A judgment entered in December against bloggers, alleging that they illicitly disclosed trade secrets from Apple Computer, Inc., online, may have free speech implications for all online publishers. “This is not the usual, run-of-the-mill trade secrets case,” according to Karna Berg, an intellectual property attorney with Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, in reference to Apple v. Does. The case is now on appeal with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the online civil rights group handling the defense.
Posted May 24, 2006
Vodafone K.K. has announced that on October 1, 2006 it will change its company name to SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp.
Posted May 23, 2006
Pheedo, RSS marketing and analytics provider, has released its third quarterly “Pheed Read” report, providing RSS publishers, advertisers, and users insight into RSS usage patterns.
Posted May 19, 2006
Pando Networks Inc., creators of a peer-to-peer distribution solution for the private transport of consumers' digital media, has announced the completion of $7 million in financing led by Intel Capital.
Posted May 19, 2006
ClearStory Systems, Inc., a provider of digital asset management (DAM) solutions, has announced the closing of its previously announced definitive agreement with Datawatch Corporation.
Posted May 09, 2006
dotPhoto, a provider of photo, video, and multimedia sharing and storage applications, and services for wireless and online users, has announced the closing of a $3.5 million second-round equity commitment from Edison Venture Fund and Sycamore Ventures.
Posted May 09, 2006
Up to the mid-’90s, managing content was easy. Records managers cataloged documents, locked them up, and when their retention period expired, destroyed them. The main threats were fire and water. Today, content comes in thousands of electronic formats, including email. Content’s central importance is attracting a new threat: patent litigators, the modern Willie Suttons, because—as Willie famously said about robbing banks—that’s where the money is.
Posted May 09, 2006
A 10-nation poll conducted for Reuters, the BBC, and The Media Center across four continents, finds that in a world of committed news junkies, trust in the news provider is a key issue.
Posted May 05, 2006
MarketResearch.com, a distributor and publisher of global market intelligence, has announced the hiring of Charles (Charlie) W. Terry as president.
Posted May 05, 2006
Nstein Technologies Inc. has announced a projected financing of CAN$10 million.
Posted May 05, 2006
Loudeye Corp., a provider of business-to-business digital media solutions, and Muze, a provider of entertainment information services, has announced that Muze has acquired Loudeye's U.S.-based services and operations in an asset purchase transaction for $11.0 million in cash.
Posted May 02, 2006
Internet Archive has announced the latest release of Archive-It 1.5, a new subscription-based archiving service geared towards institutions at a cost lower than other archive platforms.
Posted Apr 28, 2006
The Thomson Corporation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Centre for Medicines Research International (CMR), a provider of R&D performance metrics to the global pharmaceutical industry.
Posted Apr 28, 2006
Microsoft Corp. has announced the spinout of a new social networking technology, developed by Microsoft Research, to create a new Silicon Valley startup, Wallop Inc.
Posted Apr 28, 2006
TDWI has released its latest survey report, "Taking Data Quality to the Enterprise through Data Governance."
Posted Apr 25, 2006
Penton Media, Inc. has announced that it acquired HVAC-Talk.com, an online community and discussion forum operated by BuildCentral, Inc., of Chicago.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
The Active Network, Inc., a provider of application services technology and marketing services to community service organizations, has acquired Vancouver, B.C.-based IronPoint.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
Facebook, a social directory that enables people to share information, has announced that it has secured $25 million in funding.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
Visible Path, a developer of relationship capital management (RCM) solutions, has announced that it has secured $17 million in Series B funding.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
Amdocs, a provider of software and services to enable integrated customer management and the intentional customer experience, has announced it signed an agreement to acquire Qpass, a provider of digital commerce software and solutions.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
Elsevier, a healthcare and scientific publisher, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Gold Standard, Inc., a US-based developer of online clinical drug information products, services, and solutions to the healthcare market.
Posted Apr 21, 2006
Kaboodle, a free online service that collects, organizes, and shares information on the Web, has announced that it has raised $3.55 million in Series A funding from providers in search algorithms, online commerce, and Web technologies.
Posted Apr 18, 2006
Cadmus Communications Corporation has announced that it has purchased through a subsidiary the remaining 20% of KnowledgeWorks Global Limited ("KGL") from Datamatics Technologies Limited ("DTL"), which gives the Company 100% ownership of its content services operations in Mumbai and Chennai, India.
Posted Apr 14, 2006
Fox Interactive Media (FIM), parent of MySpace.com, has appointed Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam to oversee safety, education and privacy programs and law enforcement affairs for MySpace, as well as the network of FIM properties.
Posted Apr 14, 2006
101communications, LLC (“101”), an integrated media company focused on the information technology community, has been acquired by 1105 Media, Inc., a company backed by private equity firms Nautic Partners and Alta Communications in partnership with Neal Vitale, a former Reed Elsevier and Petersen Publishing executive.
Posted Apr 14, 2006