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IBM plunges into 'smart grid for water'
News Betting that governments and businesses will need to better manage water resources, IBM leads effort to design IT systems to monitor and analyze water use.
Tags: Green IT, Grid, Sensor, U.S., France, IBM Corp., information technology, Green IT, software, conference
Crisis backs Philippine BPO, software sectors
News Economic downturn bolsters growth for country's outsourcing and software industries, as market players form regional hubs to vie for U.S. contracts.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Software, Growth strategies and tools, Outsourcing, Philippines, Business Process, BPO, Sorio, financial
Web radio, music industry reach agreement on royalties
News After two years of negotiations, larger online radio stations agree to pay music industry 25 percent of revenue or a flat per-stream rate, whichever is greater.
Tags: Corporate law, Sales/revenue, Domain names, Web browsers, Music Industry, Internet radio, performance, broadcaster, revenue, blog
Ethical hackers get industry association
News The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers has been launched to provide a trade body and professional body for penetration testers.
Tags: Security, Risk Management, Aviva Plc., Industry Association, Information Security, Web Application, Infosecurity Europe, penetration testing, London, Hacker
US govt probes IBM's mainframe business
News The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior, according to reports.
Tags: Mainframes, Legal, Mainframe, ATM, IBM Corp., Computer, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Associated Press, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Europe assisting US with IBM antitrust probe
News The European Commission said it has provided information to U.S. regulators looking into possible anticompetitive practices by IBM in the mainframe market.
Tags: Components, Antitrust, Commission, Mainframe, IBM Corp., European Commission, U.S. Department Of Justice, T3, Computer & Communications Industry Association, data-processing
Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
News U.S.'s No. 2 phone company, known for its reluctance to intervene in antipiracy cases, strikes an agreement to forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry.
Tags: Piracy, Verizon Communications Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Entertainment Company, Cox Communications Inc., RIAA, entertainment, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider, agreement
Google Books opposition pours in at deadline
News Tuesday is the last day to file statements on Google's Book Search settlement and several groups have gone on record opposing the deal.
Tags: Data Management, Web 2.0, Databases, Web sites, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Judge
US Justice Dept defends massive file-swapping fine
News In move that echoes Bush administration arguments, U.S. President Barack Obama's Justice Department says Jammie Thomas' US$1.92 million fine for infringement of 24 songs is constitutional.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web sites, RIAA, file-swapping, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, P2P, Kazaa, Bush Administration, U.S. Congress
RIAA loses mistrial appeal
News The Recording Industry Association of America has been dealt another blow in its only copyright infringement case to go to trial.
Tags: Copyright, Web sites, Music, RIAA, P2P, Kazaa, copyright law, Judge, Internet Service Provider, industry
French parliament unexpectedly kills Net piracy bill
News With few members present of final vote, lawmaking body votes down a bill that would have compelled Internet service providers to punish suspected copyright violators.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Web sites, Bill, Piracy, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, Nicolas Sarkozy, RIAA, European Union
UK online bank fraud doubles to US$76.5M
News According to figures from payments industry association Apacs, online banking fraud in the United Kingdom registered a 132 percent increase on 2007's figure.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Data security, Phishing, Malware, Fraud, online banking, Apacs, payment, Silicon.com, retail company
Facebook silences Project Playlist widgets
News The legal complaints that earlier saw the social music site's widgets pulled from MySpace have now cut off its presence on Facebook, too.
Tags: Music, Lawsuits, Patents, MySpace, RIAA, blogosphere, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Project Playlist, social networking, Facebook
Project Playlist and Sony BMG strike deal
News This is the first major-label deal for the social music Web site, which has been hammered by lawsuits and seen its widgets banned from MySpace.
Tags: Web sites, Music, MySpace, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., RIAA, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Facebook, ComScore Networks Inc.
Music sales for 2008 ride digital coattails
News Industry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl.
Tags: Music devices, Music, Album, E-business, Apple iTunes, Sales, music download, digital music, Nielsen SoundScan, News.com
