http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:47:34 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-19T13:47:34Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/viacom-google-trade-jabs-in-youtube-court-fight/?cs=40169 Court documents for Viacom's $1 billion infringement suit against Google have recently been made public. According to PCWorld.com , they shed some interesting light on the behind-the-scenes machinations and allegations in the case.   The case business_development litigation intellectual_property google viacom rich_media youtube business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:47:34 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/viacom-google-trade-jabs-in-youtube-court-fight/?cs=40169 2010-03-19T13:47:34Z 1 hour, 9 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/viacom-google-trade-jabs-in-youtube-court-fight http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40169 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/hp-settles-ink-cartridge-infringment-dispute/?cs=40153 According to CNET News , HP has reached a settlement with two of the 11 companies it accused of violating patents related to its 02 inkjet cartridges. InkPlusToner.com and Comptree Ink have both paid HP an undisclosed amount in damages and have hp litigation government_agencies intellectual_property business_technology printers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:21:27 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/hp-settles-ink-cartridge-infringment-dispute/?cs=40153 2010-03-18T17:21:27Z 21 hours, 35 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/hp-settles-ink-cartridge-infringment-dispute http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40153 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/emc-sues-men-over-rival-business/?cs=40149 EMC has filed suit against two men who helped sell it a consulting firm and later started a company that EMC alleges competes against it in violation of the first firm’s sale conditions.   boston.com reports that according to court documents, EMC mergers_and_acquisitions litigation business_technology emc Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:19 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/emc-sues-men-over-rival-business/?cs=40149 2010-03-18T16:23:19Z 22 hours, 33 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/emc-sues-men-over-rival-business http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40149 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/htc-to-defend-itself-against-apples-infringement-claims/?cs=40139 According to The Associated Press , HTC plans to defend itself against charges that it infringed on iPhone technology. The Wall Street Journal quotes HTC's Jason Gordon as saying:   HTC strongly disagrees with Apple's actions. We plan to use apple htc iphone litigation business_technology intellectual_property smartphones Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:44:15 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/htc-to-defend-itself-against-apples-infringement-claims/?cs=40139 2010-03-18T12:44:15Z 1 day, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/htc-to-defend-itself-against-apples-infringement-claims http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40139 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/google-makes-it-easier-to-ditch-exchange/?cs=40131 Google's just-announced Google Apps Migration Tool makes it easier than ever to move off MS Exchange -- just four steps, reports Fast Company .   It sees the tool aimed at smaller businesses with less-experienced systems administrators.   business_technology e-mail_and_e-mail_management google google_apps ms-exchange microsoft Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:27 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/google-makes-it-easier-to-ditch-exchange/?cs=40131 2010-03-17T19:13:27Z 1 day, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/google-makes-it-easier-to-ditch-exchange http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40131 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/xerox-plans-india-research-lab/?cs=40122 Xerox will open a research lab in Chennai, India , where it will partner with local universities to develop document-management solutions for emerging markets, reports Bloomberg .   Xerox has two U.S. research labs, with one each in Canada and xerox research_and_development emerging_markets india document_management business_technology Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:19 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/xerox-plans-india-research-lab/?cs=40122 2010-03-17T15:15:19Z 1 day, 23 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/xerox-plans-india-research-lab http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40122 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/uspto-denies-googles-nexus-one-trademark-request/?cs=40119 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Google bid to own the "Nexus One" name for its Android 2.1 smartphone, according to eWEEK .   The USPTO refused Google's request because of confusion with the Nexus trademark owned by Integra intellectual_property government_agencies smartphones integra_teecom nexus_one business_technology google Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:04:06 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/uspto-denies-googles-nexus-one-trademark-request/?cs=40119 2010-03-17T15:04:06Z 1 day, 23 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/uspto-denies-googles-nexus-one-trademark-request http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40119 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/microsoft-loses-virnetx-patent-case/?cs=40113 According to Computerworld , a jury has found Microsoft guilty of willfully infringing on two patents belonging to real-time communications vendor VirnetX.   