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Man arrested for extorting Google

Man arrested for extorting GoogleNT Say, when did the parasites at SCO start free-lancing??.does this guy work for eolas? nt.I heard about a company that ...Told it's customers they had to upgrade to a new licensing agreement or face significant cost increases. Funny thing is, for most companies...

Tags: Service management, OPEN SOURCE, hater, humor, SCO Group Inc., new Licensing Agreement, licensing agreement, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-03-22

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Britain moves against illegal file sharing

CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...

Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T

Hasbro said it has filed suit in the Southern District of New York against Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, and RJ Softwares, better known as the creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. It was only a matter of time before the Scrabble-Scrabulous feud came to a head, and that...

Tags: Facebook, Hasbro Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, lawsuit, Scrabulous, Hasbro, Tom Magrino, GameSpot

News items 2008-07-25

Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable

Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...

Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker

Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case

The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

PaaS embraces client access licensing

PaaS embraces client access licensingAt least they offer SSLI checked out this company and they seem to address a few of the concerns for PaaS and SaaS.That being SSL. So at least when communicating with your web apps it would take an unreasonable effort to sniff your data traffic.However I...

Tags: cloud computing, extreme user, PaaS, client access licensing

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

PaaS embraces client access licensing

Platform-as-a-service is going through a similar rite of passage as conventional software did when it met the Web in the late 1990s - trying to work out the fairest way to license occasional users. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Enterprise Software, PaaS, Extranet, Coghead, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Business Services, Pricing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-07-23

E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering

E-gold owners plead guilty to money launderingGoodbye privacy?Cash leads to crime, too. Should we enforce credit/debit card payments only? If so, let's ban gold trading altogether!I will be obvious and boring then...[Please excuse my poor "Engrish" and my rushed-up style.]Hi guys.I don't agree with your opinion and thought a very...

Tags: Identity theft, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Financial services, bank transaction, e-Gold, tax, financial

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

More big money for work on wind. Yes, that's $1 billion.

Finavera Renewables which has both wind and wave energy projects around the world has negotiated a deal with an unnamed corporate investor who plans to put up $1 bilion for wind power projects that will create up to 300 megawatts of capacity in British Columbia. The money...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Agreement, mW, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Video: Beyond the Icahn-Yahoo honeymoon

Sam offers his take on the agreement between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo. He says the latest development only settles the proxy fight, and now comes the big challenge--getting Yahoo's newly expanded board to work together. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Video, Corporate Governance, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Diaz's Memo: Beyond the Icahn-Yahoo honeymoon

ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his take on the agreement between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Yahoo. He says the latest development only settles the proxy fight, and now comes the big challenge--getting Yahoo's newly expanded board to work together.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Diaz, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Yahoo, Icahn

Videos 2008-07-21

Yahoo and Icahn Reach Agreement

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn, the activist investor who has been waging a proxy contest to unseat the board and push Yahoo closer to a deal with Microsoft. Yahoo said Mr. Icahn will join the board himself. The board...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to boot

Qik, a popular streaming mobile video service, has finally opened its public beta program and has released a slew of new features to go along with it. This is great news considering last month tech pundit Robert Scoble declared Qik all but dead in the wake newcomer Kyte. ...

Tags: Public Beta, Robert Scoble, Handset, Video, Integration, Qik, Kyte, Kyte.tv, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home pageStock Tip: Get out of Legg Mason fundsTime to put down the crack pipe Legg Mason."We would prefer that the company and Mr. Icahn reach a mutual agreement on the composition of the Board and end this disruptive...

Tags: Corporate governance, Legg Mason Inc., Icahn, board, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar

The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystaranticompetitive argumentThe problem with the anticompetitive argument is that the company engaging in the activity has to command a substantial share of the overall market. Apple doesn't even have 8% of the market. Also, Psystar never even tried to license Apple's intellectual...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18