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YouTube Claims Victory in Fighting Off Viacom Lawsuit
YouTube June 23 said it won its fight against Viacom for copyright infringement after the New York district court hearing the case granted YouTube’s motion for summary judgment. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton believes YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement. Viacom called…
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Microsoft vs. Google: The Battle to Own Productivity Apps in the Cloud
As vendors build out aggressive cloud strategies, two behemoths are going toe-to-toe for marketshare in the office productivity applications space. Although Google beat Microsoft to the punch in the cloud computing world with the launch of its successful Google Docs portfolio of cloud applications, Microsoft has been playing catch-up lately, announcing a stronger commitment to…
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Watson Exits Microsoft Channel Chief Post
Allison Watson, Microsoft’s longtime global channel leader, will hand over the reins to the massive partner program to Jon Roskill at next month’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C. In a surprise announcement made this afternoon, Microsoft said Watson was assuming a new role, corporate vice president of Business & Marketing Organization in the U.S.,…
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Salesforce.com Seeks to Move Chatter Beyond Sales, Marketing
Salesforce.com wants to put Chatter, its new social collaboration platform, into the hands of every corporate user who needs to work with customers or with co-workers to solve problems, provide service or share ideas. Salesforce.com is offering Chatter-only licenses for customers that are already using the Salesforce.com suite so that companies can deploy the collaboration…
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Opt-Out for Apple’s iAd, Location-Based Tracking Unavoidable
Apple’s updated privacy policy will not let users download any applications from the iTunes store without agreeing to the new terms and conditions. Timed for the launch of the vaunted iPhone 4, iAd lets developers insert advertisements within their applications. Developers keep 60 percent of the proceeds from ads shown; Apple gets the remaining 40…