Industry Giants Skeptical Of Acquisition Rumors

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Industry giants rapidly building new
download services

Industry giants rapidly building new
download services 09/26/2004 11:23 AM

A series of moves by digital media giants suggest further developments in the growing world of music downloading. Sony decided to allow music files in the popular MP3 format to be played in its devices, a change from its policy restricting usage only to its own Atrac format.

At the same time, Yahoo and Microsoft are exploring using instant message applications to support copyright-clear music file sharing. Both companies recently entered the music downloading market.

American colleges are increasingly turning to such download services as an alternative to copyright problems with peer-to-peer filesharing.

Apple, Adobe and other industry giants
exhibiting at Mac Design Expo

Apple, Adobe and other industry giants
exhibiting at Mac Design Expo 04/30/2004 02:46 PM
Mac Design Conference & Expo, scheduled for June 2-4 at Chicago's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, is pleased to announce that some of the industries leading companies are exhibiting at its show. Leading the exhibitor line-up is Apple, Adobe Systems, Microsoft, CDW, Xerox, Wacom, Pantone, and Avid Technology.

Trio of Experienced Computer Security
Authors and Industry Experts Launch
Special Ops Security After Foundstone
Acquisition

Trio of Experienced Computer Security
Authors and Industry Experts Launch
Special Ops Security After Foundstone
Acquisition 02/05/2005 09:05 PM
Combining three decades of industry experience and nearly a dozen books authored between them, Andrés, Birkholz, and Andrews bring a wealth of talent and a hybrid teaching style to computer security training in Orange County. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Senior Publishing Executive Joins
World's Largest Online Library - Hiring
of Publishing Industry Veteran, Richard
Koffler, Signals Strong Growth Plans for
Questia’s Content Acquisition

Senior Publishing Executive Joins
World's Largest Online Library - Hiring
of Publishing Industry Veteran, Richard
Koffler, Signals Strong Growth Plans for
Questia’s Content Acquisition 06/03/2004 02:08 AM
Publishing industry insider, Richard Koffler, joins Questia, the world's largest online library, to aggressively grow the Questia collection of 49,000 books and 390,000 articles. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004]

"Bollywood for the Skeptical"

"Bollywood for the Skeptical" 12/24/2004 01:00 PM

Bollywood for the Skeptical

Bollywood for the Skeptical 12/24/2004 01:08 PM
Bollywood for the Skeptical offers information about Bollywood film, language in India, useful Hindi words, and even downloads of songs from Bollywood movies .. aquaint yourself with Bollywood music

ocf.berkeley.edu/~dboyk/bollywood
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"Economist magazine is skeptical"

"Economist magazine is skeptical" 02/10/2004 04:15 PM

Skeptical Environmentalist Vindicated

Skeptical Environmentalist Vindicated 12/21/2003 01:13 PM
The Danish government has cleared Bjørn Lomborg of accusations of dishonesty, while his most serious critics, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty, were blasted for engaging in a politically motivated smear campaign against Lomborg.

Skeptical of Safeway's Spin

Skeptical of Safeway's Spin 04/26/2004 01:01 PM
The company's recent presentation to institutional investors fails to instill confidence in this Fool.

iPod rumors and rumors of iPod rumors

iPod rumors and rumors of iPod rumors 07/17/2004 10:05 AM
ThinkSecret's prediction of new sleeker standard iPods in August has been been adjusted this morning with the beans spilling of news of new white iPods to be announced Monday. This new prediction downshifts the previous rumor from being a standard iPod rumor to merely being an iPod mini rumor.

Motorola tries to defy skeptical
questions

Motorola tries to defy skeptical
questions 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Korea Herald Apr 4 2004 6:19PM GMT

"Conservative U.S. anchor now skeptical
about Bush"

"Conservative U.S. anchor now skeptical
about Bush" 02/12/2004 04:02 AM

Skeptical Environmentalist Saga
Continues

Skeptical Environmentalist Saga
Continues 12/24/2003 05:56 PM
belmolis writes "In the latest episode of the The Skeptical Environmentalist affair, The New York Times reports (December 23, p. F2) that the Danish Ministry ...

