Obama visits Albany tech center with Cuomo
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 9, 2012
Tags: Albany tech center, Economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, President Barack Obama
ALBANY — In separate speeches, President Barack Obama and Gov. Andrew Cuomo made clear a central theme that will emerge as this presidential campaign, and perhaps the next, plays out: The economy is getting better. During a Tuesday visit, Cuomo praised Obama’s leadership after the two men toured a high-tech facility in Albany, which [...]
Kodak online photos going to Shutterfly in July
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 8, 2012
Tags: Kodak, online photos, Shutterfly, website
NEW YORK — Kodak will close its online-photo service on July 2 after a federal bankruptcy judge approved a $23.8 million sale of the business to Shutterfly. Shutterfly Inc. emerged last month as the sole bidder for Eastman Kodak Co.’s Kodak Gallery business. The judge approved the sale last week. Kodak, which filed for [...]
Pollution Prevention Institute adds programs 
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: April 30, 2012
Tags: environmental conservation, Pollution Prevention Institute, RIT
Joseph Martens, Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, and Anahita Williamson, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute’s (NYSP2I) director, announced that two new programs have been added to the NYSP2I at Rochester Institute of Technology to help businesses market and develop green technology for the next two years. The DEC provided $1.6 million from the state [...]
Legal marketers discover QR codes
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: April 30, 2012
Tags: legal marketers, QR codes
You’ve seen them everywhere. Funny square boxes with squiggles in black and white. They are QR, or “Quick Response,” codes, one of the tools that marketers use in the new field of mobile marketing. Where Web advertising was once the frontier of the marketing industry, more and more tech-savvy consumers have migrated to a newer [...]
Slaughter secures $25 million from House panel
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 26, 2012
Tags: advanced fuel research, Department of Energy, funding, Rep. Louise Slaughter
Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport has announced that she secured $25 million to continue advanced fuel cell research at the Department of Energy by clearing a major hurdle in the House. She led House colleagues in reversing the administration’s proposal to eliminate the program in the fiscal 2013 budget request, noting it will benefit Delphi, [...]
EarthLink announces 1stQ results
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 26, 2012
Tags: EarthLink, financial results, first quarter
EarthLink, Inc. has announced financial results for its first quarter ending March 31. Highlights include a net income of $7.3 million or $0.07 per share; net cash provided by operating activities of $66.2 million; unlevered free cash flow (a non-GAAP measure) of $45.9 million; and ending cash and marketable securities of $270.8 million. “During the [...]
Buffalo reports improving high-tech investment
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: Bright Forum, high-tech investment, University at Buffalo
The Bright Forum is Buffalo Niagara’s premier event for introducing investors to promising technologies from across New York and Ontario, Canada. Hosted by Bright Buffalo Niagara, a coalition of regional partners led by the University at Buffalo, the forum features a series of pitch sessions where entrepreneurs present ideas to investors. Sponsors include the University [...]
RIT students compete in cyber defense contest
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: competition, cyber defense contest, RIT, students
As participants in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio last weekend, a group of Rochester Institute of Technology students found out what it’s like to be a network or security administrator in control of a company’s information system with the responsibility of managing and protecting an existing network structure. The students from [...]
Attorney general goes after Sprint for unpaid taxes
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, lawsuit, New York State, Sprint Nextel
New York state is suing Sprint Nextel Corp., claiming the company cheated the state and localities out of more than $100 million in sales taxes on flat-rate access charges for wireless calling plans. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, who filed suit Thursday, is seeking the penalty under the False Claims Act, which requires three times [...]
Troopers looking for distracted drivers
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: cell phones, driving, New York State Police, tickets
All next week, New York State Police in Western New York will be looking for distracted drivers, one of the most serious dangers on the roads — cell phone use while driving, according to Maj. Christopher L. Cummings, Troop “A” commander. The week of April 23 to 29 is “Operation Hang Up” for the New [...]
Computer-assisted review aids discovery
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: coding, computer-assisted review, e-discovery
The future is here. A recent decision from the Southern District of New York may ease the reluctance of attorneys to use computer-assisted coding in the discovery process. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, has issued what is likely the first ruling on [...]
High Court could look at website agreements
By Eric Walter
POSTED: April 13, 2012
Tags: criminal charges, terms of service, U.S. supreme court, website agreements
The question of whether federal prosecutors should have the power to levy criminal charges against users who violate terms of service agreements of computers will likely receive U.S. Supreme Court review. In U.S. v. David Nosal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled last week against a Department of Justice interpretation of [...]
