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WIMM Labs Announces Global Technology Partnership and Funding from Foxconn, World’s Largest Electronics Manufacturer

LOS ALTOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WIMM Labs, creators of an innovative platform to enable a new class of personal connected micro devices that deliver information at a glance in a wearable form factor, today announced a second round of financing from Hon Hai Precision Industries, the world’s largest electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company. “As digital information becomes increasingly vital to our daily lives, we need ways to make it more accessible, timely and relevant,” said WIMM Lab

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WIMM Labs Announces Global Technology Partnership and Funding from Foxconn, World’s Largest Electronics Manufacturer

Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering. WWDC

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Intuit Small Business Employment Index Marks Slow Growth in May

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Small business jobs rose slightly in May as employers added 45,000 jobs to their payrolls. Hours worked and compensation dipped slightly, showing declines of 0.13 percent and 0.14 percent respectively. These are among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Inc

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ConceptDraw PROJECT v6 by CS Odessa, Gains Ability to Work with Mindjet® MindManager® Map Files from Mac or PC

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ConceptDraw PROJECT v6 by CS Odessa Gains Ability to Import Mindjet® MindManager® Mind Map Files from Mac or PC

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ConceptDraw PROJECT v6 by CS Odessa, Gains Ability to Work with Mindjet® MindManager® Map Files from Mac or PC

Kaseya and Ninite Announce OEM Relationship

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaseya®, the leading global provider of automated IT systems management software, today announced an OEM relationship with Ninite, a San Francisco-based company which automates software installation for eighty nine popular third-party applications including Adobe Reader, Firefox, Flash, Java, and Skype. The combined solution will provide Kaseya customers with a powerful policy driven solution to easily deploy, patch and update applications on systems across a d

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Fitch Rates Imperial Irrigation District, CA’s Electric System Revs ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns the following rating to the Imperial Irrigation District, CA’s (IID) bonds: –$78,065,000 electric system refunding revenue bonds, series 2011B ‘A+’. The bonds are structured as fixed-rate, level debt service with a final maturity in 2041.

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Fitch Rates Imperial Irrigation District, CA’s Electric System Revs ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

Roku Partners with Rovio to Bring First Angry Birds Experience to TV; Expands Internet TV Platform to Include Casual Games

SARATOGA, Calif. & ESPOO, Finland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Roku and Rovio today announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to bring the first Angry Birds experience to the TV.

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Roku Partners with Rovio to Bring First Angry Birds Experience to TV; Expands Internet TV Platform to Include Casual Games

HP Unveils Performance Suite for the Instant-On Enterprise

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled a new suite of software to operationalize, measure and improve IT performance across the industry’s broadest set of technology investments and asset classes. Tech executives require standardized, efficient tools that measure, benchmark and improve performance.

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McAfee Q1 Threats Report Reveals Surge in Malware and Drop in Spam

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2011 . With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had a significant impact on the threat landscape, such as the takedown of the Rustock botnet, which resulted in spam remaining at its lowest levels since 2007, and confirmed that mobile malware is the new frontier of cybercrime

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New policy after crews watch man die in SF Bay

A 50-year-old man waded into the San Francisco Bay, stood up to his neck and waited.

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New policy after crews watch man die in SF Bay

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