Dish takes TV networks to court over ad zapper
Source: Reuters
Englewood :: CO :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 17:00:14 -0700 | technology-news
Topics The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Colorado April 6, 2011. The maker of a new digital video recorder that lets viewers skip television commercials at...
SEC unlikely to file charges in Lehman case - memo
Source: International Business Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 15:48:49 -0700 | technology-news
Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation into Lehman Brothers Holdings and will not likely recommend charges, according to the excerpt of a memo sent to Reuters. The excerpt, which was not dated, was sent along with an anonymous...
US elections delay Qinetiq contracts
Source: The Independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-05-24 16:50:30 -0700 | technology-news
News in pictures On Facebook The technology company Qinetiq, which used to be the Government's military gadget-maker, yesterday warned contracts are being delayed in the US because of this year's presidential elections. Its chief executive, Leo Quinn, said that "uncertainty...
Eugene Polley: Inventor of the TV remote control
Source: The Independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-05-24 16:49:51 -0700 | technology-news
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs Today Tahrir Square is not the scene of demonstrations against the military...The whole point of the Asbo was to prevent anti-social characters wreaking havoc in local communitie... While some will hold the...
Cookie use deadline approaches
Source: BBC
Icó :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-24 16:32:03 -0700 | technology-news
websites must seek consent from this weekend Technology reporter, BBC News The EU wants to put a stop to tracking cookies logging a user's activity without their knowledge Friday marks the last working day for UK businesses to prepare their...
SEC sanctions ex-staffer who represented Stanford Co
Source: International Business Times
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 15:51:20 -0700 | technology-news
A former top enforcement official in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Texas office has been barred from appearing before the agency for one year for violating conflict-of-interest rules. The SEC said on Thursday that former Fort Worth enforcement director Spencer...
Business › Nissan to recall 194,434 vehicles for parts defects
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2012-05-24 15:23:49 -0700 | technology-news
Nissan Motor Co is to recall 194,434 vehicles of the Caravan model and the Como, a van supplied to and sold by Isuzu Motors Ltd, because of defective parts, according to a filing with Japan's transport ministry on Thursday. Vans...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over teen suicide
Source: United Press International
Rome :: GA :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 15:23:16 -0700 | technology-news
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a school district by a Georgia couple whose son's suicide was documented in the film "Bully."...District Judge Harold Murphy, in a ruling issued Monday, said that David and Tina Long did not...
Green Blog: Tracking the Travels of Young Bluefin Tuna
Source: The New York Times
Amherst :: MA :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 14:34:27 -0700 | technology-news
Atlantic bluefin tuna aren't much of a mystery when they're dead. Sushi chefs roaming the Tokyo fish market can appraise a bluefin steak with a cursory glance. Multitudes of people are intimate with the distinct texture and flavor of bluefin...
Scott Carpenter recalls early space mission on USS Intrepid
Source: USA Today
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 17:32:35 -0700 | technology-news
Fifty years after he was plucked from the Atlantic Ocean and deposited on the deck of the USS Intrepid , pioneering astronaut Scott Carpenter marked the anniversary of his three orbits of Earth and tense re-entry with a return to...
1Malaysia Pad joins country's lucrative tablet market
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2012-05-24 17:32:30 -0700 | technology-news
A new player has come into the country's lucrative tablet market the 1Malaysia Pad. The 7-inch pad, using the Android Gingerbread operating system, was developed by MalTechPro Sdn Bhd . It was officially unveiled at a soft launch yesterday, promising...
Hungarian tiger cubs a dream come true...
Source: Arab News
Abony :: Hungary | updated 2012-05-24 17:02:46 -0700 | technology-news
Thursday 1 January 1970 As a child, Hungarian zookeeper and owner Tibor Toth dreamed of having lots of animals around him and his life was forever changed the day he petted a tiger cub...He owns a small zoo in the...
Cook County looks at naming rights
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 17:01:24 -0700 | technology-news
All of those, plus more mundane ideas such as advertising on county web sites or placing vending machines in public spaces, are mentioned in a new county request for comprehensive marketing proposals from private firms. Clearly we're in a time...
Propaganda firm owner admits attacks on journalists
Source: USA Today
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-05-24 16:21:16 -0700 | technology-news
The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was aware of the statement and "has directed the department to review this matter and to take appropriate action." "We were deeply disappointed to read this disclosure from Leonie Industries. Smear campaigns online...
Son of China's Bo Xilai graduates from Harvard
Source: International Business Times
Chongqing :: China | updated 2012-05-24 13:18:33 -0700 | technology-news
The son of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai graduated from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government on Thursday, capping a tumultuous academic year that also placed him in the center of his homeland's biggest leadership crisis in two decades.
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