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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: Industry, 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: Innovation, Article, Industry, Computer & Communications Industry Association, 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
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings
- At ZD's Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes cites this quote from former OLPC developer Ivan Krstic about Nicholas Negroponte's rapidly shifting mission statement: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission....
- Tags: Education, Team, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Nicholas Negroponte, Team Management, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- RIM's Lazaridis on why Qwerty's still working
- RIM's co-CEO tells Silicon.com why he believes smartphones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the iPhone. BlackBerry maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. One of the announcements...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Phone, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Qwerty, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Silicon.com, Consumer electronics
- News items 2008-05-16
- XP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?
- Updated: The One Laptop Per Child program will put XP on its XO laptop and children in the developing world will have a choice between Windows and Linux. On the surface, a little choice isn't going to kill anybody. In fact, choice is good. And if some...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, XP Screen, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform
- Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottowa at a day long event. Dubbed Web Alive, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Web...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Web Alive, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated)
- It's Friday, which means that it's time to look at the latest raft of rumors about our favorite Cupertino company. Atom-powered mini-tablet This one was pretty hot. ZDNet.de reported that Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that there is an iPhone that will be using Intel's...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Minitablet PC, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Automatic eyeglasses prescriptions?
- For its space missions, NASA wants astronauts with excellent vision without corrective lenses or glasses. This doesn't prevent its Vision Science and Technology Group to study human vision of ordinary people like you and me. Two members of this group recently discovered that a new formula connecting optical quality with...
- Tags: NASA, Vision, Model, Metric, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- WinXP on XO laptops OK as long as Linux runs, too
- Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrasy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating system. ...
- Tags: Operating System, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Gates Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Web 2.0 and the end of advertising
- The idea that software on the Web is going to be largely funded by advertising is just so wrong-headed, I hardly know where to start. It had me spluttering in the latest BriefingsDirect Insights analyst podcast hosted by Dana Gardner — more on that in a moment. Let's move on...
- Tags: Software, Web, Web 2.0, Advertisement, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- iPhone's international rollout continues; 10 million units not a stretch
- Apple's iPhone will be headed to a few more countries courtesy of a new deal with French telecom carrier Orange. In a statement, Orange said: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic,...
- Tags: Orange PCS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Frenemies
- Enterprises both large and small are psychologically complex places. Industrial and organizational psychologists are full of fascinating anecdotes about the ways the individual people that make up an enterprise organize themselves to hinder, help, block or share with one another. A common term in Hollywood is ‘Frenemies'...
- Tags: Collaboration, Environment, Rivalry, Silo, Groupware, Productivity, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments
- As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
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