kuro5hin.org || Skeptical
Environmentalist Vindicated

kuro5hin.org || Skeptical
Environmentalist Vindicated 12/22/2003 06:41 AM
Skeptical Environmentalist Vindicated .. Kuro5hin

kuro5hin.org/story/2003/12/20/193036/63
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Nader remains skeptical about Kerry

Nader remains skeptical about Kerry 06/04/2004 02:05 PM

Web Surfers Increasingly Skeptical Of
Information On Internet

Web Surfers Increasingly Skeptical Of
Information On Internet 09/27/2004 08:57 AM
Media Post Sep 27 2004 1:05PM GMT

Iraqis Skeptical on Bush Speech, Want
U.S. Out (Reuters)

Iraqis Skeptical on Bush Speech, Want
U.S. Out (Reuters) 05/25/2004 08:22 AM
Reuters - Iraqis reacted with weary skepticism Tuesday to promises from President Bush of a peaceful and independent future.

As Abbas Runs, Skeptical Militants Wait
and See

As Abbas Runs, Skeptical Militants Wait
and See 01/05/2005 10:20 PM
In his run for the Palestinian presidency, Mahmoud Abbas must convince militants to abandon their struggle and let him try diplomacy to win an independent state.

The Trouble With Marvels: If It Sounds
That Good, Will the Skeptical Buy It?

The Trouble With Marvels: If It Sounds
That Good, Will the Skeptical Buy It? 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
New York Times Dec 22 2003 1:48AM ET

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About
Cable Claims In Brand X

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About
Cable Claims In Brand X 03/30/2005 06:50 AM
While most of the Supreme Court attention yesterday went to the Grokster case, the Justices also heard the Brand X case, which was an appeal on a rulin g from a few years back, saying that the FCC was wrong in classifying cable broadband services as "information services" instead of "telecom services" -- and, thus, opening up the cable companies to forced line sharing rules. While it might not mean anything, the initial reports suggest that the Justices were skeptical of the cable companies claims, and seemed to wonder why cable broadband and telco broadband were being treated differently. Unfortunately, the case isn't quite as straightforward as it might appear. The reason the telcos have line sharing rules in the first place is because they came by their copper lines through the breakup of a government granted monopoly. These were systems built with government backing (though, as some have pointed out, the cost of those lines should be next to nothing by now). Most of the cable systems were built by private companies. That's a big distinction, and really is at the heart of this case. While both sides claim that competition will be stifled if the other side wins, that seems unlikely (either way). With the FCC leaning again st line sharing, even if cable offerings are classified as telecom services, they might not be required to share lines. However the court decides, though, it is likely to influence many other FCC rulings that impact a variety of different services, such as VoIP -- since it will set up the regulatory framework by which the FCC can rule across both cable and DSL. If both are aligned, it should also play into how they regulate wireless broadband technologies as well. In other words, the specific decision may not have a direct impact right away, but the eventual consequences may be far reaching.

Powell Vows Justice for Abu Ghraib;
Arabs Skeptical

Powell Vows Justice for Abu Ghraib;
Arabs Skeptical 05/15/2004 03:48 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 15 2004 7:35PM GMT

PRESS: Reiman skeptical about offering
3G licenses in Russia

PRESS: Reiman skeptical about offering
3G licenses in Russia 04/06/2005 09:24 AM
PRIME-TASS Apr 6 2005 12:29PM GMT

Effort to End Bullying in School; Pupils
Skeptical (Reuters)

Effort to End Bullying in School; Pupils
Skeptical (Reuters) 08/17/2004 09:05 AM
Reuters - Norwegian schools are meant to be magically free of bullying when students go back to class on Wednesday after the summer break.