As we reported last week , VirnetX had accused Microsoft of using its technology in litigation intellectual_property microsoft virnetx business_technology Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:36:57 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/microsoft-loses-virnetx-patent-case/?cs=40113 2010-03-17T13:36:57Z 2 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/microsoft-loses-virnetx-patent-case http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40113 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/sap-bets-on-on-demand-software/?cs=40101 SAP's new Co-Chief Executives Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe have pledged to make the company more agile , both in innovation and in acquisitions, reports BusinessWeek .   They told reporters and analysts Monday that they're taking an sap capgemini saas business_technology innovation oracle cloud_computing Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:49 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/sap-bets-on-on-demand-software/?cs=40101 2010-03-16T20:51:49Z 2 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/sap-bets-on-on-demand-software http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40101 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/pegasystems-to-buy-chordiant-software/?cs=40080 Pegasystems has announced the acquisition of Chordiant Software for $161.5 million, reports The Boston Globe .   Writing on ZDNet , Ovum senior analyst Tony Baer says at first the deal looks like yin and yan . Pegasystems offers templates for pegasystems mergers_and_acquisitions business_technology business_process_management chordiant_software Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:26:36 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/pegasystems-to-buy-chordiant-software/?cs=40080 2010-03-16T14:26:36Z 3 days, 30 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/pegasystems-to-buy-chordiant-software http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40080 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/ca-adds-3tera-to-cloud-portfolio/?cs=40079 In addition to its just-announced acquisition of Nimsoft , CA also is buying cloud computing specialist 3Tera for an undisclosed price, reports eWEEK . And that's on top of its buyouts at Cassatt, NetQoS and Oblicore.   eWEEK describes 3Tera 3tera nimsoft mergers_and_acquisitions cloud_computing cassatt netqos oblicore business_technology ca Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:59:30 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/ca-adds-3tera-to-cloud-portfolio/?cs=40079 2010-03-16T13:59:30Z 3 days, 57 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/ca-adds-3tera-to-cloud-portfolio http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40079 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/hitwise-says-facebook-overtakes-google-in-us-popularity/?cs=40071 Facebook overtook Google in the week ending March 13 to become the most-visited U.S. Web site, according to numbers from Hitwise . It says Facebook accounted for 7.07 percent of all U.S. visits, Google was close second with 7.03 percent, followed by business_technology it_market_analysts facebook technology_markets google Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:03:13 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/hitwise-says-facebook-overtakes-google-in-us-popularity/?cs=40071 2010-03-15T21:03:13Z 3 days, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/hitwise-says-facebook-overtakes-google-in-us-popularity http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40071 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/twitter-adds-web-partners-in-anywhere-platform/?cs=40069 Quelling all the pre-announcement speculation floating around, Twitter on Monday launched its "@Anywhere" platform , a way for partner sites to pull in Twitter traffic, reports CNET News .   It will allow publishers a way to more deeply twitter strategic_planning microsoft google facebook digg the_new_york_times msnbc.com bing business_technology ebay amazon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:30:04 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/twitter-adds-web-partners-in-anywhere-platform/?cs=40069 2010-03-15T20:30:04Z 3 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/twitter-adds-web-partners-in-anywhere-platform http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40069 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/china-to-investigate-consumer-complains-about-hp-laptops/?cs=40060 China's General Administration of Quality Supervision is looking into consumer complaints about how HP is treating flaws in some of its personal computers, according to the San Jose Business Journal . MarketWatch reports that the consumers claim business_technology government_agencies china hp laptops Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:51:12 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/china-to-investigate-consumer-complains-about-hp-laptops/?cs=40060 2010-03-15T16:51:12Z 3 days, 22 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/china-to-investigate-consumer-complains-about-hp-laptops http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40060 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/dell-accuses-lcd-makers-of-price-fixing/?cs=40059 According to Reuters , Dell is suing Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba and two other companies for alleged price fixing of LCD displays .   Digitaltrends.com reports that Dell claims the five companies have engaged in unfair competition and violations of business_technology litigation dell toshiba hitachi business_ethics sharp Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:42:40 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/dell-accuses-lcd-makers-of-price-fixing/?cs=40059 2010-03-15T16:42:40Z 3 days, 22 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/comment/dell-accuses-lcd-makers-of-price-fixing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/vam/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40059