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Adobe vs. Apple: Flash spat over iPhone gets intense

Adobe vs. Apple: Flash spat over iPhone gets intensespatblah blah blah, how many times can you say "spat" in one two paragraph article?? spatspatspatFlash DEAD to AppleI'd be stunned if Apple allowed Flash on the iPhone:a) Adobe annoys Apple*b) Flash is potentially great, Flash is unfortunately 90% ads.c) Flash is...

Tags: H.264, adobe, Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., spat, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Adobe vs. Apple: Flash spat over iPhone gets intense

Apple and Adobe--long time partners that propel product cycles for each other--are in a big spat over the iPhone. The problem: Apple's iPhone doesn't support Flash Player. And Adobe is getting more annoyed by the minute, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Spat, Ben Charny, Apple Inc., Business Structures, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Patent spat forces businesses to upgrade Office

Patent spat forces businesses to upgrade OfficeOh the joys of patents! NT.No biggystill using MS Ofc 2k without the infringed parties patented spat, and have Open Office as a second option, so no new costs and when it's broke, won't fix it just replace it. To heck then with...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, software patent, Microsoft Corp., spat, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-01-30

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News to know: Dreamforce, Chatter; AT&T-Verizon; Sony e-reader; ChromeOS; Office 2010

The opening of Dreamforce, the announcement of Salesforce Chatter and a judge's ruling on AT&T and Verizon's map spat are the top headlines by Sam Diaz

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Microsoft Office, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Sprint acquires iPCS; Deal ends legal spat

Sprint Nextel said it will acquire iPCS for $831 million in a move that adds almost 1 million wireless customers and shelves litigation between the two companies. In a statement Tuesday, Sprint said the $831 million price tag ($24 a share) includes the assumption of $405 million...

Tags: Sprint Communications, iPCS, Litigation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Newton was right: Apple finds gravity...in climate change

So Apple has dropped out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's the fifth American corporation to openly disagree with the Chamber's aggressive, well-funded campaigning to kill any federal legislation on greenhouse gas emissions. None of the other corporate dissenters have been tech firms. The "Wall Street Journal" refers...

Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Change, Chamber Situation, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Apple declares its environmental credentials

Much has been cyber-ink has been spilled (spilt?) over the past several days about Apple's new Environmental disclosure site called, aptly enough, Apple and the Environment. For all its vaunted and legendary hipness, Apple hasn't been as vocal as its high-tech rivals in the green IT...

Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-30

'Skank' blogger talks, sues Google for $15m

Now the world knows: the "skanks of NYC" blogger is one Rosemary Port, a 27-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is one pissed-off young lady. She not only has strong words for model Liskula Cohen, whose legal action outed her as the...

Tags: Google Inc., Duty, Lawyer, Port, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Court allows Apple-Psystar case to resume

Apple may not get any money out of Mac clone maker Psystar, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, but it can still get a ruling and, hopefully, a precedent that it can use against any other copycat Mac makers. An automatic stay of proceedings...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-24

News to know: Facebook; Psystar Chapter 11; Intel; Twitter API; Nokia's Ovi Store

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., API, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operational Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Psystar files for Chapter 11 (download petition); Blames economy, suppliers not Apple legal spat

  Updated: Psystar, the unauthorized Mac clone maker, battling Apple in a California courtroom has filed for Chapter 11.  The news, reported first by the Mac Observer from what I can tell, isn't that surprising. Psystar was under financial strain from trying to battle...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Financial, Petition, Courtroom, Creditor, Supplier, Apple Inc., Bankruptcy, Psystar, Debtor, Calls, Litigation, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-26

News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Intel: The bottom is in for PC demand Larry Dignan: eBay: We're spinning Skype off in an...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, IPO, Web 2.0, Hardware, Financial Services, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-15

Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat

Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat"users simply expect the Windows experience"Without Windows, people no longer have the skive of "just rebooting", or "my machine has stopped responding".heh"'It also supports them without the need to search for drivers on dubious websites or load drivers from a CD,' Kenyon coughed....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, netbook spat, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Canonical, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting

IBM's acquisition of Sun Microsystems is reportedly closer to becoming reality---at a lower price---but antitrust concerns loom over the deal.  The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting that IBM will pay about $9.50 a share for Sun, about a buck lower than Sun expected...

Tags: Antitrust, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-02

SXSWi - party like its 2009

Prior to SXSWi I was asked goodness knows how many times if I was likely to be there. I said the same thing to all comers: 'I don't get it. I don't see the point. Waste of time.' Much against my advice, at least one SAP...

Tags: Innovation, Austin, Enterprise, SXSWi, Drunkenness, Breakthrough Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Intel engages in chest-beating, threatens to yank AMD's x86 license in 60 days

Intel engages in chest-beating, threatens to yank AMD's x86 license in 60 daysIntel Can GOsuck a rotting egg. In my opinion Intels products suffer from planned obsolescence. I find it humorous when Intel users head up with AMD, and rattle off spec after spec about how much faster Intel Chips...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Intel x86

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

AMD, Intel patent squabble intensifies

AMD said Monday that it has been notified by Intel that it is breaching a 2001 patent cross license agreement. In a regulatory filing, AMD said Intel is alleging that the creation of the GlobalFoundries is a material breach of the patent pact. Intel has threatened to terminate AMD's...

Tags: Patent, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Company, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Boxee for Windows debuts, sort of

Remember Boxee, that lovable cross-platform media center/social networking browser-thing that got into a spat with Hulu awhile back? If you didn't know, Boxee was only available for Mac and Linux. Until now: Boxee for Windows has made a quiet entrance to the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-11