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Virtualization: Get the contract right
Insight perspective Virtualization promises many business benefits--but only if you structure the agreement correctly. Lawyer Mark O'Conor offers some advice.
Tags: Virtualization, Software licensing, Cost control, Security, business continuity, intellectual property, Hardware, service provider, agreement, pricing strategy
'Pragmatic' Intel seen in AMD deal
News Intel's settlement with AMD avoids costly and lengthy legal battles and signals Intel looking to reduce reliance on PC and server markets, says analyst.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., U.S., Manufacturing, Chip Company, server processor, Settlement
StarHub finally gets to sell iPhone
News Singapore carrier is last of country's three mobile operators to offer the Apple mobile phone, and will begin doing so later this year.
Tags: Mac OS, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Starhub, SingTel, mobile, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, tariff, Apple iPhone
As expected Warner Music, YouTube make up
News Companies sign multi-year deal that will bring label's videos back to YouTube and enable users to include Warner's music in their clips.
Tags: Web sites, Sales/revenue, Web 2.0, Warner Music Group Corp., Video, YouTube Inc., agreement, licensing agreement, Sales/revenue, Web 2.0
GE inks deal for 'cleaner coal' in China
News Timed with Obama's visit, General Electric announces deals in China around high-speed rail, hybrid locomotives, and coal gasification plants with underground carbon storage.
Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Gasification, U.S., Green IT, General Electric Co., Storage, electric vehicle, memorandum of understanding, carbon dioxide
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
Intel, AMD reach landmark settlement
News Upon payment of US$1.25 billion by Intel, AMD will drop longstanding antitrust litigation. The two powerhouses will share chip technology.
Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel Corp., computer chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, European Commission, Chip, FTC, Settlement
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law
News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, Web sites, European Parliament, Telecommunications, European Union
Microsoft, Yahoo talking to EU about proceeding on deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to find out whether to file formal notice of their search deal with the European Commission or with individual countries, Microsoft says.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, European Union, Europe, antitrust, agreement, spokesman
Accounting rule change approved by FASB
News Change allows companies like Apple to recognize revenue much faster.
Tags: Business structures, Apple Inc., TV, Sales, Apple TV, financial, Apple iPhone, agreement, accounting, Business structures
Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
News The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Worker, Eric Schmidt, antitrust, hiring, Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., board, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
Accused mastermind of TJX hack to plead guilty
News Florida man charged earlier this month in separate data breach, agrees to plead guilty to charges of hacking into TJ Maxx and other retailers and stealing data.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Spam and phishing, attorney, Identity Theft, computer, Miami, debit card, hacking, agreement
Microsoft signs confidential IP deal over NTFS
News Tuxera, an open source NTFS company, has signed a confidential deal with Microsoft to cooperate on exFAT, a proprietary alternative to the NTFS file system.
Tags: Business applications, File System, IP, NTFS, OEM, intellectual property, CEO, Linux, agreement
Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook
News A Cupertino, Calif.-based start-up claims the bookseller misappropriated its trade secrets in its design of a similar e-reader.
Tags: Copyright, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, Nook, Alex, California, Amazon.com Inc., E-book, Cupertino, marketing