Yahoo! News - Pundit O'Reilly Now
Skeptical About Bush

Yahoo! News - Pundit O'Reilly Now
Skeptical About Bush 02/11/2004 05:56 AM
“Conservativetelevision news anchor Bill O’Reilly said on Tuesday he was nowskeptical about the Bush administration and apologized to viewers forsupporting prewar claims that Iraq had weapons ofmass destruction.” .. Holy Crap, Bush is

story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040210/people_nm/cam paign_bush_oreilly_dc_3
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Analysts Skeptical Of iPod Mini Pricing,
Overall Success

Analysts Skeptical Of iPod Mini Pricing,
Overall Success 01/07/2004 06:15 PM
Industry watchers are somewhat skeptical that Apple's newly announced iPod Mini will be as successful at its first generation portable music players because its US$249 price tag is not low enough to compete with other players and is too close in price to its 15GB model to warrant the US$50 difference. By Brad Gibson (Mac Observer via MyAppleMenu)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation
-- Conservative U.S. anchor now
skeptical about Bush

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation
-- Conservative U.S. anchor now
skeptical about Bush 02/11/2004 03:48 AM
when he decided to say he did not trust Bush any more .. Conservative U.S. anchor now skeptical about Bush .. snowfall in Hell today .. apologizes

signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040210-0550-campaign-bus h-oreilly.html
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Bush Seeks to Convince Skeptical
Americans on Iraq (Reuters)

Bush Seeks to Convince Skeptical
Americans on Iraq (Reuters) 05/24/2004 12:39 PM
Reuters - President Bush will seek to convince skeptical Americans that he has a plan to bring stability to Iraq in a prime-time speech on Monday night as he tries to reverse the damaging fallout over Iraqi prisoner abuses.

Powell Vows Justice for Abu Ghraib;
Arabs Skeptical (Reuters)

Powell Vows Justice for Abu Ghraib;
Arabs Skeptical (Reuters) 05/15/2004 02:37 PM
Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday he was anguished by the abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners and vowed justice as he tried to blunt Arab anger about Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Yahoo tells skeptical judges it needs
legal ruling on free speech case

Yahoo tells skeptical judges it needs
legal ruling on free speech case 03/24/2005 08:30 PM
San Jose Mercury News Mar 25 2005 12:53AM GMT

Anti-Vaccination Fever The Shot Hurt
Around the World (Skeptical Inquirer Jan
2004)

Anti-Vaccination Fever The Shot Hurt
Around the World (Skeptical Inquirer Jan
2004) 05/06/2004 06:03 AM
Anti-Vaccination Fever: The Shot Hurt Around the World .. more»

csicop.org/si/2004-01/anti-vaccination.html
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Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With

Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With 04/14/2005 04:02 PM
Market Wire Apr 14 2005 7:58PM GMT

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou 03/27/2005 03:49 PM
Baku Today Mar 27 2005 5:57PM GMT

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Printing industry forecaster and commentator Dr. Joe Webb will speak at a printing industry economic webinar sponsored by EFI (NASDAQ: EFII) on June 23rd from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EDT; it is free to the industry. Signup form is at http://members.whattheythink.com/home/webinar.cfm [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

MWH Soft Ships Third Generation of
Industry-Preferred InfoWater Suite for
Power ArcGIS Users in the Global
Waterworks Industry

MWH Soft Ships Third Generation of
Industry-Preferred InfoWater Suite for
Power ArcGIS Users in the Global
Waterworks Industry 09/26/2004 03:49 AM
Reinforcing its vanguard position in water resources applications software, MWH Soft, Inc., today announced the worldwide availability of InfoWater® Generation V3 for ArcGIS® (ESRI, Redlands, CA). [PRWEB Sep 26, 2004]

