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DreamWorks' Katzenberg on the future of movies, Shrek 3

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, laid out the issues facing the movie business during a panel at AMD's Global Vision Conference. "The rate of change in the industry is unprecedented, and with it comes enormous opportunities," Katzenberg said. "Many of the old school approaches will turn into dinosaurs, and...

Tags: movie, Jeffrey Katzenberg

Blog posts 2006-09-20

Attack of the empowered consumer

I spent this morning at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association confab in San Francisco, taking in the keynote panel [see a video clip] entitled "Attack of empowered consumer: Understanding new media markets." The first part of the session title is a typical Hollywood movie come-on, but the second part...

Tags: advertisement, Brian Roberts

Blog posts 2005-04-04

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Why Agile development matters [podcast]

Why Agile development matters [podcast]Agile Development beyond ITMichael -- happy to see your talking about this topic the very same day as me: http://tinyurl.com/3shth7. What strikes me is so many people think this is strictly an IT topic when the more sophisticated business users are expecting and wanting exactly the...

Tags: Podcasts, Strategy, podcast, Agile Development, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft had offered to pay for Yahoo in February. On top of that, the...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?

Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Have an idea that can change the world?

Have an idea that can change the world?Trust this contest for what it isJust keep in mind that a company called Apple Computer held their "I Changed the World" contest back in '92 for the same reason. I know of one acknowledged/awarded idea that changed their entire platform to...

Tags: Google Inc., RFID

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!

For all the talk about Google's Chrome browser and whether it's a Web operating system, platform for applications and future Microsoft killer it's quite possible that folks are overthinking the search giant's intentions. Perhaps Google's browser is really about protecting its ad backside. Sure, Google's browser Techmeme--designed...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Cookie, Chrome, Google Chrome, Lindsay, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

How to Save a Lot of Coin, Easily, When Buying Software

Software Licensing Handbook – A Million Dollars Worth of Value                                                        Book Review   Jeffrey Gordon has published the Software Licensing Handbook that is sure...

Tags: Software, Negotiation, Software Buyer, Tools & Techniques, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence

Photo by Luke Gattuso Just because you win a brilliant legal battle doesn't mean you'll win the war. Back in April, Judge Neil Wake handed RIAA opponents a key victory, with a seminal decision against the recording association's "making available" theory of distribution. ...

Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Tech giants may face dollar daze

Technology bellwethers with a big chunk of their businesses overseas have benefited from a weak dollar compared to other currencies, but the gravy train may be coming to a stop. A weak dollar has helped technology giants such as Google, Amazon, eBay, IBM, HP and others even...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Dollar, Currency, Internet Company, IBM Corp., Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-26

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

An Event Apart 2008: Day 2

The second day of An Event Apart will feature plenty of web standards jargon. I will be posting photos and notes from today's events. Unfortunately, the slides are reserved for attendees only, but I will try to gather as much information as...

Tags: Google Inc., Microformat, Tool, Post-it Note, Eric Meyer, CSS, Productivity, Keyboards, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-19

An Event Apart 2008: Day 1

The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...

Tags: Web, Framework, Web Design, Interfaces, Craftsmanship, D, Channel Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?

Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...

Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-18

LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest.

If there was one solid message to come from the opening keynotes at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, it is this: Now is the time. Illustrated through the lenses of two large, mainstream industries – financial services and health care – the first two presenters talked about ways...

Tags: Hospital, Health Care, Linux, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-05

LinuxWorld video: Merrill Lynch moves to stateless computing

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Jeffrey Birnbaum, managing director and chief technology architect at Merrill Lynch, speaks about using cloud computing to reduce complexities and costs in financial services. He discusses the move away from dedicated machines and why ideas old like virtualization have become useful again. by...

Tags: LinuxWorld, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Video, Computing, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Corporate Communications, Financial Planning, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Financial Services, Hardware, Marketing, Finance, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

LinuxWorld: Merrill Lynch on going stateless

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Jeffrey Birnbaum, managing director and chief technology architect at Merrill Lynch, speaks about using cloud computing to reduce the complexities and costs of financial services. He discusses the move away from dedicated machines and why old ideas like virtualization have become useful again.

Tags: LinuxWorld, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Virtualization, Financial Planning, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Financial Services, Hardware, Finance, Storage, Computing, stateless, cloud computing

Videos 2008-08-05

Vonage imports marketing mojo with new CEO

Vonage has named Marc Lefar CEO to replace Jeffrey Citron, the company chairman and interim chairman. Lefar had been the chief marketing officer of Cingular Wireless and will be counted on to use some of that sales mojo to increase Vonage's customer base and reduce churn. ...

Tags: Marketing, Vonage Holdings Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer

So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...

Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-01

eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball?

Microsoft has $44 billion or so burning a hole in its pocket, but there's one little hitch: There are few companies that the software giant could buy to get scale quickly. Enter eBay. Enter speculation. Enter eBay as the acquisition target. Sure, eBay has opened up its...

Tags: Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Keyboards, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-16