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Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Insight perspective Big Blue is in legal hot water in the United Kingdom relating to its bevy of patents. One U.K.-based lawyer gets to the bottom of the controversy.
Tags: Patents, Competitive advantage, Mainframe, IBM Corp., Monopoly, Patent, operating system, Richard Taylor, intellectual property, software
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Insight perspective Pirate Bay outcome could have wide and lasting implications for the likes of Google and YouTube, says legal expert.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, YouTube Inc., File-sharing
Are days of desktop antivirus apps numbered?
Insight commentary Security vendors are exploring new avenues in the fight against malware, making the death of the desktop antivirus app a serious proposition.
Tags: Antivirus software, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Malware, Security, Google Inc., File, Trend Micro Inc., antivirus
May the new year bring good tech-ings
Blogs I'm feeling particularly melancholic this week as 2009 rolls in and we bid farewell to 2008. The past year wasn't a ...
Scottish academia target cancer with 'light saber'
News A novel method out of Scotland, capable of firing a laser beam accurate enough to puncture a hole in an individual cell, could be used to treat cancer in the near future.
Tags: R&D, Cell, Star Wars, Fiber, optical fiber, laser, Scotland, News.com, researcher, patient
Microsoft sees Vista revival in 'Mojave'
News A new marketing push that captures on video Vista skeptics won over by the operating system may lend strength to the Windows platform.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Software, Operating systems, Web services, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Advertisement
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News While it may seem logical to downgrade security, Bruce Schneier argues that security should be maintained or boosted, as systems become more business critical in a recession.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, PC security, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Security, British Telecommunications, IT Security, Information Security
Singapore companies prefer to save jobs
News For most, retrenchment is a last resort when all other cost-cutting efforts fail, say national union, employers' federation and HR grouping.
Tags: Human resources, Career, Singapore, entertainment, Worker, e-mail, Human Resources, job, hiring, firing
James Cameron: 3D heading beyond movies
News The filmmaker tells digital advertisers that the kind of 3D experiences just making their way into movies will also reshape television and gaming.
Tags: Innovation, Games, Multimedia, Theater, 3D, Advertisement, phone, revenue, U.S., strategy
Data Robotics DroboPro
Reviews DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want?
Tags: Robotics, Storage, USB, RAID, NAS, storage array, disk, Ethernet, Serial ATA, iSCSI
Verizon: Who needs the iPhone?
News To stay ahead of AT&T and Apple, Verizon is placing a big bet on Android smartphones and other new gadgets.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Phone, Wireless company, Droid, Google Android, Android
McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options
News Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.
Tags: Antivirus software, Stock, Dallas, McAfee Inc., arbitration, SEC, Texas, tax, president, stock option
Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon
News Researchers say they have developed routing algorithm that can help big Internet companies reduce their energy bills by millions of dollars.
Tags: Green IT, Energy, Cisco Systems Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Energy Usage, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, networking company, researcher, Internet
Report: IBM to cut jobs in services unit
News Big Blue is gearing up for another round of layoffs, with its services unit targeted for the cuts, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Employees may be notified as early as Thursday.
Tags: Human resources, IBM Corp., India, Services Unit, layoff, business service, Worker, North America, job, America
Sources: YouTube, not Warner Music, pulled videos
News Warner made "11th-hour" demand during contract negotiations and received its answer from YouTube when the company began yanking the label's videos, say sources.
Tags: Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., Video, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., record company, revenue, blog
