AVG Technologies files for IPO of up to $125 million (Reuters)
Reuters:AVG Technologies files for IPO of up to $ 125 million — (Reuters) – Internet security software maker AVG Technologies NV filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $ 125 million in an initial public offering. — AVG, which is known for its free suite of antivirus products … “internet security” – Techmeme Search
gang stole £1 million from students
Police have busted a gang believed to have stolen £1 million ($1.54 million) from UK students by tricking them into revealing details of their educational loans. Four unnamed men and two women suspected of being involved have now been arrested on …
Zinio Raises $20 Million For Digital Newsstand (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch)
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:Zinio Raises $20 Million For Digital Newsstand — Zinio, which bills itself as the world’s largest digital newsstand and bookstore, has raised $20 million in new funding according to an SEC filing. — Zinio provides global access to thousands of magazine titles from most major publishers in a variety of languages.
attacks loss of USD 520 million
Bangalore, Nov 15 : A whopping USD 520 million has been lost during the first six months of 2011 according to a report by RSA, the security division of EMC. According to the findings released in the October Fraud Report, RSA said the month of October which …
UT System paying $34.9 million to fill gaps found in
A review of that found “high-risk gaps” at various University of Texas System campuses prompted the governing board on Thursday to allocate $34.9 million in endowment funds for improvements. The money will pay for equipment, software, and …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 earns record-breaking $400 million in 24 hours (Todd Haselton/BGR)
Todd Haselton / BGR:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 earns record-breaking $400 million in 24 hours — Soldiers, let’s agree to a quick armistice. Activision Publishing announced on Friday that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which exploded onto store shelves this past Wednesday, has set an all-time sales record …
Seven Charged With Clickjacking IRS, Apple Links to Tune of $14 Million (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:Seven Charged With Clickjacking IRS, Apple Links to Tune of $14 Million — Seven Eastern European men have been charged in New York with operating a clickjacking scheme that infected more than 4 million computers in order to hijack surfers trying to get to the iTunes store or the IRS.
Apple already spent $750 million on the iCloud building alone? (Christian Zibreg/9to5Mac)
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:Apple already spent $750 million on the iCloud building alone? — CEO Tim Cook confirmed at the iPhone 4S unveiling shipments of 250 million iOS devices since the original iPhone went on sale in the summer of 2007. The iPhone 4S, the latest and greatest new model, has marked a shift in [...]
Sony Recalls 1.6 Million Bravia TV Sets Because of Fire Risk (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:Sony Recalls 1.6 Million Bravia TV Sets Because of Fire Risk — Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Sony Corp. recalled 1.6 million Bravia flat-panel TVs sold worldwide since 2007 because a faulty component may cause them to melt or catch fire. — Sony recalled the liquid-crystal display TVs …
General Dynamics awarded $900 million USAF contract for Joint Global Broadcast Service program
Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract from the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Joint Program Office at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts for the production of approximately 1,500 Transportable Ground Receive Suites (TGRS) and 1,110 retrofit kits for systems already in the field. [...]
