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Patent wars: RealNetworks wins; Global Crossing pays up

RealNetworks defeated a patent infringement suit that was trying to come back from the dead. Meanwhile, Global Crossing licensed a portfolio of call center patents from Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, an outfit that collects dough from a who's who of corporate America. First, RealNetworks said on...

Tags: Patent, Global Crossing Ltd., RealNetworks Inc., Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, Katz, Ronald Katz, RAKTL, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

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Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head

I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld.  The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees?  Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Neuroengineering to challenge what it means to be human

In a recent interview published on H+ Magazine, a new publication online and print that covers technologies that both "promise and threaten to radically alter our lives and our view of the world and ourselves," AI expert Dr. Bruce Katz lays out a lofty vision for the emerging field...

Tags: Strategy, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-12

Will software patents delay Cloud Computing's advance?

All they do is delay.In fact, patents completely stifle IT.RE: Will software patents delay Cloud Computing's advance?Looks like Ronald Katz all over again in just a different venue. Broad patents defining a process in such a wide scope are suspect at best. They should be reviewed and recinded.

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

35 vote-worthy SXSW social business panels

Thanks for the mention!Jennifer, thanks for mentioning our panel (#34). I think we've got a really great group of panelists who can share how to get a social media program started in a large organization.RE: 35 vote-worthy SXSW social business panelsThanks for the shout out, Jennifer - we're in amazing...

Tags: business panel, social business panel, SXSW, Jennifer

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Oracle delivers solid third quarter; Strong dollar dings fourth quarter outlook

Oracle's fiscal third quarter earnings were better than expected and the company declared its first-ever dividend as a way to spin off its excess cash directly to shareholders. The applications and database giant reported net income of $1.33 billion, or 26 cents a share, on revenue of $5.45 billion,...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Software License, Dividend, Quarter, Earnings, Database Revenue, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro 3.2 (Windows)

Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro DPMP is a unique audio analysis tool: it includes very flexible and customizable audio meters as well as advanced side chaining control capabilities thanks to its MIDI and automation output. The metering capabilities of the new DPMP let you control and monitor your audio...

Tags: Audio, MIDI, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Blue Cat Audio, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security

Software downloads 2009-02-26

Patent wars: RealNetworks wins; Global Crossing pays up

Patent wars: RealNetworks wins; Global Crossing pays upNot all patent actions are thinly disguised extortion.If Katz really did invent something non-obvious, he's entitled to make his money off it.

Tags: Patent Wars, Global Crossing Ltd., RealNetworks Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

Better late than never: Microsoft Office Web apps percolating

When Microsoft announced this week that its next version of Office will include web apps there was no real surprise. But it reminded me of Steven Wright on Dr. Katz when he acknowledged that he usually had four or five cups of coffee before his first cup of coffee. Knowledge...

Tags: Desktop, Web, Knowledge Worker, Web Application, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Channel Management, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2008-11-01

TechCrunch50: Day 2

Yesterday's presentations were a lot of fun to cover. I'm getting right back into the grind today. 6:30 a.m. Here is a list of today's presentations: Alfabetic Presented by Oded Broshi and Arik Kopelman DropBox (Presented by Drew Houston...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Tim O'Reilly, Mark Cuban, Mytopia, Swype, Mixtt Redefining, iMindi World, Popego Cut, exchangeP, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Channel Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-09

9th Circuit: Employees' text messages are private

In a major case marking out the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment in the electronic age, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit held that employers can't read employees' text messages if they're sent through an outside service. They can't even read email unless it's stored on the employers' servers....

Tags: Electronic Communication, Arch Wireless, Online Communications, E-mail, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-20

A UMan robotic arm

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile robotic arm which can manipulate objects by 'seeing' its environment through a digital camera. This robotic arm, dubbed UMan, or UMass Mobile Manipulator, can 'approach unfamiliar objects, such as scissors, garden shears and jointed wooden toys -- and learn...

Tags: Environment, UMan, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Is Congress looking at the right VA scandal?

The U.S. Senate is finally getting on the Veterans Administration's VA case. Spurred by a class action suit which is now going to trial, Sen. Patty Murray has demanded the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the head of the agency's mental health wing. As...

Tags: Sen., U.S. Congress, Health Care, John McCain, VA, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-24

BEA: We're worth $21 a share

BEA Systems' board of directors says it will negotiate with Oracle--or other third parties--with opening bids at $21 a share, $4 a share higher than Oracle's current offer. For those keeping score at home. Oracle made its offer Oct. 9 and the two have been volleying letters ever since....

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Board, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Construction, Free Trade, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-25

BEA responds to Oracle's overtures

BEA issued a statement regarding Oracle's unsolicited bid for $17 per share in cash. The gist of the letter is that the BEA thinks its worth more and doesn't want to give up any competitive information that would compromise its business versus Oracle in the marketplace. As a public...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Board, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Administration leaks secret Al Qaeda video

SITE Intelligence Group -- a private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups -- obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month. It gave two senior officials access on the condition that the officials not reveal they had it until the al-Qaeda release....

Tags: al-Qaeda, Administration, Official, Video, Corporate Communications, Cable, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-11

Ellison: Where's the big money in SaaS?

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says software as a service and the small business markets are interesting, but not terribly profitable. In other words, Ellison largely dismissed SAP's Business ByDesign. But the dismissal isn't exactly what it seems. Ellison was speaking for Oracle and for the company a move downmarket...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Middleware, SAP AG, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Photos: Solar festival as green as it gets

Alternative energy and culture were on display last weekend at an off-the-grid learning center in Northern California.Madison Avenue advertisers and Silicon Valley venture capitalists may be pushing all things green into the mainstream these days, yet the countercultural roots of the sustainable-living movement are alive and thriving. More than 10,000...

Tags: photograph, SolFest, Solar Living Institute, dome, alternative energy, photovoltaics, hydrogen, dump, Santa Cruz, wall, greenhouse, tent, automated teller machine, homeowner, Northern California, nonprofit, technique, festival, pump, showcase, pyramid, California, Sharp Corp.

Image galleries 2007-08-23

The world of the laid-off techie

The world of the laid-off techiejobs are still plentiful for the genuinely competentAs the article suggests, all these people were "over" employed before. Specifically:"Cavazos, who has ... a master's of business administration from Pfeiffer University. "Here I am throwing mail with an MBA. I was totally embarrassed." Anyone...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Pfeiffer University, job

Discussion threads 2007-08-23

Facebook, social capitalists and open networks

As the stock market roller coaster continues, the concept of social capital accrued via social networks is starting to become an important commodity. People are flocking to Facebook and other social networks, partly to experience the latest online trend and for those who latch on to a particular network, to...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-08-06