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Independent Apple Retailer Names New Sales Director

New York’s largest independent Apple retailer for nearly 25 years, Tekserve, has appointed a new Sales Director for its Pro/AV solutions practice - Charlie McCormick. Tekserve provides a full range of data backup and storage offerings, and is a premier provider of Pro A/V solutions and strategic consulting ser...

7 February 2012
17:01 GMT

NY Public Service Commission Alerts 2 Million Customers of Data Breach

The New York State Public Service Commission issued a press release and started sending out notification letters to around two million individuals after they had identified a data breach as a result of which sensitive information might have been obtained by an unknown attacker. The customer information systems of th...

25 January 2012
04:16 GMT

Fracking Suspected of Poisoning Water in New York

Nowadays, companies struggle to fight the energy crisis by exploiting both traditional sources of power and renewable alternatives. The current price of natural gas makes this resource appealing. However, the technology used to obtain it is highly controversial, since experts now warn that it could contaminate wate...

6 January 2012
02:50 GMT

Apple Holding Special Event in NY Later This Month - Report

An event targeting publishing and advertising has been scheduled by Apple in New York, with SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue reportedly being involved. Citing multiple solid sources, the WSJ-owned AllThingsD reports that Apple’s January event isn’t going to yield an iPad 3. An Apple TV ann...

3 January 2012
02:45 GMT

New York Times Spams 8 Million People and Then Points the Finger at Hackers

Instead of sending a subscription email to 300 of their customers, New York Times sent it to around 8 million people, initially rushing to deny that the messages are genuine. On Wednesday morning a lot of people woke up to see an email from the Times asking them to reconsider their decision to cancel their home deli...

29 December 2011
08:23 GMT

Video Tour of Apple’s New Grand Central Store

A video walkthrough of the newest Apple retail store located in the Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, NY, has been posted on YouTube ahead of the venue’s official opening this Friday.The footage was shot from the south end of the east balcony to the west end of the north balcony, covering roughly 10,000 squa...

8 December 2011
08:35 GMT

Photos Leak from Inside Apple’s Grand Central Store

While there have been numerous images (and renderings) depicting the work-in-progress on Apple’s newest retail store located in the Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan (NY), few unauthorized eyes have been allowed a peek inside the finished venue.Thanks to a person who leaked a couple of photos of the interior ...

7 December 2011
08:48 GMT

Facebook Opens NY Offices, Plans to Hire Thousands Next Year

Facebook has announced that it is expanding its engineering team beyond its headquarters in Palo Alto, California and will build a sizeable force on the US East coast, in New York. This will be the first such move outside of the West Coast. Most of Facebook employees work at its headquarters, but Facebook has smalle...

5 December 2011
10:11 GMT

New York Expected to Pass a Solar Bill in 2012

Representatives from environmental groups and major players operating in the solar industry join forces to empower The New York Solar Jobs Coalition, an organization aiming to encourage New York to pass a solar bill by 2012. In their opinion, the development of solar industry implies the creation of thousands of gr...

30 November 2011
04:31 GMT

Apple’s Largest Retail Store Set to Open this Week

Apple’s largest retail store ever made will open its doors this week, presumably on Tuesday, according to people who claim to be familiar with the matter.The Grand Central store will be Apple’s largest in the world, if you were to measure it by square feet.The store is housed in one of the most busy place...

21 November 2011
03:25 GMT

New York State Awarded $150M for Renewable Energy Projects

A wide range of renewable energy generation projects are to be made possible in the New York State thanks to a $150 million fund made available by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Public Service Commission (PSC).There will be 51 large-scale renewable electricity generator...

3 October 2011
12:10 GMT

New Wave of Fake Traffic Ticket Email Notifications Spammed Out

A new wave of fake emails that pose as uniform traffic ticket notifications from New York State's Department of Motor Vehicles is carrying malicious attachments.The rogue messages started hitting people's email inboxes back in July, this being a second and more aggressive campaign.It seems the spammers didn...

17 August 2011
14:07 GMT

FBI Raids Homes of Suspected Anonymous Members in New York

Three suspected Anonymous members from New York had their houses raided by the FBI earlier today in connection with an investigation into distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.According to Fox News, FBI agents executed search warrants at an address in Baldwin, New York, one in Long Island and one in Brooklyn. ...

