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| Viacom seeks $1B in damages from Google Media company Viacom said on Tuesday that it was filing suit against Google Inc. for what it alleges are "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacom’s property. March 13, 2007 | 1 Comment Information on demand: the new enterprise goal Dr. Ambuj Goyal is one of IBM’s heavy hitters. A 25-year IBM veteran who joined the company as a researcher at the T. J. Watson Research Center, Goyal did early work in scalable databases that laid the technology groundwork for DB2, then led the research effort to create the Deep Blue chess computer. In 1996, Goyal was elevated to be vice president, servers and software, and director, computer sciences, where he set IBM’s long-term research direction and oversaw the work of 1,500 researchers worldwide. March 12, 2007 Improve availability of enterprise data Ask an expert about data availability and how to ensure it, and the conversation quickly turns to the subject of human error. Not that IT mistakes are the leading cause of unplanned downtime; the research firm Gartner identifies software failures as the chief culprit, and “operator error” as the second most common cause, ahead of hardware outages; building or site disasters; and metro disasters, such as storms or floods, in that order. But of all of these major causes, human error is the one that IT can really do something about. March 12, 2007 Report: AT&T; may scale back Yahoo partnership Feeling that its partnership with Yahoo yields fewer benefits than in the past, AT&T wants to trim the deal's scope and seek more favorable conditions for itself, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. March 9, 2007 Fon lands $13 million more for community Wi-fi Wi-fi startup Fon Technology SL has secured an additional €10 million (US$13.1 million) in funding for its plan to establish a global network of shared hotspots, the company said Friday. March 9, 2007 The enterprise DST checklist The new DST (daylight-saving time) is drawing near. Do you think you're ready? Run down this checklist to be sure. March 7, 2007 Visa summit will counter data breach hype Credit-card payments giant Visa is hoping to shed new light on problems like consumer data theft and identity fraud through a conference that will bring together leaders from the business, government, and technology communities to discuss security for the electronic payments industry. March 7, 2007 Daylight-saving time a nuisance, but no Y2K Timed stock market trades will go awry. Manufacturing lines will grind to a halt. Perplexed executives will hold court before empty conference rooms. These are just a few of the doomsday scenarios that have been tossed out in advance of daylight-saving time, which has been bumped up by two weeks this year by order of the U.S. Congress. March 7, 2007 | 2 Comments Report: Palm discussing strategic options with bankers Smartphone maker Palm Inc. is consulting with investment bankers on its strategic options, including the prospect of selling the company, seeking investment from venture capitalists, or making an acquisition of its own, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal. March 5, 2007 Privacy laws could hurt the little guy Whitfield Diffie has been credited with making privacy possible in the digital age. As a co-inventor of public key cryptography, he is one of the most respected contributors to the field of computer security and is in constant demand as a speaker. March 5, 2007 |
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