CNet News has an interesting article by Ina Fried today in which Fried details her experience with buying a “recertified” iPod from Buy.com which turned out to have a virus. Reuters writes that “[o]ffering unlimited music downloads to phone buyers will make money for Nokia as well as record labels, [...]
The Silicon Valley Watcher has an interesting post today entitled “Incremental Is Not Innovative: Where Is The Next Big Thing?” The post’s author, Tom Foremski, alleges that at present “there is a lot of money flowing into companies that only offer incremental improvements over what is already available.” According to [...]
The Register reports that “Nokia faces a crippling financial bill for its strategy of bundling free music with handsets, which will give users unlimited song downloads with Nokia phones. The world's biggest label, Universal Music, joined the ‘Comes With Music’ initiative at launch last December, and Sony BMG joined last [...]
On April 21, 2008, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued proposed regulations governing national security reviews of foreign investments in U.S. businesses. These new regulations were issued to implement amendments adopted by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA) to the Exon-Florio [...]
DarkReading has an interesting article today which explains why “[n]ew and little-known regulations could mean fines, or even jail time, for [American] companies that do business with bad guys.” The publication writes: “If you're a security pro, you might be familiar with the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset [...]