19 July 2011
10:59 GMT

Scareware Distributed as Traffic Ticket

Scareware distributors have launched a new spam campaign that produces fake emails purporting to come from the police and containing traffic tickets.According to security researchers from CA who intercepted the spam run, the emails bear a subject of "UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET #7046."The rogue notifications purport to or...

12 July 2011
12:22 GMT

Deus Ex Inspired Art Exhibition Opens on July 28 in New York

Square Enix, the publisher of the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution video game, has announced that it is entering into a partnership with a number of artists in order to create a number of works based on the themes of its title, which will be presented on July 28 at the Wooster Street Social Club in New York City.Th...

22 June 2011
03:31 GMT

Verizon Expands 3G Network in Delaware and Jefferson County, New York

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced the expansion of its 3G network in Delaware County and Jefferson County, New York, through the deployment of new cell sites in those areas, for improving coverage and capacity. In Delaware County, the new cell site is expected to enhanced network coverage alon...

4 April 2011
12:51 GMT

iPad 2 Line Sitter Sells Her Spot for $900

U.S. resident and college student Amanda Foote sat in line at Apple’s flagship retail store in New York for 41 hours straight to eventually sell her spot for $900 to a developer whose plans for a business trip included the acquisition of Apple’s latest marvel.Interviewed, Foote said she had slept for abou...

14 March 2011
06:45 GMT

Google Buys Massive New York Building in $1.9 Billion Deal

Google has now officially confirmed its latest acquisition. This time around, though, it's not adding another company to the more than 40 it acquired this year, it has bought a building in New York. One of the biggest buildings in New York, in fact - it's ranked fourth when it comes to office space, which o...

23 December 2010
04:02 GMT

Google Said to Have Bought $1.9 Billion Building in New York

It looks like the rumors about Google buying the New York building it's currently renting space in were true. New sources have popped up and are now saying that Google is very close to completing the deal which values the building at about $1.9 billion. The Wall Street Journal is confirming earlier rumors, thoug...

3 December 2010
08:42 GMT

Sprint 4G Now in 61 Markets, New York Included

Today, wireless carrier Sprint announced officially the launch of its Sprint 4G services in a series of new markets around the United States, including New York City. The service is offered on Clearwire's WiMax networks, and is currently available commercially in a number of 61 markets in the US.Today, Sprint m...

1 November 2010
10:43 GMT

Clearwire Lights Up 4G in New York

Starting today, mobile phone users in New York have the possibility to enjoy enhanced connectivity options with Clearwire's 4G services. The company has just announced the immediate commercial availability of these services for customers in New Brunswick and New York.Clearwire brought these services to the mark...

1 November 2010
03:51 GMT

Google Said to Buy Building Covering City Block in New York for 'Googleplex East'

Google is reported to be looking to buy one of the largest buildings in Manhattan, an 18-story, 2.9 million square feet (270,000 square meters) giant in which it already rents a huge amount of space. The company has been said to be looking to expand its office space in New York since at least the beginning of the yea...

28 October 2010
04:04 GMT

New York Hit by Asteroid-Triggered Tsunami Millennia Ago

The results of a new scientific study would appear to suggest that the area now housing New York City was slammed by a large tsunami some 2,000 years ago. The deluge was most likely caused by an asteroid impact, the researchers explain.Even if the causes for tsunamis are now known to be earthquakes and volcanic activ...

26 October 2010
09:51 GMT

Microsoft Lifts Big Apple into the Cloud

After providing the Cloud offerings to power Hollywood, Microsoft’s hosted services will also be embraced by Big Apple.Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced a new deal earlier this week, designed to save the city of New York no less than $10 million per year for ...

21 October 2010
08:38 GMT

Suspect Wanted in New York ZeuS Bust Captured in Boston

Agents from FBI's Boston Field Office have captured Nikolai Garafulin, one of the fugitives in the ZeuS-related cyberfraud cases announced by authorities in New York late last month.On September 30, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney charged 37 defendants for their involvement in an international cyberfraud operation c...

