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- Music publishers accuse XM of copyright infringement
- Music publishers accuse XM of copyright infringement"permanent copies of on-air tracks"How is this different from Stationripper?just askin':o)Great, time to sue the NMPA and courtsand see how much the Home Recording Act has been stolen by big music and big movie industries while copyright has seen many revisions to bolster it....
- Tags: Digital media, Diane Feinstein, big media, music, XM Satellite Radio Inc., media
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- Feinstein asks for probe in FL election
- Sen. Diane Feinstein of California is calling for a "top-to-bottom" investigation into the House race in Sarasota County, FL, where no one can explain why 18,000 ballots didnt include a vote for a hotly contested House race, CNets Anne Broache notes. Feinstein, the chairwoman of a Senate panel with...
- Tags: Elections, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-02-18
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- E-waste regs are way too lax, GAO says
- Greenpeace A new Government Accountability Office report slams the EPA for its "low priority" on e-waste. EPA regs only cover old cathode-ray tube TVs and monitors, John Stephenson, environmental director for GAO told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, News.com reports. Not only are the EPA...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E-waste, General Accounting Office, CRT, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- A big day for Apple - and Steve Jobs
- A big day for Apple - and Steve JobsTwo things...1) Either they intend to have a fit and hale Steve Jobs prancing about the stage to regain investor confidence.2) They're going to announce they have a DRM free deal with the other three big record labels.Maybe both.Otherwise it's a yawnfest.RE:...
- Tags: Callahan, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., big day
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Silicon Valley's gender gap
- I recently spoke with Judy Estrin, one of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs, about her new book "Closing the Innovation Gap." But what about closing the gender gap? I asked her why there are so few, and now fewer--with Diane Greene out as CEO of VMware--women in senior...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Gender And Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- FAA computer failure slows nationwide air traffic
- A computer problem at the Federal Aviation Administration center in Atlanta has created air traffic problems across the country. From WSB Radio in Atlanta: FAA Computer Problems: Failure in the system that processes flight plans in the eastern U.S. FAA says no danger is involved. System...
- Tags: FAA, Atlanta, Computer, Productivity, Manufacturing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- VMware re-issues ESX 3.5 Update 2 to remove embarassing timebomb
- VMware released today a refresh of its recently released ESX 3.5 and ESX 3.5i Update 2 software that eliminates the embrassing timebomb that killed the software's use on Aug 12. The code was in the beta, and was designed to pull the plug on the software's use...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Management, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and moraleWe need better Wall Street analystsI frequently see the phrase "fell short of Wall Street analysts predictions", as if a company did not do as well as it should have, and has a negative connotation.I'm seeing this phrase with increasing frequency, these...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale
- updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- VMWare employees to receive new pricing on underwater stock options
- The last thing any employee wants is stock options that are "under water." But that's exactly what some VMWare employees who were issued options after the August IPO are stuck with. After the IPO, VMWare's stock climbed and climbed - from $57.71 on its first day to about $125 in...
- Tags: Stock Option, Employee, Stock, VMware Inc., Pricing Strategy, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware
- While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...
- Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Accomplice Task Management Software (msi)
- Task management software to get things done. "Effective enough to become a habit" Chris Shipley. Over 30,000 users! Software to manage to-dos, goals and notes, and then share and track information with teams. Integrates with MS Outlook and PDA's. Activities may be sub-tasked, prioritized, scheduled, delegated and tracked. Supporting information...
- Tags: Software, Activity, Accomplice, Vertabase Project Management Software, Tools & Techniques, PDAs, Management, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-10
- EMC taps ex Microsofter Maritz to fend off Microsoft Hyper-V
- It takes one to know one. At least that's what EMC hopes as it appoints former Microsofter Paul Maritz to head up its lucrative VMWare unit, not coincidentally on the same day that Microsoft formally released its much anticipated Hyper-V to market. The departure of longtime...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Did open source make Green go at VMWare?
- Diane Green Greene has been shown the door at VMWare, the company she founded. Another victim of open source? Possibly. Ironically, Green Greene told our Dan Farber two years ago "the industry goes at Microsoft's cadence," and she's being replaced by a former Microsoft executive,...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Diane Green Greene, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light
- VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz right effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware's board....
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to know
- Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to knowDoes a bear crap in the woods?Is a frogs a*****e watertight?Does Barbara Walters talk funny?Seriously I believe most law enforcement people have little inclination to do so, especially the heavy data mining nonsense the neocon-spooks are crazy about gathering. ...
- Tags: cell user
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Views from VMware's Analyst Day
- Yesterday I attended a VMware analyst briefing in good ol' Beantown, a.k.a. Boston, Massachusetts. Having had the opportunity to speak with the executives of well over 120 companies offering something in the realm of virtualization technology, I came to the event with a fairly neutral viewpoint. Although I was ready...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Kozinski's porn site: Nobody's business if he do?
- Granted, it's got to be embarrassing for Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski to have his private porn stash exposed – especially when presiding over an obscenity trial. But in an editorial, the L.A. Times, which broke the story, asks this question: So what? ...
- Tags: Porn Site, Judge, Kozinski, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- How healthy is John McCain?
- How healthy is John McCain?Doesn't matter anyway.The question you should ask is how cranky are his policies and the viewpoints of his vice president. After all that person will step in if John keels over. Besides you should have blogged on his viewpoints on tech to make it related.The problem...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, John McCain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
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