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Now that Microsoft's licensed DRM doesn't "Play For Sure," will any DRM do it? Ever?

The rest of the world is beginning to get hip to what happens when the provider of a digital rights management technology DRM decides to change gears as Microsoft recently did when it essentially forked its DRM into two versions: one that it keeps for itself and its Zune brand...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Security, Entertainment, Digital Restrictions Management, Legal, Hollywood on Demand

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Indemnity. It has its privileges.

Now that Sun has coughed up a cool $92 million to settle its intellectual property dispute with Kodak, perhaps the unofficial Java Needs to be Open Sourced Consortium   is eating a bit of crow. For two years now, Sun has been trying to pay hommage to the open source community...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java

Blog posts 2004-10-07

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TRO hearing today on RealDVD

Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...

Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed data breach notification legislation for the second time in the last year. The bill, dubbed the Consumer Data Protection Act, would have required retailers that take card transactions to disclose more detail about any data breach. Schwarzenegger's veto comes after the...

Tags: Bill, Payment, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Agency, Schwarzenegger, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

News to know: HP; Apple patches; Microsoft; Social networking

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration Larry Dignan: IBM targets HP's server beachhead HP vs. IBM: The looming IT...

Tags: Security, Facebook, High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shuttleworth, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Apple Mac OS, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Microsoft social-networking licensee on the rocks?

High-profile Microsoft-technology licensee Wallop may be calling it quits, at least on the social-networking-platform side of its business. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Wallop, Wallop Site, Social Networking, E-mail, Wiki, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-15

William Shatner signs off on video autographs

William Shatner signs off on video autographsBeam my up Scotty"Beam me up Scotty...there's no intelligent life down here! Another P.T Barnum is born.What a complete waste. What ever "respect" I had for Shatner before reading this article, has completely vanished.Any fool who pays for this "service", who actually believes that...

Tags: Corporate communications, William Shatner, video autograph, video

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Hammering at cost with open source

Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor.  Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Open Source, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?

Much like the fascination one finds when driving by a traffic accident, the Mac community is abuzz with questions of whether or not the supposed Mac cloner Psystar is a real company and will sell real Mac clones. But the real question is whether anyone in their right mind will...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Machine, Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Gag lifted, Verizon, AT&T, Google open up on FCC 700 Mhz auction

The Federal Communications Commission has lifted its gag order on the winners of the 700 Mhz auction and those telecom giants have been a chatty bunch. And all of them are talking about advanced wireless broadband service. A brief recap Techmeme: AT&T reckons that...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Spectrum, Auction, Wireless Broadband, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-04

hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties

New York-based semantic search company hakia will today use the Search Engine Strategies Conference to announce that their Ontological Semantic technology, OntoSem, is available for licensing. Illinois-based RiverGlass, Inc. is the first licensee, and will work to enhance their existing real-time analytics solutions with OntoSem. I spoke...

Tags: Lexicon, Ontology, OntoSem, RiverGlass Inc., Hakia, Semantic Web, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-18

DRM - in a nutshell

DRM - in a nutshellOne link explains it allI think that this will sum up my feelings on the matter:http://www.mininova.org/tor/807591information is freedom. done.RE: DRM - in a nutshellWow! Had to do a double-take to make sure I'm actually reading ZDNet - I thought facts were forbidden here.Anyways, top-notch article...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, user benefit, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Microsoft softens limits on its Windows Web Server

Microsoft softens limits on its Windows Web ServerPostgreSQL comes to mindCouple others. This is a step in the right direction, especially getting rid of the CAL's, but I just don't trust MS. It's too little, too late. Perfect example...I have a token Windows box on my home...

Tags: Web servers, Operating systems, Web server, MSN Messenger, server, VisualStudio, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-05

DTM Data Generation SDK (exe)

DTM Data Generation SDK is a Library and component for test data generation that allows the programmer, webmaster or advanced user to add test data generation features to application, script or website. Easy to use developers kit with C/C++, C#, ASP, VB/Jscripts support. It provides several levels of service: low-level...

Tags: Database, SDK, Edition, Data Generation, DTM Data Generation SDK

Software downloads 2008-01-02

Klausner Technologies: The new NTP?

Klausner Technologies, a company founded by Judah Klausner who invented the PDA, is suing Apple, AT&T over iPhone's visual voicemail patents. For good measure Klausner is suing Comcast, Cablevision and eBay's Skype. Sound familiar? It should Klausner almost sounds like NTP, which sued Research...

Tags: Apple iPhone, PDA, Cablevision Systems Corp., Patent, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., eBay Inc., NTP, Klausner Technologies, PDAs, Intellectual Property, Handhelds, Hardware, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimony

Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimonyMaybe Google made a mistake complaining aboutMicrosoft's search and crying anti-trust. As they say, pay back is a b.....straw poll?GOOG or MSFTWHo cares really?I mean its not like its going to change my life or put a buck in my pocket.All antitrust laws must...

Tags: Google Inc., MSFT, Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

Texas man to FCC inspector:I "told you to get off my property! Maybe the dogs won't bite!"

Texas man to FCC inspector:I "told you to get off my property! Maybe the dogs won't bite!"Why can't Mr. Winton train his dog? Seriously, why?I'm telling you and anyone this: If you don't train your dog, then you can be held responsible as your dog needs to learn. You just...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, government, FCC, FCC inspector:I, radio

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?

Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?The FSF has never before been interested in money damagesThe history of the FSF and other supporters/users of the GNU GPL has been compliance, not money damages. Seeking money damages would simply open a can of worms given you then have to figure out the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., GPLv3, GPL, GPL V3, compliance, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Hey Eminem, blame the system, not Apple

Hey Eminem, blame the system, not AppleDoesn't matter"The first are the very poorest: artists and songwriters, and they'll be the first ones to out of the business."That doesn't matter. What matters is sticking it to the record labels. Besides, we all know no songwriters or performers are getting paid; the...

Tags: Apple Inc., CD, Eminem, songwriter, music, CD sale

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Can Google get OIN over the enterprise hump?

Consider the following: You're a big open source shop that spends a lot of time developing Linux code. Now you get a vehicle to cross-license Linux-related patents without all the licensing hubbub from the likes of IBM, Oracle, and Google. Doesn't it make sense to become a licensee?Google announced that...

Tags: Google Inc., Linux, Patent, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-07