11 October 2010
06:12 GMT

Authorities Charge 37 Alleged Money Mules in New York

Thirty-seven people were charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney yesterday for their roles in international fraud schemes that use a banking trojan called "ZeuS" to steal more than $3 million from US bank accounts.All of the defendants acted as money mules or recruited money mules, who laundered stolen money on behalf...

1 October 2010
06:40 GMT

Hands On: Crysis 2

Crytek is premiering their new engine, CryEngine 3.0, in the upcoming Crysis 2, a new first person shooter featuring an enhanced version of the Nanosuit which is set to change the setting for the alien invasion from a remote island to the very heart of New York City. Yesterday I declared myself a convert to the reli...

20 August 2010
06:36 GMT

A Shuttle Is Wanted in New York

With millions of people visiting the Intrepid every single year, it stands to reason that this would be one of the most intuitive locations to house a space shuttle in. With the NASA orbiter program scheduled to be retired this September, or early next year, the three spacecraft that fly within it – Discovery, ...

30 March 2010
02:04 GMT

Couple Gets Married in Apple Retail Store

The flagship Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple retail store was the location one couple chose for getting married, ifoAppleStore reports. A hot-dog stand guy recorded the ceremony on his phone, while the couple had their rings brought in on a first-gen iPod. This and other Apple-themed items were used, suggesting the two were...

19 February 2010
09:38 GMT

Crytek Feels That Bringing Crysis 2 to the Xbox 360 Generated 'Creative Constraints'

Not long ago, Crytek surprised the PC gaming community by announcing that Crysis 2 would take place in the urban environment of New York City. Compared with the original Crysis that took place on a completely open island, where you could go and do anything and anywhere, skyscrapers taking over palm trees and thick bu...

19 February 2010
06:32 GMT

New York City Will Revolve Around the Nanosuit of Crysis 2

Crytek has already announced that the upcoming Crysis 2 will no longer be taking place in a jungle environment, but in New York, and there have been a lot of voices that have shown discontent over this decision. After all, the "Cry" tag, be it in Crysis or FarCry, has always been closely connected to a lush, jungle v...

16 February 2010
06:48 GMT

Many Online Retailers Subpoenaed in Court Concerning Deceptive Ads, GameStop Included

Last week, over 22 large online retailers, including GameStop, have been subpoenaed by the New York State Attorney General's office, concerning credit-card information sharing with third-party companies. According to a news release made by the office of Andrew Cuomo, New York's Attorney General, the practic...

5 February 2010
04:14 GMT

Win $100 via the Bing Maps Challenge

Microsoft has kicked off a new challenge designed to test the familiarity of users with New York and its mapping, search and location platform. According to the Redmond company, no less than two $100 MasterCard gift cards are up for grabs for participants in the Bing Maps Challenge. Users need only answer a few quest...

26 January 2010
07:09 GMT

Crysis 2 Will Take Place in New York City

When it first came out, Crysis was a game you weren't supposed to enjoy. At least not as far as graphics went. Today, some two years later, super rigs may be able to handle the game in ultra-high detail, but most of them are probably still having nightmares ever since Crysis 2 has been announced as being in prod...

21 January 2010
11:01 GMT

AT&T Resumes iPhone Online Sales in New York

Mobile phone carrier AT&T has resumed the New York online sales of its hottest device, the Apple iPhone. The wireless services provider, as many of you might have learned already, has halted the sales of the handset via its website a few days ago for those living in the New York metropolitan area; yet, it seems that...

29 December 2009
03:29 GMT

AT&T Halts Online iPhone Selling in New York

Mobile phone carrier AT&T has made a rather interesting move recently, namely it has halted the online sales of Apple's iPhone device in the New York metropolitan area. The online sales of the iPhone have been stopped on Sunday, it seems, and different voices over the Internet suggest that the move was determin...

28 December 2009
06:56 GMT

Upper West Side (NY) Store Opening Set for Saturday

Apple has confirmed plans to open its newest retail store yet on Saturday, November 14, at 10:00 a.m. Located at 1981 Broadway, on the corner of West 67th Street (New York Upper West Side), the store lies beneath what Apple calls “a breathtaking all-glass arched roof.” The Apple Store Upper West Side is j...

