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Don't sweat copyrights, it's good for the economy

Don't sweat copyrights, it's good for the economyDon't sweat copyrightsDid I miss something here guys, or are you intentionally trying to be vague and ambiguous?Many of these same CCIA members depend on adequate copyright protection for their own survival. And I bet if they are asked, rather than lumped together...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), digital-rights management, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Fair Use

Discussion threads 2007-09-13

Don't sweat copyrights, it's good for the economy

Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws is worth more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue, or a sixth of GDP. Do you buy it? That tally is provided via a study commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry Association, a bunch of firms that support fair...

Tags: Computer & Communications Industry Association, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Industry: Fair use industry more valuable than copyright businesses

The "fair use" Internet industry is worth far more to the US economy than the copyright media industry, says a slightly biased report from the Computer and Communications Industry Association, reports InformationWeek. "Much of the unprecedented economic growth of the past ten years can actually...

Tags: Article, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Innovation, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-12

EDS wins British Columbia contract

EDS wins British Columbia contractJust don't let them do any upgrades.;-)HeHe!80,000 desktop users can't be wrong, eh?Any official word on what occurred to create such havok?Another referenceCheck out:www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1732672,00.aspThis article makes it sound like it was a botched upgrade process, not the upgrade itself.Carl RapsonMore and more Microsoft excuses for any...

Tags: Public relations, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Carl Rapson, Computer & Communications Industry Association

Discussion threads 2004-11-29

Microsoft critic allegedly received $10 million

Microsoft critic allegedly received $10 millionLooks to much like a payoff..NT.We gotta stop this people ...Man, we have GOT to stop settling with Microsoft, we are giving them everything on a platter. Intuit had the right Idea by saying "Sorry Microsoft, but it's ours and you can never use...

Tags: Corporate governance, Litigation, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., Computer & Communications Industry Association

Discussion threads 2004-11-24

Thanksgiving Day hearing for Microsoft

Thanksgiving Day hearing for MicrosoftStick a fork in it, this case is done.Ok, wait and see for yourselves and then come on back.This is GREAT !The EU can up the fine to 600 BILLION Euros instead of 600 million, now that Ballmer has threatened to falsely sue any Euro government...

Tags: Asset management, Microsoft Corp., Thanksgiving Day, Computer & Communications Industry Association, fork

Discussion threads 2004-11-23

CCIA Microsoft report--unfair remedies

CCIA Microsoft report--unfair remediesConsumer choice? What choice?"Microsoft's dominance isn't an accident, or a creation by forces beyond our control. Rather, it's the result of CONSUMER CHOICE"Ha! What choice? Here in New Zealand I know of no computer shop that would ask "What OS would you like on your...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computer & Communications Industry Association, operating system

Discussion threads 2003-12-10

Additional Resources

DOJ probes IBM's mainframe business

The Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior. According to a bevy of reports, the DOJ is requesting information from IBM's smaller rivals. The Computer and Communications Industry Association has been stumping for a probe of IBM's mainframe practices. ...

Tags: U.S. Department Of Justice, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Green Dam's day not done

Chinese students were out partying in celebration of the news that China has delayed its mandate that PCs sold in the country must have intalled some spyware named Green Dam Youth Escort, according to Reuters. "We are very happy because we got what we wanted," a young artist said....

Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Ed Black, PC, Manufacturer, Desktops, Manufacturing, Government, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

There appears to be a fully fledged backlash against 'social media' marketing emerging, with commentary in both areas you'd expect and in places you might not. This is tough on the people who have solid foundations for what marketing messaging is all about,...

Tags: Facebook, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Burger King Corp., Josh, Desktop Publishing, Marketing Research, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-23

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...

Tags: Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Information Technology, Women, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-21

Microsoft Q2 earnings and outlook are up, up and away

Microsoft Q2 earnings and outlook are up, up and awaySame old story"Results in the prior year were impacted by the deferral of $1.64 billion of revenue and operating income and $0.11 of diluted earnings per share from the second to the third quarter of fiscal 2007, due primarily to technology...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Financial accounting, Operational accounting, paragraph, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Q2 earning, Microsoft Q2

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Testimony closes in first RIAA trial

Testimony ended Wednesday in the first trial of a computer user accused of copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Defendant Jammie Thomas took the stand but her attorney called no other witnesses. While the RIAA lined up a fairly hefty heap of evidence, Thomas's defense was essentially...

Tags: RIAA, Juror, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Wireless, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Who still cares about Microsoft's server-communications protocols?

Microsoft has used all kinds of excuses for not providing access to the server communications protocols that other vendors have said they needed to make their products interoperable with Windows Server. We've heard it all: Documenting these protocols would require time (like years...). Microsoft would be harmed...

Tags: Novell Inc., Samba, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-20

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrightsI totally agreeThat's why I pretty much flip off the MPAA and RIAA. They've been hitting us over the head for so long for [I]their rights[/I] with frivilious lawsuits, that what does it matter? We have fair rights, but with this bought and paid...

Tags: copyright law, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Sale of IRS.com stirs Congress into action on domain names

When Intersearch.com paid $12.5 million for the domain name irs.com ("Were not the Internal Revenue Service, were the #1 INDEPENDENT resource for tax information"), some in Congress had had enough. Hours after Intersearch president Daniel ODonnell rang the bell to start the trading day at the American Stock...

Tags: Web, IRS, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-17

More results on use of Web 2.0 in business emerge

The last few weeks have seen a series of interesting new reports, studies, and papers on the past, present, and future of Web 2.0 concepts and applications as applied to businesses. Most notable for many industry watchers have been fairly rigorous new works by McKinsey & Company as well...

Tags: Crowdsourcing, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Business Process Management, Architecture of Participation, Blogs, Business Models, Wikis, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Two-Way Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, SOA, RSS, Open APIs, Mashups, Lightweight Service Models, Hype, Governance, Global SOA, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Where are the women in tech? At least 1200 will be in San Diego

In about two weeks, more than 1200 women plus a handful of men will meet in San Diego for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. It is organized by the Anita Borg Institute, the leading advocate for women in technology leadership roles, and the Association of Computing Machinery....

Tags: women

Blog posts 2006-09-22

Taipei launches 'muni VoIP'

Building on its massive city-wide wireless network, Taipei last week launched a VoIP-based phone service called "Easy Call," the BBC reports. To use the system, users need mobile phones that can switch between using the Wi-Fi network and available cellular networks. "If this is successful, then the model...

Tags: VoIP, city government

Blog posts 2006-07-11

Motorola's pugnacious Ed Zander chosen to lead US high-tech industry in important policy battles

Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola, is the new chairman of the Technology CEO Council--a Washington D.C. lobbying group consisting of the top echelons of the US tech industry.Take a look: Founded in 1989, its members include Mark Hurd, CEO of Hewlett-Packard; Joseph McGrath, CEO of Unisys; William Nuti,...

Tags: Ed Zander, Motorola Inc., tech company, tech industry, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2005-12-09