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  • Appin Security emerging as support structure to reduce information security deficit

    The shift away from paper records and the overt dependence on computers to boost proficiency has created new challenges for both the government and private companies, as they defend intellectual property, scrutinise fraud, and guard their reputations from external threats. With cyber crime rife, a need is being felt that private players should be given the space to contribute to securing ...

  • Alternative provider Gateway inks Sparkle deal

    TI Sparkle, the international services arm of Telecom Italia Group, and Gateway, a self-styled 'alternative local operator' based in Libya, have signed an agreement for the provisioning of international end-to-end services to and from the North African nation. The services, which primarily cater for the demands of corporate customers, are offered through a joint platform composed of ...

  • Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership

    IDG News Service - China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. On Wednesday, Qihoo 360 appeared to debut ...

  • Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas

    Computerworld - Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief executive named Texas as the location of a new factory where Apple will assemble Macs. Cook was in Washington, D.C. ...

  • Giant solar plane flying into DFW Airport tonight

    The SolarImpulse aircraft will land at D/FW Airport at 1 a.m. Thursday morning and will be on display for the public from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The SolarImpulse aircraft will make history Wednesday as it flies nonstop from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg took off today at 4:45 a.m. from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and is expected ...


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Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) [Blu-Ray]

Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) [Blu-Ray]

Although largely unseen in decades and subsequently marginalized in film history except among the most dedicated of Japanese film enthusiasts, Teinosuke Kinugasas Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) was one of the most important films of its era. The first Japanese film to win the Gra ... ...

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  • Dish warns of national security issues if SoftBank buys Sprint

    Dish Network has brought up national security as an issue should SoftBank acquire Sprint Nextel. Dish Network Corp.'s courting of Sprint Nextel Corp. took on a tone of international intrigue as the Colorado-based satellite entertainment company played up rival SoftBank's Corp.'s ties to China. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that an anti-SoftBank website funded by Dish ...

  • Four takeaways from Apple CEO Tim Cooks tax strategy testimony

    Apple CEO Tim Cook defends his company's tax strategies at a U.S. Senate hearing. Apple CEO Tim Cook survived his first congressional hearing Tuesday with his company's reputation for innovation intact. Today, however, the focus wasn't on a new technological breakthrough by Apple, it was on the creative ways the multinational corporation reduces its U.S. tax liability. Here are four ...

  • Chorus Call launches C-Meeting Concert-oh for enterprise

    Chorus Call, the makers of the web video conferencing platform Concert-oh, are now offering an enterprise version of the platform. After spending the last few years building out Concert-oh for consumers, the Monroeville-based company created C-Meeting, the next evolution of the tool with specific features, like higher security, aimed at corporate customers. C-Meeting is a convenient ...

  • Leech Tishman adds California office

    Pittsburgh law firm Leech Tishman has opened an office in Pasadena, Calif., led by Alan Kindred and Ivan Posey, veteran intellectual property lawyers who previously operated a namesake practice. It is the firms fourth office. This transaction enabled Leech Tishman to create an intellectual property practice group to its list of services. Leech Tishman Managing Partner Pete Fuscaldo said in a ...

  • Troy startup ThermoAura secures investment

    Rutvik Mehta created ThermoAura along with two Rensselaer professors. ThermoAura Inc., a startup in Troy, NY, has won more venture funding to commercialize something a mere one-thousandth of the width of a human hair. The company closed an agreement May 21 with Eastern New York Angels LLC. That Capital Region fund will invest $250,000 in ThermoAura over the course of this year. The money will ...

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