13 November 2009
04:17 GMT

Amazing iPhone 3G S App Finds Nearest Subway via Camera and Compass

A hybrid collective company combining rockstar application and game developers with corporate infrastructure going by the name of acrossair has submitted New York Nearest Subway, an application specifically tailored for the capabilities of the new iPhone 3G S. Described as being one of the first augmented reality ap...

17 July 2009
04:00 GMT

Experts Identify Birds That Brought Down the Hudson Plane

At the beginning of this year, an airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in the waters of the Hudson river in New York. The pilot managed to land the plane safely on the water, after a flock of birds hit one of its engines, forcing it to shut down. Now, using a sophisticated chemical analysis, experts have ...

9 June 2009
01:42 GMT

Weightlessness Wedding Planned for June 20

On Saturday, June 20, an American couple will get married in the weightlessness of an aircraft dive, inside a plane known as The Vomit Comet. The two New Yorkers, Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan, will tie the knot in this fashion because they have both been fascinated by space since their early years, and also because ...

4 June 2009
05:52 GMT

The New Yorker Cover Drawn on an iPhone

Softpedia has learned that the cover of the June 1, 2009 edition of the New Yorker magazine will feature a picture drawn by artist Jorge Columbo, who only used his iPhone to achieve what you see pictured left. This is the first time a magazine's cover is completely drawn using the Apple handset. While there are...

26 May 2009
04:47 GMT

How to Decipher Terrorist Social Networks

The current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences may hold insight that could potentially help homeland security agencies in the United States and other western countries untangle the intricate connections of terrorist cells. According to the paper, some similarities may exist between the way social...

5 May 2009
10:05 GMT

Toys R Us(ed) Games Preparing to Compete with GameStop

Has anyone noticed how much we have been talking about used games lately? Our favorite story related to the subject is the news that there's a fresh charity, named quite simply Donate Games, which aims to get used games from players and sell them in order to get the money needed to support patients suffering fro...

4 March 2009
04:22 GMT

Model Kills Himself, Leaves Note on Facebook

Yesterday morning, Paul Zolezzi, an aspiring male model, committed suicide in the Brooklyn Park in New York, after leaving a suicide note on Facebook, the latest event in a growing trend of announcing one's death via social network websites. The 30-year-old was found hanging on the monkey bars of a playground, i...

21 February 2009
05:07 GMT

Governor Argues For Imposing Tax on Internet Downloads

 Probably terrified of having no other means of resolving New York State's $15 billion deficit, governor David Paterson has recently proposed the implementation of a new tax, one that would virtually address all downloads from the Internet, regardless of their content. Naturally, the announcement has raised...

17 February 2009
10:55 GMT

The WTC Survivors on Emergency Evacuation Drills

The tragedy that struck the United States on September 11, 2001, registered such a massive death toll in the end partially because people trapped inside the buildings panicked and ran to windows for salvation, instead of following a carefully-organized evacuation plan, which should have been available for a building ...

27 January 2009
10:13 GMT

Central Interference: New York Increases Taxes on Videogames

The governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has announced that he plans to introduce new taxes aimed at creating revenue streams for the embattled budget. One of the newly introduced taxations will be aimed at video games, which will be tariffed more in this territorial division, if the state budget for 20...

19 December 2008
12:01 GMT

New York Transfers $650M for AMD's New Plant

According to the latest news on the Web, New York's Empire State Development Co. and Public Authorities Control Board have recently approved the plans to transfer $650 million in incentives to the Foundry Company, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s manufacturing spin-off. The funds were given to AMD back in 2006...

19 December 2008
06:13 GMT

New York Approves Incentives for AMD's Plant

On Monday, the New York state economic development arm approved $1.2 billion in state incentives for an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plant to be built in Malta. All five members of the Empire State Development Corp. were in favor of the deal, and took the decision at a special meeting in Manhattan. The incentives rega...

4 December 2008
06:50 GMT

Infamous International Hacker Indicted for Credit Card Fraud

A Grand Jury from the Eastern District of New York has indicted Israeli hacker Ehud Tenenbaum, reports Threat Level. He is being accused of conspiring to commit and committing access device fraud and faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. Tenenbaum was arrested last month in Canada, where he is currently being detain...

31 October 2008
07:10 GMT


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