Blockbuster Inc. and Netflix Inc. are gunning for the throats of each other in court for patent infringement. This battle now has now started a patent debate over who has the right to offer online DVD-rental services. Netflix is suing Blockbuster for allegedly ‘copying’ its 7-year old online movie-rental business method. Well, how did the [...]
China has announced new controls over the propagation of news stories by foreign media agencies. Under the new rules, there is a prohibition in distribution of news items that what Beijing, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency, says: a) Undermine China’s national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity b) Endanger China’s national security, reputation and [...]
The two giants in the mobile phone industry – Nokia and Motorola has come together to work towards interoperability of mobile TV. The two companies will work together to support systems based on open DVB-IPDC standards that are available for operator partners who are interested in deploying multi-vendor mobile TV services and trials from this [...]
India’s is standing by its long-standing grievances against the West on farm subsidies that led to the collapse of Doha Round of WTO negotiations. India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath has once again reiterated India and other developing nations’ stand on the need of correcting the structural flaws in world agriculture trade. Speaking [...]
Samsung has announced that it is finished with the first prototype of the main storage device that will replace high-density NOR flash within the next 10 years. Samsung calls it the PRAM of Phase-change Random Access Memory. The device has a whopping capacity of 512M MB. PRAM (also nicknamed perfect RAM) is more scalable than [...]
This happens every time Apple announces an event like today’s It’s Showtime. Jason D. O’Grady in his blog has some predictions. Some of the predictions are more of less common knowledge. Nevertheless, check the list of his predictions below: i. iPod nano 6 & 8GB ii. iPod 6th Generation iii. iPod 6g Features with OLED [...]
Microsoft is launching the Zune today, the portable media player. Apart from the basic music, pictures and video playback, the highlights of the gadgets are as follows: – It is WiFi enabled, – 30GB of HDD, – It has built-in FM, – 3-inch screen with QVGA resolution, – It supports h.264, MP3, AAC and WMA, [...]
The leading provider of next-gen analytical solutions Skytide has announced that its latest business intelligence (BI) software Skytide Analytical Platform Version 2.0. It is pegged as the first BI software that links traditional and non-traditional data sources for analyzing the company’s key business metrics by uncovering hidden and minute details. According to the Skytide press [...]
The proposal to reform the voting structure of International Monetary Fund (IMF) appeared likely today despite several member countries opposing it. Rodrigo de Rato, MD, IMF said I’m hopeful that the fund membership will back the plan. de Rato is expecting approval of a plan that will boost the voting shares and quotas, or financial [...]
Ford has announced that it plans to restructure the company in a major way, which will make Ford a leaner company that will focus on small vehicles and a smaller position in the US motor market. The accelerated turnaround plan would include: a) Laying off one-third of its white-collar jobs b) Offering buyouts to 75,000 [...]
