ComputerRentals.com Adds the Powerhouse 8-Core Mac Pro to its Extensive MacIntosh Rental Inventory

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2007

Catering to the high-performance needs of its customers, ComputerRentals.com (http://www.computerrentals.com) has added the powerful 8-Core Mac Pro workstation to its inventory of desktop rental equipment. Fueled by two Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" processors running at 3.0GHz, the 8-Core Mac Pro performs up to two times faster than the Power Mac G5 Quad. Add advanced workstation graphics and unparalleled expansion and the 8-Core Mac Pro is a dream machine, in particular for movie industry visual effects companies who rely on ComputerRentals.com to meet the ever-increasing power needs of their render farms.

The 8-Core Mac Pro's 64-bit Intel Xeon processors deliver breakthrough performance and power efficiency for the most advanced creative and scientific applications. Each processor's enhanced SSE3 vector engine allows it to transform large sets of data with speed. Among the additional selling points that make the 8-Core Mac Pro an ideal choice for the most demanding computer rental customers nationwide:

Barnes & Noble Adds Corona SDK as a Recommended Development Framework for NOOK Color Readers Tablet

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2011

Barnes & Nobles NOOK Developer program has added Ansca Mobiles Corona SDK as one of the recommended frameworks for development of NOOK Apps on NOOK Color. The move comes at the same time as Barnes & Noble has made a major update to the NOOK Color Readers Tablet, adding the most-requested tablet features from customers.

Through its NOOK Developer program, Barnes & Noble has listed Corona SDK as one of its recommended SDK frameworks, enabling developers to create apps and interactive content for NOOK Color. Barnes & Noble stated that Coronas demonstrated ease and speed for developers to create high-performance apps was the reason the company added it as a featured development tool for NOOK Developer users.

NOOK Apps developed with the Corona SDK apps take advantage of NOOK Colors stunning 7-inch color touchscreen, said Claudia Romanini, Director, Developer Relations for Barnes & Noble.com. It is an ideal framework for interactive apps and games on our device.

NOOK Color is a great device for reading and other complementary experiences. Were excited to work with Barnes & Noble to provide developers with the opportunity to create quality NOOK Apps for NOOK Color as weve done on other platforms said Carlos Icaza, Co-Founder of Ansca Mobile. With Corona, app developers and content publishers now will be able to get their creations to market more quickly and easily.

Currently, there are three NOOK Apps available for NOOK Color that were developed with Corona SDK, including the popular The Secret of Grisly Manor from Fire Maple Games.

As an independent developer, utilizing Coronas cross-platform capabilities made it really easy to publish my games to a new platform, said Fire Maple founder Joe Kauffman. Having the ability to write my app once and deploy it across multiple platforms such as NOOK Color using the Corona SDK opens up the possibility to reach millions of new customers, which in this business is absolutely invaluable.

Corona SDK is free to use for an unlimited trial, with subscription options available on Mac (iOS and Android development) or Windows (Android development) when users are ready to publish their app.

ABOUT ANSCA MOBILE

Ansca, Inc. (http://www.anscamobile.com) is a venture-backed Palo Alto, CA-based mobile development company founded by two former Adobe mobile engineers who previously led the Adobe Flash Lite engineering team. Their Corona SDK software development kit empowers developers of all backgrounds to create graphically rich games and applications for Apples iOS and Googles Android mobile platforms. Corona SDK-based applications have been downloaded more than 10M times in the first quarter of 2011 alone.

ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 705 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 636 college bookstores serving nearly 4 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (http://www.bn.com), one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, which also features more than two million titles in its NOOK Bookstore (http://www.bn.com/ebooks). Through Barnes & Nobles NOOK eReading product offering, customers can buy and read eBooks on the widest range of platforms, including NOOK eBook Readers, devices from partner companies, and hundreds of the most popular mobile and computing devices using free NOOK software.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

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EquipNet Adds Demolition Planning Resources to the Facility Closure Resource Center: Check out Case Studies, Free eBooks, and More (http://www.EquipNet.com/Demo-PR)

Canton, MA (PRWEB) October 21, 2011

EquipNet has updated its widely-used Facility Closure Resource Center with tips and best practices for manufacturers planning a demolition project. When companies need to demolish a building, they have to juggle many concerns, including safety, scheduling, permits, environmental effects, impact on operations, and more. Often, they get so focused on these details that they forget to ask some simple questions and end up leaving money--sometimes hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars--on the table.

The new Demolition section of the EquipNet Facility Closure Resource Center at http://www.EquipNet.com/Demo-PR anticipates and answers these critical questions to help companies maximize returns and minimize risk when demolishing all or part of their manufacturing operations. The multimedia website offers case studies of best practices from leading firms; a glossary of common demolition terms; and two free eBooks with pre-demolition tips from demolition experts.

EquipNets Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Matthew Smith, first noticed the trend toward complete and partial demolition when working with leading companies closing their manufacturing facilities. Without equipment expertise and a pre-demolition plan, says Smith, these companies were often at the mercy of demolition contractors. When the building is toppled, the equipment was just an afterthought, transformed into scrap metal that was only worth a portion of its actual value.

We realized that these manufacturers could benefit from our demolition experience to properly create a pre-demolition strategy. Working with project partners and equipment specialists, we developed this new chapter in EquipNets growing library of resource center materials.

About EquipNet

EquipNet is a leading provider of proactive asset management solutions and services to leading corporations in the biotech, pharmaceutical, chemical, and consumer packaged goods industries, such as Merck, Novartis, Unilever and many others. EquipNets vision is to revolutionize the way companies manage their surplus assets by maximizing financial returns and minimizing the risks associated with idle capital assets. For more information, please visit: http://www.EquipNet.com.

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