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Record labels getting better at detecting P2P: An article in Ars Technica points to a recent increase in copyright infringement notices being sent to universities. While the Record Industry Association of America RIAA claims that it has not changed its procedures, it did note that record labels are constantly improving their ability to detect peer-to-peer traffic...; Tags: Ars Technica, P2P, University, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01
$21.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2008: Worldwide sales of semiconductors in January 2008 were $21.5 bln, a nominal increase of 0.03% from January 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association SIA reported. Sales declined by 3.6% from December 2007 when the industry reported sales of $22.3 bln. by AM; Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-23
Managed services should get a boost from the green IT movement: Are managed services aka outsourcing a solution to the green IT imperative? Think about the various green IT strategies that are taking hold and many of the best answers come down to automation and better proactive management. For example, that patch management solution...; Tags: Managed Services, Green IT, It Services, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-02-27
$255.6 bln worth of semiconductors sold in 2007: The Semiconductor Industry Association reported that global sales of semiconductors grew for the sixth-consecutive year, reaching a record $255.6 bln in 2007, an increase of 3.2% from the $247.7 bln reported in 2006. Worldwide sales in December 2007 were $22.3 bln, an increase of 2.5% compared to the $21.7 bln...; Tags: Semiconductor, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-24
RIAA gets student names, can't do much with them: The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA was provided with a list of student names flagged as file sharers at Oklahoma State University when a judge threatened to hold the school in contempt. However, according to Ars Technica, because some of the students are represented by an attorney, RIAA...; Tags: RIAA, Litigation, Digital Media, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-02-14

How to design a system that everybody hates: How to design a system that everybody hatesWhat do you think about the wireless POS at the Apple stores?What do you think about the wireless POS at the Apple stores? It's just a keypad with a strip reader. The user just scans the SKU of an item or...; Tags: Business structures, point-of-sale, partnership, Apple Store; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
Blodget: MicroHoo 'is gonna be a disaster': "It's gonna be a disaster." That's how Silicon Alley Insider founder and Web pundit Henry Blodget characterized the outcome of the Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, if and when it goes through. (Blodget seems to believe it's more a "when" than an "if," as CEO "Steve Ballmer is...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kniskern, Portals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Instant Messaging, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Branding, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Semiconductor sales up 3.2% in 2007: Semiconductor sales rose 3.2% in 2007, according to Semiconductor Industry Association. Chip sales reached $255.6 bln in 2007, up from $247.7 bln in 2006, driven mainly by strong demand for PCs, mobile handsets and consumer electronics. by AM; Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-01
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
Network+ Boot Camp: View Available Dates and LocationsCompTIA Network+ 2005 Self-Paced e-Learning Bundle Network+TM is a testing program sponsored by the Computing Technology Industry Association CompTIA that certifies the knowledge of networking technicians with 18-24 months experience in the IT industry. Pearson VUE administers the test. Earning the...; Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Network, New York, Networking; Training 2008-01-01
Semiconductor sales up 2.3% in November 2007: Worldwide sales of microprocessors were up 2.3% in November 2007, boosted by strong demand for consumer products, the Semiconductor Industry Association said. Chip sales rose to $23.1 bln in November 2007, up from $22.5 bln in November 2006. Year-to-date chip sales were at $231 bln, up 2.8% from $225 bln...; Tags: Semiconductor, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, site admin; Blog posts 2007-12-31
What that RIAA/CD rip court brief really says: There's a lot of misinformation floating around the blogosphere about what exactly the (hiss, boo) Recording Industry Association of America is saying in a court brief about the very act of ripping your CDs, converting them to MP3s, and then storing them on your hard drive...; Tags: Hard Drive, P2P, RIAA, Keyphrase, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Oregon AG office to RIAA: 10 things we want to know how you find file-sharing students: Oregon AG office to RIAA: 10 things we want to know how you find file-sharing studentsOregon AG: Oregon follows "FOX law" - Fair and BalancedIt took the RIAA's attorneys a couple years to ramp up their approach and processes to winning cases of illegal music sharing. Now, it seems, they...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), file-sharing, Now IT, RIAA, Oregon AG; Discussion threads 2007-11-30
Web safety pork: House offers $25m to Hollywood-linked group: The House has passed a bill that would direct $25 million to a single nonprofit organization that provides information about online child safety, the National Journal reports. (Via News.com). HR 4134, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) pictured would pay i-Safe, based in Carlsbad, CA, $5 million a year....; Tags: Web, Group, House, i-Safe, Safety Education, Internet, Channel Management, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-11-20
An odd side-effect of music piracy: An odd side-effect of music piracyWell...the "success" of iTunes hardly makes up for reduced CD sales, which is the problem. Maybe you are right, and in a digital world, having to buy an entire album is a bit much. That is...and has...changed, and iTunes is the instigator.Even so, Apple...; Tags: Sales strategy, Digital media, Digital music, Tagalog, record label, German Words, music, foreign language, Apple iTunes, CD; Discussion threads 2007-11-19
U of Oregon first to defy RIAA: As reported on Read/Write Web, the University of Oregon is the first college in the United States to actually refuse to hand over names of file sharers to the RIAA. Their argument has two components: The Oregon Attorney General, working with the University, has filed a...; Tags: RIAA, University Of Oregon, Benefits, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-11-05
RIA trend watch: rich Internet applications in the enterprise: RIA trend watch: rich Internet applications in the enterpriseHow did distributed computing take off in the first place?Corporations have always wanted control; what urged them to go away from the mainframe/dumb-tube standard -- only to want to go back to something very much like it, some 25 years later?RIA? You...; Tags: rich Internet application, RIAA; Discussion threads 2007-10-24
RIAA's so-called victory a double edged sword: The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA won a legal battle as a Minnesota jury found a woman liable for downloading music. The penalty: $220,000 in damages for downloading 24 songs illegally. The New York Times calls the RIAA decision "a crucial legal victory for record labels and...; Tags: Settlement, RIAA, New York Times Co., Music Piracy, TV Industry, Digital Media, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-05
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
Information security by the numbers: It's not pretty: A pair of security surveys were released Tuesday and the findings aren't pretty. First up, the Computing Technology Industry Association CompTIA released a survey on information security breaches. Among the findings: Among companies that reported a security breach in the last year, the...; Tags: Information Security, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-18