Heavies Joining Against Patent Suits?
Autor admin | 30.06.2008 | Category SEO
Information technology giants are teaming up in defense against potential patent-infringement lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The companies plan to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into the hands of parties that could use it against them, the paper said.
The paper’s sources said the companies, which include Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Ericsson, are believed to have a joined a group calling itself the Allied Security Trust.
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Yahoo Lobbies for Investor Confidence
Autor admin | 30.06.2008 | Category SEO
As it struggles to fend off a proxy war for control of the company, Yahoo’s leadership (NASDAQ: YHOO) has made another pitch to investors, taking aim at activist investor Carl Icahn’s “ill-defined plan” and urging shareholders to vote for the incumbent board of directors at the upcoming annual meeting.
Coming in advance of the company’s Aug. 1 shareholder meeting, the presentation (available as a PDF here) also defends the company’s ultimate decision to ink an ad deal with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) over any of the transactions discussed with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).
“The vote you will cast for directors at Yahoo’s annual meeting is the most important for stockholders in our history,” Yahoo told investors on the annual meeting page of its Web site.
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If Google Gives You Comics…
Autor admin | 30.06.2008 | Category SEO
If Google Gives You Comics… While the announcement of the Seth “Family Guy” McFarlane link to Google was not new, the way Google has announced it will distribute and monetize reflects a deeper reach for the online media behemoth. Google is going in to the content production space. The caveat about this is the actual information given for advertisers about publishers and their audience. As NYT reports: “The innovative part involves the distribution plan. Google will syndicate the program using its AdSense advertising system to thousands of Web sites that are predetermined to be gathering spots for Mr. MacFarlane’s target audience, typically young men.” The question is how are they determining the target audience? (Read the full post about ‘If Google Gives You Comics…’…)
Lo-Jack For Laptops?
Autor admin | 30.06.2008 | Category SEO
The problem with laptops seeming to grow legs and walk away from their owners dominates the minds of IT administrators and the public alike. After all, maybe your personal data was sitting on that laptop that was stolen, lost or otherwise misplaced, which could mean major disruption of your life or even identity theft.
After a hair-raising study with the Poneman Institute found just how bad laptop loss in airports alone can be, Dell announced new data protection services designed to help catch lost laptops and eras the data.
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expanding its ProSupport service to include Asset Protection Services and Data Protection Services for laptop users, giving them a single point of contact.
Lo-Jack For Laptops?
Autor admin | 30.06.2008 | Category SEO
The problem with laptops seeming to grow legs and walk away from their owners dominates the minds of IT administrators and the public alike. After all, maybe your personal data was sitting on that laptop that was stolen, lost or otherwise misplaced, which could mean major disruption of your life or even identity theft.
After a hair-raising study with the Poneman Institute found just how bad laptop loss in airports alone can be, Dell announced new data protection services designed to help catch lost laptops and eras the data.
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expanding its ProSupport service to include Asset Protection Services and Data Protection Services for laptop users, giving them a single point of contact.