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Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit City: Circuit City said Friday that it is exploring strategic alternatives and will allow Blockbuster and investor Carl Icahn to "conduct additional due diligence." Last month, Blockbuster announced a rather perplexing plan to acquire Circuit City in an attempt to take two struggling retailers and make one strong...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Diligence, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backers: Sprint and Clearwire have combined their WiMax businesses to form a new venture that will be focused on next generation broadband services. The company will be backed by $3.2 billion from the likes of Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This new venture,...; Tags: Google Inc., Clearwire Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Photos: Cracking open the Nintendo Wii Remote: TechRepublic explores the design and circuitry of Nintendo's Wii Remote. by CNET News.com; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Photograph, Nintendo Wii, CNET News.com, Corporate Governance, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Networking; Image galleries 2008-05-07
Brain Freeze - The Meltdown (exe): Brain Freeze - The Meltdown is a great puzzle game that exercises your grey matter. The object of the game is to match the pictures hidden behind the game pieces on the game board. You can only display two pictures at a time. If they do not match, as shown...; Tags: Picture, Brain Fart, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Effect on Yahoo will be debilitating: In part one of this comment (Febuary 2/08 ) I said: Some mergers are defensive, some are driven by competitive opportunity, and others largely by management egos and investment bankers hooking for commissions. This seems to be one of the latter: Yahoo was over valued relative to its...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Heads, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Free Trade, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-04

Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground: Some -- probably many -- are going to portray Microsoft's decision announced on May 3 to withdraw its Yahoo bid as a victory for Yahoo and a defeat for Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer & Co. Me? I see this as the smartest thing Microsoft could do. In...; Tags: Web, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-03
Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?: Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...; Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Can Deep Green help a combat commander?: University of Southern California (USC) researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...; Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet: Update: Microsoft's board met Wednesday to mull over its next move regarding its Yahoo board, but couldn't reach a decision. The Wall Street Journal, which has been tipped off, cites "people familiar with the matter," also known as Microsoft, and reports an announcement could now come later...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Journal, Corporate Governance, Portals, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy; Microsoft's big move: Wall Street is a big prediction market and traders are increasingly getting antsy about Microsoft's next move regarding Yahoo. Thus far, Microsoft has kept people guessing, but may reveal its plan on Wednesday. As we all know, Microsoft's negotiate or else deadline passed on Saturday and it...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wall, Wall Street, Corporate Governance, Construction, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Email voting for overseas troops?: The Pentagon is pushing states to allow email balloting for troops overseas but so far few states are playing along, AP reports. "The personnel that fight our wars, the people who are most affected by the decisions on the use of the military, are being...; Tags: State, E-voting, E-mail, Corporate Governance, Government, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Google's board member targeted by SEC: Google director Ann Mather is facing civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection to an options backdating scandal at Pixar, where Mather used to be CFO from 1999 to 2004. In Google's filing, the company disclosed: On April 23, 2008, Ann was advised...; Tags: Google Inc., Board, SEC, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Corporate Governance, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Microsoft: Does a Yahoo proxy war add up?: Microsoft has three clear paths to take with regards to Yahoo acquisition: It can make a hostile bid, raise its offer or walk away and hope for a better price later. Given that Microsoft's "negotiate or else" deadline passed Saturday the software giant should be making its...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Mines-Perfect Portable (4_Rev_3): Mines-Perfect Portable is the entertaining Mines-Perfect minesweeper clone packaged as a portable app, so you can do your mine hunting on the go. It has all the same great features of Mine-Portable, including the extra board layouts (Hexagon, Triangle, 3d).; Tags: Board, PortableApps.com, Mines-Perfect Portable, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law; Software downloads 2008-04-28
Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops again: But you won't be able to buy one any time soon. Apple says it bought P.A. Semi to get its hands on some patents and a bunch of very bright engineers who are already used to working together. I'm sure that's true - but...; Tags: Dual-core, Apple Inc., U.S. Department Of Defense, Laptop Computer, Chip, PPC, Robots, Corporate Governance, Processors, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-26
StaffCal (zip): StaffCal lets staff have a visual calendar of what they have been doing and what you will do. It allows staff to schedule and display appointments, holidays, activities etc. Users will love how easy StaffCal is to use. All menus are straightforward and adding appointments (using templates) is a matter...; Tags: LyGil Software, Corporate Governance, Mice, Construction, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-04-21
Total Commander Ultima Prime (exe): Total Commander Ultima Prime is a collection of the software and customized settings sets gathered in one installation package for enhancing Total Commander (file manager) possibilities. Our project differs from official distribution provided by Christian Ghisler on www.totalcmd.com site. If you’d like to see and try our solution, you can...; Tags: Software, Board, Ultima Prime, Total Commander Ultima Prime, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Monopoly SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (exe): Wheel and deal your way through Bikini Bottom until you own it all! Experience the classic board game you know and love like never before! Play by Monopoly rules or bend the rules with SpongeBob mode, Squidward mode, or Plankton mode... all chock full of wacky water-logged mini-games. This version...; Tags: Board, RealArcade, Mode, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law; Software downloads 2008-04-16
A lawyer inside your PC - British software can flag corporate nefariousness: . . . No more corporate scandals? Autonomy [AUTN], the second largest European software company Monday launched Autonomy Information Governance (AIG), software that can understand in real-time the meaning of email, blogs, and other documents. It can flag illegal communications and also find documents related to a...; Tags: Software, Autonomy Corp. Plc, PC, Autonomy Information Governance Software, Documents, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Questioning IT: This is the 13th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. There are, very broadly speaking, two main approaches to managing IT open to board members and senior non IT executives. In the first of these you ask no difficult...; Tags: Information Technology, Board, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-11