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RIAA’s Legal Steamroller May Grind to Halt - Last year, in the first file-sharing lawsuit ever to go to trial, Jammie Thomas was found liable for sharing two dozen songs — and the judge ordered her to pay $222,000 to Capitol Records. Now, that judge has admitted that he made a “manifest error” during the trial, and Thomas may get another day in court.
Verizon Snags $678M Deal to Overhaul DHS Network - Verizon Business has won a massive government contract to deploy and manage a global IP network for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The contract is for a cool $678.5 million over 10 years, and to bank the bucks, Verizon will act as the primary service provider under the DHS OneNet program, an advanced next-generation network effort designed to consolidate multiple legacy networks into a new, secure IP network.
Orange to Peddle iPhone in Eastern Europe, Africa - Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, has signed a new deal with Apple to offer the iPhone to its customers in several parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. The company already has an exclusive deal with Apple to sell the phone in France. The Orange deal follows a series of hookups with several other carriers around the world who signed contracts to sell the iPhone.
B2B in a Web 2.0 World, Part 2: Social Media Marketing - Corporate social networking … channel communities … enterprise social software applications — the business of business has entered the Web 2.0 world, and there’s no going back. Business-to-consumer e-commerce has been fully engaged by Marketing 2.0/SMM, and now it’s business-to-business’ turn.
Cox Throttles, AT&T Flip-Flops, MacBook Finds Itself - If you’re tired of picking on Comcast for the way it throttles back peer-to-peer traffic, you can now direct your angry gaze to Cox Communications. Cox does the same thing, according to researchers at the Max Planck institute. In fact, it’s one of three ISPs they caught engaging in P2P management.
Who Is Facebook Trying to Protect? - Google and Facebook have been at each other’s throats in recent days over Friend Connect, Google’s platform for mirroring your social networking data around the Web. Apparently, Facebook doesn’t like the fact that Friend Connect does exactly what it’s designed to do.
Virtualization: Savings Are Not Guaranteed - Virtualization is one of the most significant hot-button topics in enterprise today. Linux server virtualization has allowed enterprises to leverage resources more efficiently. It also is giving CIOs and IT managers a tool to address growing corporate concerns over environmental issues and rising energy costs.
Bear Stearns: Are the Directors at Risk? - The recent fall and near collapse of Bear Stearns has been breathtaking. What has caused this once great company to flirt with becoming a penny stock? Will there be stockholders’ suits for this remarkable collapse of value? Management of Bear Stearns decided to ride the mortgage-backed securities boom at the worst time.
Yahoo’s Bostock Bristles at Icahn’s Intervention - Yahoo fired back Thursday at activist investor Carl Icahn, claiming he misunderstood the talks the company had with Microsoft and that its board of directors, not Icahn, was looking out for shareholders. The letter from Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock came hours after Icahn unveiled his proposed candidates to replace Yahoo’s board and take control of the Sunnyvale, Calif., company.
Blockbuster Credits Turnaround Strategy for Q1 Profit - Blockbuster said Thursday it swung to a first-quarter profit on lower expenses and improved domestic sales, bolstering the movie rental company chairman’s belief that a turnaround plan is working. The Dallas-based chain said its earnings after preferred dividends totaled 42.6 million, or 20 cents per share, in the three months ended April 6.
Software to Save the Contact Center, Part 2 - The call center, as an entity, has often been tasked with “making more with less.” Customer expectations are rising, labor costs are rising, competition is rising. So what’s going down? Budgets, frequently. However, in the past, companies could rely on a high degree of spending from consumers and businesses.
Study: Cox, Comcast Play Traffic Cop Day and Night - Cox Communications is actively blocking BitTorrent file-sharing users from enjoying unfettered Internet services, according to a new study based on more than 8,000 Internet users. Like Comcast, which was the first major cable Internet service provider to be outed for throttling peer-to-peer data, Cox says it interferes with the traffic to ensure quality service for all of its customers.