn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Who says 13 is an unlucky number? Not communications integration expert NACR, which has been recognized for the thirteenth year in a row as Catalyst Telecom's National Avaya Partner of the Year. The award was announced during Catalyst's 2013 Partner Conference, held May 14-16 in Savannah, GA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070809/AQTH118LOGO) NACR...
Agency Has Completed More Than 100 Commerce Implementations, Expects Commerce-Related Revenues to Top $100M for 2013 PRINCETON, N.J., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta, a leading customer engagement agency and independent brand in the Publicis Groupe, is building on its run of new Commerce assignments with the Platinum Sponsorship of the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit 2013, which begins Tuesday, May 21 and runs through Thursday, May 23 in Nashville, TN. Rosetta, Publicis and...
Listing shows increase in closings for top U.S. builders MCLEAN, Va., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BUILDER, the leading media brand in residential construction, this week announced the BUILDER 100, its annual ranking of the 100 largest homebuilding companies in the U.S. Miller & Smith made the list coming in as the 99(th) largest homebuilder in the country, based on closings, gross revenue and product type. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120106/PH31307LOGO) Doug...
LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Earlier this year, twelve-year-old developer Ethan Duggan debuted his LazyHusband app at SXSW. Duggan was a crowd favorite and has since been in development on the accompanying LazyWife and LazyKid apps to round out the LazyFamily set. Local to the Las Vegas area, Duggan taught himself to code last year and has since spent countless hours programming, creating and debugging apps. (Logo:...
Pervasive Group is excited to announce MMGuardian(TM), one of the first optimized parental control solutions for carriers. MMGuardian is a CTIA E-Tech Awards Finalist in the mobile category and Pervasive will conduct a live demonstration of MMGuardian on the Exhibit Innovations Stage at booth 5646 within CTIA World on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 12:30pm. LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- MMGuardian, currently available for Android devices, is a high performance, fully...
STAMFORD, Conn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading educational content, software and services company, today announced the appointment of Alexander Broich as the President of International. Beginning July 1, he will be based in the company's Boston, MA office and will serve on the executive team reporting to Michael Hansen, Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Broich will be responsible for the growth and development of the company's international operations....
TOKYO, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh continues to be ranked as a global market leader by all major analysts' reports published on MPS in 2012, including a new report from Quocirca entitled "Managed Print Services (MPS) Landscape, 2013." The report states, "Ricoh has a strong value proposition to deliver MPS to large enterprises - managing both their office and production print environments." Quocirca, headquartered in the UK, describes market leaders as possessing "diverse...
LG UltraWide Monitors in Center of Creative Process For Musician's Latest Work ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics collaborated with Pretty Lights, the pioneering hip-hop artist Derek Vincent Smith, to create a unique music video for his latest track, "Around the Block." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110203/CG42292LOGO-d) The video (http://www.youtu.be/sUBzjL2XN9Q) stars LG's "UltraWide" IPS monitors, which complement Smith's musical...
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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 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;...
