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- Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy
- A class action suit over Facebook's controversial Beacon program today received preliminary approval PDF by a U.S. District Court, bringing an end to the Beacon service and giving the company an option of clearing the matter without long - and expensive - court proceedings. The proposal calls...
- Tags: Facebook, Online Privacy, Settlement, Class Action, Beacon, Class Action Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Mark your calendars: PDC 2007
- As these passages have clearedMicrosoft officials have said they don?t have any intention of suing Linux users over the 235 Microsoft patents that the company says are violated by free/open-source software. I?d be surprised to see Microsoft sue any Linux vendors, either. The outcry and backlash would outweigh any gains...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Linux, PDC 2007, Microsoft Patents
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Now I Know Why I Can't Stand the Washington Redskins
- U.S. businesses seem to abuse their customers moreThis may seem unrelated, but reading this post made several parallels pop up in my mind. The RedSkins are suing fans who were obviously previously supporting them financially but ran into hardships. The RIAA sues grandmothers who spent a LIFETIME buying recordings for...
- Tags: Team management, Packer, Washington Redskin, Redskins, team
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Open source advocates still called zealots
- Open source advocates still called zealotsHow about Microsoft zealots?I am certain any group includes a few wackies. Law of averages and all. If the shoe fits....... wear it!I find it funny...the a blogger calls what a journalist does worthless. Considering the difference in quality control and that...
- Tags: Blogging, word zealot, Moderators, Ashlee Vance, NYT, open source, zealot, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaint
- Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaintGood for themIf a crime is committed, by all means Craigslist should cooperate with the authorities as any good business would. But Craigslist is not in the business of crime stopping nor are they obliged to cater to...
- Tags: Professional development, Craigslist, South Carolina AG, SC AG
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Do our Operating Systems need Search Failover?
- Do our Operating Systems need Search Failover?Update your post Jason, it wasn't AT&T faultn/tRE: Do our Operating Systems need Search Failover?If this existed, I'm sure someone will find a reason to sue Microsoft cause one Search provider is listed higher than the other.Oh I long for the glory days of...
- Tags: Web browsers, NOW IT, wait-time, Search Failover, failover, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?
- Yahoo has confirmed that Carol Bartz is its new CEO. Now the real fun begins: Turning around Yahoo amid a horrid economy and deciding whether to do a search deal with Microsoft. But first Bartz will need a No. 2 as Yahoo president Sue Decker will resign. ...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carol Bartz, BoomTown, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
- The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?Non-competes typically are enforced for......company executives. Clearly Mr. Papermaster was an executive of IBM and therefore the non-compete is applicable. IMO he does have a strong argument that his new role is materially different enough where the non-compete is not applicable.To work...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Utility computing, Blade servers, Papermaster, IBM Corp., IBM-Apple-Papermaster, IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle, triangle, NDA
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Verizon launches Visual Voice Mail
- Verizon launches Visual Voice MailVisual voice mail for other ATT phones?Is there any news if ATT is going to provide the feature on other ATT phones?RE: Verizon launches Visual Voice MailHate to be nit-picky - but commoditized usually refers to a once valuable item being devalued because it is abundantly...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Visual Voice mail, phone, Visual Voicemail, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Facebook sues German 'clone'
- On Friday, Facebook filed suit in California court against studiVZ, a German social net with a look undeniably close to Facebook's. Facebook accuses studiVZ of copying its interface. "We believe that our success thus far has been directly related to the unique look and feel of both...
- Tags: Facebook, studiVZ, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Apple may win the battle, but they'll lose the war, eventually. Well, that was predictable, really. A small startup in Florida decides to go make Mac clones, and surprise, surprise, Apple starts legal proceedings and unleashes the might of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another champion
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championAdobe should show the non compete and sue M$!Stealing talent should not go unpunished!M$ must pay!RE: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championWhile the basic facts are correctâ€"Mark is leaving Adobe for MSFT to do User Experience work, that's about the extent...
- Tags: Document management, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., champion, imaging
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo; May change the search game; Bid could rise
- Microsoft said Friday that it is making an unsolicited offer of $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, to buy Yahoo in a move that would give the software giant more market share and become a significant threat to Google. In a statement, Microsoft would allow Yahoo shareholders...
- Tags: Game, Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Proposal, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Update: Los Angeles schools' payroll problems "stabilized"
- The Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD seems to have ended it's year-long payroll system failure. For most of the last year, many teachers have faced incorrect paychecks resulting from problems during the implementation of an SAP system. According to the Daily News in Los Angeles: ...
- Tags: Deloitte LLP, Finance, LAUSD, Michael Krigsman, Operational Accounting, Payroll
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- WashPo gets RIAA CD rip story wrong on Dec. 30; I got it right on Dec. 11
- WashPo gets RIAA CD rip story wrong on Dec. 30; I got it right on Dec. 11Message has been deleted.Hey Russell...You might also want to alert your compatriot, Dvorak. Seems he's jumped on the WashPo bandwagon as well.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2242789,00.aspTotallySince Washington Post has nothing better to do than read the amateurish...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Advertising & Promotion, keyphrase, RIAA, WashPo, CD
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Latest antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple's weak spots
- Latest antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple's weak spotsPopcorn"Another point raised by the lawsuit is price, specifically why the $5.52 price difference between a 1GB and 4GB results in a $100 price difference between the 1GB and 4GB iPod nano."Yeah! And what about the difference in price between a medium and large...
- Tags: Corporate law, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., WMA, weak spot, Latest antitrust lawsuit, antitrust lawsuit, price difference, Apple iPod, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- IMHO: Amazon Kindle drum roll another example of digerati clustercluck
- You know the real word I wanted to type but my Mom raised a gentleman. I'm in my hotel lobby, forced to this noisy public place kisses between three generations of anonymous families because the WiFi is down and the hotel is clueless about what the problem...
- Tags: Newsweek, Amazon.com Inc., E-books, Wireless LANs, Taxes, Blogging, Personal Technology, Wireless, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- Whistleblower calls on Congress
- Mark Klein, 62, the AT&T whistleblower at the heart of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's suit against the phone company, spent the day in Washington trying to convince senators and congressmen not to hand away citizens' rights to sue. At the urging of the White House Congress is...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Electronic Frontier Foundation, Government, Human Resources, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Richard Koman, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Times, U.S. Congress, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- The mystery continues: Why are Windows machines automatically updating themselves?
- The mystery continues: Why are Windows machines automatically updating themselves?If MS actually was doing something sneaky......would you really expect the "Microsoft Update Program Manager" to admit it?Stop whining, be thankful...Microsoft knows what is best for you. If left to their own decisions, the average consumer would be overwhelmed by the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Windows Machines, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
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