On September 9, 2009
Event Madness: Apple’s Fancy Footwork
Mac fans are waiting breathlessly for Wednesday's Apple event, when new products may be introduced. The excitement has sent Apple's share prices soaring -- at Tuesday's close, they were up $2.29 or 1.34 percent, to $172.60. That could very well change Wednesday morning once people know exactly what Apple's next move is.
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On September 9, 2009
Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux Tussle
Open Invention Network announced Tuesday that it acquired 22 Linux-related patents that Microsoft recently sold to the Allied Security Trust. OIN consists of a group of companies -- including Microsoft rivals IBM, Sony, Red Hat and Google -- that have been girding themselves for a legal fight over Linux.
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On September 9, 2009
Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux Tussle
Open Invention Network announced Tuesday that it acquired 22 Linux-related patents that Microsoft recently sold to the Allied Security Trust. OIN consists of a group of companies -- including Microsoft rivals IBM, Sony, Red Hat and Google -- that have been girding themselves for a legal fight over Linux.
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On September 9, 2009
SesameVault Opens Online Video Channel for SMBs
It is rather challenging to hit a moving target when it keeps changing directions. That's a bit like how Cameron Brain, CEO of Open Box Technologies, felt when he set his sights on a particular business market while still in college. In 2006, Brain and a group of classmates at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., started to dabble in online sales and all things video on computers.
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On September 9, 2009
SesameVault Opens Online Video Channel for SMBs
It is rather challenging to hit a moving target when it keeps changing directions. That's a bit like how Cameron Brain, CEO of Open Box Technologies, felt when he set his sights on a particular business market while still in college. In 2006, Brain and a group of classmates at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., started to dabble in online sales and all things video on computers.
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On September 9, 2009
Fearful, Beautiful Symmetry
There is a lot of unspoken information in last week's announcements by Sage and Salesforce.com about their respective contact managers. Each is creating a disruptive innovation that affects the other, and the symmetry of these dual and dueling announcements is frankly beautiful in a funny way.
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On September 9, 2009
Oshkosh Recent Award Protested
A recent truck contract to Oshkosh is being protested by two of the losing companies. Does this indicate that protests will now be more common as defense spending declines?
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On September 9, 2009
Salesforce Connects With Twitter, Facebook
Salesforce.com has added integrations with Twitter and Facebook to its call center management application, allowing to steal a further march on the likes of Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.
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On September 8, 2009
Drama Runs in Facet Biotech’s Family — Just Ask Parent PDL BioPharma
Biotech is no stranger to contentious negotiations with potential acquirers, or activist investors demanding liquidation, or product failures, or reorganizations, or patent fights. But PDL BioPharma has to be wondering: why does everything happen to us?
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