Rumors: Get 'em while they're hot

Rumors: Get 'em while they're hot 03/14/2005 04:23 PM
We all remember our first Mac rumor. Like our first tooth, kiss, paycheck or car, the first time we navigated to MacRumors or ThinkSecret or AppleInsider, and stumbled upon a tidbit that allowed us a glimpse into Apple’s fortress of development. It used to be that rumors were accurate about 50 percent of the time. And that was half of the fun — trying to decipher which parts of which rumor were correct, inaccurate or just completely fabricated. Raise your hand if you can remember iWalk. In recent years, however, a few rumor sites — especially ThinkSecret — have gotten a little too precise. For the most part, Apple’s announcements have become a matter of formality, as the community at-large (and often mainstream media outlets, too) have already received, absorbed and dissected the news, leaving little else save the decision to purchase. You have to admit, it's kind of taken the fun out of things. I mean, we were actually surprised when the iPod came out. No, really, we were. So, when Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg ruled Friday that "an interested public is not the same as the public interest," part of me was eager for a return to the Apple of yore, when a Macworld keynote was a reason to stay up all night in anticipation. (The other part of me was deeply afraid that journalistic integrity and responsibility would continue to be eroded until the only source of reporting would lie somewhere between supermarket tabloids and FOX NEWS, filled with half-truths and barely relatable sound bytes, all slapped under a 140-point misleading headline. But that’s not the point of this particular column.) For the most part, I agree with Kleinberg's statement, even if the ruling troubles me as a journalist. Apple’s trade secrets are, indeed, stolen property, but it remains to be seen just how hard the company can lean on the bloggers in question. Before the ruling, for example, ThinkSecret published two more rumors on its site: one about iMacs and eMacs, and one about Tiger. So, will we return to a dry, rumorless existence? Will the fertile, accurate soil that grows today's rumors dry up once Apple begins to enforce its court-appointed power? Or are we simply in store for a battle of rhetoric? Yesterday’s reports on ThinkSecret cited "well placed sources" rather than the traditional "reliable source" we've all come to trust so readily. We've all seen countless rumor sites come and go, and come and go again, but never have we faced such a bitter fight for dominance. So grab 'em while you can, because reliable rumors may soon be as hard to find as an iPod with a FireWire cable. Or, I suppose, an iWalk.

Rumors of my (VB6) demise...

Rumors of my (VB6) demise... 03/17/2005 03:01 AM
As Mark Twain once famously said, “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”

'04 Rumors Abound

'04 Rumors Abound 12/19/2003 07:38 PM
It appears another 2004 rumor list has surfaced. This one featuring a few new names fans can possibly look forward to. While exciting to read, we caution collectors to watch for offical Hasbro confirmation before getting their hearts set on any one of these items. Enjoy...

Tungsten T6 Rumors

Tungsten T6 Rumors 03/17/2005 03:51 AM

The freshest rumors about PalmOne's forthcoming Tungsten read a little lot like a fairy tale, so we won't get our hopes up just yet. Features for the T6 (or Tungsten 2005, as the case may be) include Bluetooth, Wavelan, 1GB of Flash memory, a 3 MP digital camera, an ethernet port, iTunes compatibility, an initial price of about $400, Graffiti 2 Plus with voice commands and the ability to clean your teeth while you sleep and print money.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I have enough grains of salt to accompany this list, especially considering the hat tip from A_Man_In_Black in #gizmodo:

The Tungstens consciously don't include cameras, because of workplace restrictions. A new high-end Palm with a camera would be a Zire, not a Tungsten.

Tungsten T6 / Tungsten 2005 [PalmAddict via DailyGadget]

Computer industry to entertainment
industry: we lied (right on!)

Computer industry to entertainment
industry: we lied (right on!) 09/22/2004 02:18 AM
Cory Doctorow: This amazing open letter to the entertainment industry, signed by the computer industry, is a nigh-perfect expression of what constitutes a successful approach to Internet technology. And it made me laugh my ass off.

We lied to you. In the golden 80s and 90s we told you micropayments and content protection would work; that you would be able to charge minuscule amounts of money whenever someone listened to your music or watched your movie. We told you untruths which we well knew would never work - after all, we would've never used them ourselves. Instead, we wrote things like Kazaa and Gnutella, and all other evil P2P applications to get the stuff free.

We told you these things so that you would finance the things we really wanted to build, not the things that you wanted to be built. We knew all along that DRM schemes do not work, and we knew that whatever we create can be broken by us. We don't care anymore, because your money made us bigger than you.

Look at us: every year, we churn out more computer games than your entire industry is worth. You know how we do it? We like our customers. We don't treat them like potential criminals, and try to make our products do less. We invent new things like online role-playing -games, where the money does not come from duplication of bits (which cannot be stopped, regardless of your DRM scheme) but from providing experiences that the people want.

We saw that you were old and weak. So we took advantage of it: told you things that you wanted to hear so we could kick you in the head in twenty years. Some of us told you that the future is going to be interactive - what did you do? You started to think how to make interactive movies (CD-I, anyone?), which is not what it really means, while we wrote games and tried to understand the new mediums, not how to bolt it on onto old things.

We lied to you. And we apologize for that, but it was for the greater good. So we're not the least bit sorry.

Signed: The Computer Industry

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