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AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?: AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...; Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Corporation Business Search (exe): Access 100 million company records. See DBA, EIN, and affiliations. From here you can search and access filed information for corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and general partnerships. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Partnership, Business Structures, Finance; Software downloads 2008-07-03
VMWare and HP align products to bring greater management and insight to virtualized environments: I was just having breakfast yesterday with two systems architects from Seattle, who said they were exploring virtualization, including both VMWare and Xen hypervisors. The liked the potential benefits but were put off by the complexity of setting the stuff up and maintaining it. Their choices, they said, pretty much...; Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, VMware Inc., Tools & Techniques, Business Structures, Data Management, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Delta Airlines pioneers biometric aiport security screening: As predicted in my previous post about Continental Airlines' actively obstructive behavior in order to prevent access to CLEAR lanes in its major airport hubs, a major competing airline, Delta Airlines threw down the gauntlet this morning as the first major domestic US air carrier to...; Tags: Security, Delta Air Lines Inc., Clear, Business Structures, Finance, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-16
More things about the Microsoft-Yahoo deal that make you go hmmmm: In a new complaint unsealed under court order on June 2 as part of a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo for failing to take a multi-billion-dollar acquisition offer by Microsoft, a number of new pieces of information have come to light. Among them: * Yahoo's employee-compensation plan, a...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Finance, Investment, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-06-03

HP StorageWorks EVA4400 & VMware: Watch this HP Enterprise TV presentation for a description of VMware's partnership with HP storage and how the HP StorageWorks EVA4400 is a great fit for many small and medium businesses that want the advantages of virtualization.; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, VMware Inc., Utility Computing, Smb/Sme, Business Structures, Finance; Presentations 2008-06-01
Breaking down Microhoo, more: CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Charlie Cooper discuss Jerry Yang, Yahoo, and the company's possible future partnership with Microsoft. They also explore Bill Gates' legacy at the company he co-founded.; Tags: Business Structures, Finance, News, charlie cooper, dan farber, all things digital, jerry yang, yahoo, steve ballmer, bill gates, microsoft; Videos 2008-05-30
And score 1 more for Google in Ed Tech: While Google has committed to continuing its partnership with Harvard University, the New York Public Library, various publishers, and a variety of groups to scan and digitize their books, Microsoft has bowed out of this market. The Los Angeles Times reported that Microsoft Corp. is ending...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Business Structures, Channel Management, Internet, Search, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-26
Sugar coming to an EeePC or Classmate near you?: BetaNews reported Thursday that Walter Bender, founder of Sugar Labs, is in informal talks with four ULPC manufacturers to bring Sugar to their products. "The goal [now] is to make the Sugar [software] platform agnostic to whatever extent possible, so that Sugar doesn't have to be coupled to any...; Tags: Software, Business Structures, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Which stock to buy today: YHOO, MSFT or GOOG?: The Microsoft-Yahoo deal implosion was a near certainty when the talks began. Two cultures as convinced that they are superior to one another can never coexist, so forget blaming anyone for what was inevitable. At least it didn't take two years and billions of dollars in real losses, as compared...; Tags: Google Inc., Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Operational Accounting, Business Structures, Finance, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Getting pumped with your iPhone (or iPod): PumpOne has announced a partnership with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's new lifestyle brand, aloft hotels – portable personal trainers for road warriors. The service is designed for tech-savvy aloft hotel guests aloft hotels is Starwood's eighth hotel lifestyle brand and opens its doors to guests this...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Hotel, Apple iPod, Guest, Workout, PumpOne, Business Structures, Workforce Management, Handhelds, Finance, Human Resources, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Softchoice screens for green: IT reseller Softchoice, which carries roughly 350,000 products in its database, has added a feature to its Web site that helps buyers filter for green purchasing criteria. The service is made possible through a partnership between EPEAT the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool and CNET Channel. (A...; Tags: Product, CNET Channel, Business Structures, Retail, Web Site Development, E-business/E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Finance, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Google-Yahoo search test an alleged hit; Squeezes Microsoft: Yahoo is reportedly moving closer toward outsourcing search to Google in a move designed to gain leverage in any talks with Microsoft. Let's be clear: This story was leaked to the Wall Street Journal because Yahoo is likely to meet with Microsoft again soon. According to the...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Portals, Business Structures, Corporate Law, Web Technology, Outsourcing, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-17
What if News Corp., MSN and Yahoo were a separate company?: For the first time since Microsoft announced its intentions to buy Yahoo, I see one way the coupling might make a tiny bit of sense. As of late yesterday (April 9), Yahoo is now rumored to be contemplating a merger with AOL (talk about the ultimate anti-Microsoft...; Tags: MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Finance, Investment, Business Operations, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Lyric Finder (exe): Lyric Finder in partnership with realLyrics.com searches online database for lyric. Using Lyric Finder, to find lyric of your favorite song, you can download lyric at your desktop itself. Lyric Finder eliminates the need of going to visit a site just to search and download lyric. This version is the...; Tags: Lyric, RealLyrics, Lyric Finder, Business Structures, Desktops, Storage, Databases, Finance, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-03-31
EIC podcast: Comcast-BitTorrent; Oracle; Facebook and OpenSocial, Adobe: In this week's EIC squared podcast we cover the Comcast-BitTorrent partnership and what it means--and doesn't mean. Dan notes that there are a lot of loose ends to tie up before we declare these two P2P bosom buddies. Meanwhile, I look at Oracle's earnings and what its...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Oracle Corp., Google OpenSocial, Dan, Podcasts, Taxes, Free Trade, Business Structures, Internet, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-27
Adobe's Photoshop Express and the big picture: Adobe on Thursday unveiled the beta of Photoshop Express, a Webtop version of its photo editing juggernaut. Depending on who you listen to Photoshop Express is either a worthwhile contender in a market that includes a bunch of Web photo editing tools or an instant also ran...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Webtop, Webware, Grunin, Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-27
TopCoder: breaking the development cost rules: According to my friend Vinnie Mirchandani, beating US internal IT development costs is tough going. He should know, it's part of what he does day in, day out. But what if you need access to high quality development resource on an emergency project? What if you're thinking of development outsourcing...; Tags: Developer, Partnership, America Online Inc., TopCoder, Development Cost, Business Structures, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Non-profit OpenSocial Foundation formed as Yahoo jumps onboard: Yahoo today announced their support for OpenSocial, the Google-led standard for developing applications that work across supporting social networks (e.g. OpenGadget). Except, technically at least, OpenSocial isn't the sole property of Google anymore, following the formation of the non-profit OpenSocial Foundation, whose custodiands MySpace, Google and Yahoo...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Google OpenSocial, Social Networking, Intellectual Property, Business Structures, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-03-25
More battle lines are drawn: Yahoo backs Google's OpenSocial: On the same day Microsoft announced new interoperability deals with five social-networking sites, Yahoo announced it has joined the Google-backed OpenSocial social-networking intiative. Yahoo announced on March 25 that not only had it joined the OpenSocial group, but that -- along with MySpace and Google -- Yahoo...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google OpenSocial, Strategy, Business Structures, Management, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-25