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Comes With Virus

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, [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:10-05:00April 30th, 2008|Blog, Uncategorized|

Will the real innovations please stand up?

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 [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:10-05:00April 29th, 2008|Blog, Uncategorized|

CFIUS Issues Proposed New Regulations

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 [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:10-05:00April 25th, 2008|Blog, Uncategorized|

Doing business with bad guys could result in fines, or even jail time, for U.S. companies

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 [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:10-05:00April 25th, 2008|Blog, Uncategorized|
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