http://www.randomspot.com A collection of daily breaking news including computer and technology, entertainment, science, video games and business. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:11:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Capstone Asset Management Co added additional 11,260 (147.47 %) shares of Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF), bringing their current holdings to 18,895 shares as shown by filings made public on 2008-04-18. The stock is currently owned by 192 funds/institutions with a total activity score of 0.14. With 45.50 % of ... http://www.randomspot.com/2008/04/19/sun-life-financial-inc-more-share-bought-by-capstone-asset-management-co/ "The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (NYSE:SLF, TSX:SLF) has been honored by the American Marketing Association (AMA) for its Income ON DemandSM marketing campaign. The award-winning campaign was honored in both the “integrated campaign” and “collateral sales kit” categories at the AMA Connecticut chapter’s 2008 Mark of Excellence ... http://www.randomspot.com/2008/04/19/sun-life-financial-marketing-campaign-wins-two-ama-mark-of-excellence-awards/ "The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE:SLF, TSX:SLF) announced the appointment of Melody Powell to Assistant Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion. As Assistant Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Powell will be responsible for developing and implementing Sun Life's diversity initiatives ... http://www.randomspot.com/2008/04/19/sun-life-financial-names-melody-powell-assistant-vice-president-of-diversity-inclusion/ "AllofMP3.com was perhaps the only online music store where hardcore members of the file-sharing community would spend money - other than newsgroup access. For a few cents per track, customers could download songs from a catalog of millions without any type of DRM (Digital Rights Management). Currently, the AllofMP3.com domain ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/07/02/allofmp3com-goes-out-with-a-whisper/ "Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 6 to 1 in June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying Nintendo's leading position. Nintendo sold 270,974 units of the Wii in the four weeks ended June 24, compared with 41,628 units ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/07/02/nintendo-wii-outsells-ps3-6-to-1-in-japan-in-june/ "Microsoft crafted their empire with software. Operating systems, office suites, desktop productivity – it made them one of the most successful companies in the world. They are no stranger to hardware, either, crafting Microsoft-branded keyboards, mice, gamepads and a slim variety of other hardware. However, it has long been a ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/07/01/microsoft-enters-pc-retailing-market/ "The wait for the first 802.11n draft 2.0 products is over. D-Link announced Friday that it was the first company to have its products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which controls standards for wireless networking. The D-Link Extreme N Router and Xtreme N Notebook Adapter were the first products to ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/07/01/d-link-gets-first-80211n-certification/ "Apple's already famous iPhone is set to go on sale at Apple retail outlets and AT&T corporate stores in the U.S. at 6:30 PM local time. The iPhone has been the subject of a steadily building media frenzy, but was even being heralded as an industry-shifting device back in January ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/06/29/apple-launches-the-iphone/ "As expected, AMD has finally introduced mainstream derivatives of its flagship Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card. These derivatives include Radeon HD 2600 XT, Radeon HD 2600 Pro, Radeon HD 2400 XT, and Radeon HD 2400 Pro models. The 2600-series cards are based on the 65nm RV630 graphics processor, while ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/06/28/amd-launches-radeon-hd-2600-2400-graphics-cards/ "Google has finally released a long-awaited native Linux application: Google Desktop for Linux. As with the already shipping OS X and Windows versions, Google Desktop enables Linux users to search for text inside documents, local e-mail messages, their Web history and their Gmail accounts. The first version supports many popular ... http://www.randomspot.com/2007/06/28/google-desktop-arrives-on-linux/