Wednesday, January 13, 2010Law Firm Behind $2.2B Chinese Software Piracy Suit Claims AttacksLos Angeles-based Gibson Hoffman & Pancione, the law firm representing Santa Barbara-based Cybersitter in a $2.2 billion, software piracy suit against China, claimed Wednesday evening that the firm has come under attack from servers within China. According to the law firm, has been receiving targeted, customized Trojan emails, which were specifically targeted at retrieving data from their computers. The firm said it has reported the attacks to the FBI. The report comes a week after the firm file (More info...)
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Citrix Online Adds Mac SupportSanta Barbara-based Citrix Online, which develops the GoToMyPC remote PC access software, announced Wednesday that it has released support for Mac users on the software package. The firm said the firm's newest release allows both Windows and Mac users to access a remote Mac or Windows PC. The firm said the Mac support comes in version 7.0 of its GoToMyPC package, and is the first time it has supported Apple's operating system in the service.
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Homestore's Wolff Pleads GuiltyStuart Wolff, the former CEO and Chairman of the board of Homestore.com, plead guilty Tuesday to participating in a scheme to artificially inflate the firm's online advertising revenue. Wolff had agreed to plead guilty last week, in a deal which calls for a sentence of at least three years and up to a maximum of five years in federal prison. Wolff had originally been convicted in 2006 of more than a dozen criminal charges and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison; however, that conviction was (More info...)
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LiveOffice Links With IntermediaLos Angeles-based LiveOffice, a provider of hosted email archiving services, said today that the firm has linked with Microsoft Exchange hosting provider Intermedia. According to the two companies, they will offer a cloud-based, email archiving solution for hosted Exchange 2010. Business details behind the arrangement were not disclosed by the companies. The firms did not release pricing on the new offering.
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Power-One: Manufacturing Not Affected By Haiti EarthquakeCamarillo-based Power-One, a manufacturer of power supplies and related products, said Wednesday that the firm's manufacturing operations in the Dominican Republic were not affected by the earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday. According to Power-One, there was "no material damage" to the facility, and that operations were unaffected at its plant. The firm also said it is still planning to close the facility in the first half of the year. Power-One had said in May of last year that it was shutting (More info...)
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Interview with Steve Adler and Danielle Mead, BiddeesYesterday, Los Angeles-based Biddees (www.biddees.com) launched a new web site, which combines gift cards, a reverse auction system, and microdonations to nonprofits. We spoke with CEO Steve Adler, and Vice President of Marketing Danielle Mead, about the firm and what it's hoping to do.
What is the site all about?
Steve Adler: It's a reverse auction site that exclusively sells prepaid cards. We use the term prepaid cards, though you might know them better as gift cards. Those cards include (More info...)
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CyberDefender Sees Boost From Anti-Malware ProductsLos Angeles-based CyberDefender, a developer of PC security, antispyware, and antivirus software, reported today that the firm saw a boost in sales in Q4, boosted by its anti-malware products. The firm said it saw unaudited cash receipts grow to $9.8M for the fourth quarter, or 128% over fourth quarter of 2008, when it saw $4.3M in cash received. The amount was also up over the $6.7M in cash received by the firm for Q3. The company said it will book those sales over the 12 to 36 month terms of l (More info...)
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Tsavo Enhances DaymixSanta Monica-based Tsavo Media, which is developing software which helps to make web sites more relevant to their visitors, announced today that it has added a new feature to match relevant stories with users on its Daymix information portal. According to Tsavo, the Daymix site will now begin delivering editorial content, based on the interests and previous click-throughs of users on the site. Tsavo said it is now running a network of more than 300 web site across the technology, finance, educat (More info...)
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Realtor.com Launches iPhone AppLos Angeles-based Realtor.com, the online real estate site run by Move.com for the National Association of Realtors, announced this morning that it has launched a new real estate search iPhone application. According to the firm, the new, free application runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and allows users to download information on properties for sale. Among features of the software are ability to see information about the property, find it using GPS, take pictures and notes of properties, and s (More info...)
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Occam Expands Win At Ohio Telephone FirmSanta Barbara-based Occam Networks, a developer of broadband equipment for the telecom industry, reported this morning that it has expanded its deployment of equipment with Ohio telecom firm Wabash Mutual Telephone. Occam said that Wabash, which had already been deploying its ADSL2Plus equipment, is expanding its deployment of its FTTP equipment. Financial details of the additional deployment was not disclosed. Wabash has been using Occam since 2005.
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