Wow… This could also aid you Earthtimes - SEATTLE, Oct. 9 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, headquartered in Seattle, has started a $100 million fund for research grants related to global health. The foundation is inviting scientists with unorthodox approaches to the issue to apply for … This is also interesting information first Windows Home Server Systems Ship
(PC World) PC World - HP MediaSmart, other systems provide preinstalled OS, big storage capacity designed for the living room.Did you know that World means people as a whole; the public: The event amazed the world.. However open source gaining traction in U.S. government
(InfoWorld) InfoWorld - More than half of all U.S. government executives have rolled out open-source software at their agencies, and 71 percent believe their agency can benefit from open-source software, according to a survey.Did you know that Open means an undisguised or unconcealed state: brought the problem out into the open.. There is a old saying steve Jobs second most influential in IT MacWorld UK - Jobs was chosen by 73 per cent of the sample group, while 84 per cent selected Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates. Dell CEO Michael Dell took third place with a 53 per cent vote. Fourth place (with 47 per cent) was shared by Linux founder, Linus Torvalds …Did you know that Most means a large quantity or amount: Much has been written. wow… this is such a great idea
November 30, 2007
Gates foundation creates health fund
Fair Use: Worth More To The Economy Than Copyright?
I also would consider the fact I’ve been doing some research over the last few months into the economic impact of products where intellectual property protections are either ignored or non-existent, to see how the economics plays out. I’ll have a lot more to say on this in the future, but the impact is really impressive in ways that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. What’s impressed me the most is how large the impact is — in that the overall benefits to the economy in those cases are often staggering in nature. Yet, most of the press focuses on bogus one-sided reports on the impact of “piracy” which never seem to take into account any of the beneficial economic impacts of having producers purposely ignore intellectual property restrictions. It appears that some tech companies are getting a little sick of the bogus reports coming out of the BSA, RIAA and MPAA as well… so they’ve decided to release their own study, showing that the economic benefit of fair use is much, much bigger than the economic impact of copyright. In fact, the report shows that the “fair use industry” generated $2.2 trillion of value for the economy, while the copyright industry only generated $1.3 trillion. You can read the full report (pdf file) yourself.
The report is put out by the Computer and Communications Industry Association, of which Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are members. There’s little doubt that the report is just as biased as the reports on piracy numbers — but really what this report highlights is how bogus the numbers are in the piracy reports. You can put out a report that’ll show just about any “loss” or “gain” if you get to set the assumptions and conveniently ignore certain things and double count other things. In this case, the CCIA was fairly rigid in using WTO approved methodology for how countries are supposed to count the value added for the copyright issue — they just applied it to industries that are based on fair use in some way or another. You can certainly quibble with how they pick which industries are enabled by fair use, but at no worse a level than how the copyright lobby defines the importance of copyright-based industries. Either way, though, if the copyright industry is going to keep publishing its bogus reports, it’s hard to fault the CCIA for using the same methodology to show how much more important fair use is. The next time anyone cites the bogus piracy numbers, they should at least be forced to acknowledge these numbers on the value of fair use as well as a counterweight. They may be bogus, but they’re equally bogus to the piracy numbers. In the meantime, it’s probably also worth noting that Microsoft is on both sides of this debate — as an active member of the BSA which is famous for its bogus numbers, as well as a member of the CCIA. Apparently, the company is a little confused on its position on copyright. What a wonderfull idea news Web sites seek more search control
(AP) AP - The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites is driving an effort by leading news organizations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.Did you know that Control means an intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent. I heard a rumour microsoft builds custom ’skin’ for new T-Mobile phone
(InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft built a custoum Windows Mobile user interface for a new phone that T-Mobile USA expects to announce on Monday, evidence that Microsoft may be getting more serious about pursuing the consumer mobile market. this is worth your time
EBay stops sale of Belgium (AFP)
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AFP - Internet auction website eBay on Monday withdrew an unusual second-hand sale item, the country of Belgium, which had attracted an offer of 10 million euros (13.9 million dollars).
. Need help finding more information? antiobiotic, drug mix shortens TB treatment time Xinhua News Agency - Also on Tuesday, the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced its largest grants ever to fight TB ¡ª 280 million U.S. dollars for research on vaccines, diagnostics and drugs. “If everything goes well, it should be feasible …Did you know that Drug means a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication. This will diffently help you research mediaLand Monopoly CBS News - It’s true that the show brings in some financial big-hitters – Bill Gates was a recent guest – but they also have recently brought in Larry the Cable Guy , supermodel Molly Sims and … one of the Pussycat Dolls . So it’s sort of a grab bag of … This is also worth to check out
YouTube lets users map videos onto Google Earth (Reuters)
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Reuters - Google Inc is bringing
the worlds of online video and map-making closer together by
allowing users of its Google Earth software to watch and hear
YouTube videos mapped to specific locations.
. This will be worth your time summary: Dems Stymied on War Bills CNBC - FRUSTRATED DEMOCRATS: Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. RECENT OBSTACLE: Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a $50 billion bill by …Did you know that Bills means a halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle. On a that note anti-copying programs may slow piracy
(AP) AP - If the experience of the world’s largest software vendor is any guide, the industry’s best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.Did you know that Slow means something that has no existence. I also noted that
Jade sale creates complications for MFA
Wow… this could be used Boston Globe - We’re not like Bill Gates.” Murky ethical waters With limited acquisition funds and soaring prices in the art market to contend with, many museums depend on donors and collectors to help their collections grow. The challenge for museum officials and … This is pretty cool microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Software Softpedia - Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting, RoundTable and Service pack update of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 were introduced by Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft … This is also interesting information uW president to get $905,000 a year Seattle Post Intelligencer - He’s one of the best presidents in the whole damn country,” said regent Bill Gates Sr., father of the Microsoft co-founder. This week the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that a survey showed that Emmert is the third highest paid president of a …Did you know that President means the chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body. Okay, okay you may have heard on the news: even Bill Gates and Master Chief showed up - Seattle Post Intelligencer Bill Gates himself was there to work the crowd and autograph the first copy of "Halo 3" sold at the Best Buy in Bellevue very early today when the eagerly …Halo 3 enters the fray in £19bn video games battle this is worth your time
Garmin withdraws $3.3B Tele Atlas bid (AP)
Furthermore AP - Garmin, the world’s largest maker of personal navigation devices, withdrew a $3.3 billion takeover bid for Dutch digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV on Friday, clearing the way for rival TomTom. Take a look at this house prices drop, annual rise at 12-yr low
(Reuters) Reuters - House prices posted the first
quarterly drop in 13 years in the third quarter, dragging down
the annual appreciation from the third quarter of 2006 to the
slowest pace since 1995, the Office of Federal Housing
Enterprise Oversight said on Thursday.Did you know that Prices means the cost of bribing someone: maintained that every person has a price.. Somthing like that bEA to give confidential info to Icahn
(AP) AP - BEA Systems Inc. is sharing confidential information with billionaire investor Carl Icahn in hopes of persuading its largest stockholder that the business software maker is worth the $8.2 billion sales price sought by its board of directors.Did you know that Give means the quality or condition of resilience; springiness: “Fruits that have some give… will have more juice than hard ones” (Elizabeth Schneider). Please check this out new iPods to help Apple counter rivals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc is expected to
unveil new iPods this week, injecting fresh excitement into the
product line at a time when defections by partners have shown
cracks in its digital music dominance.
.Did you know that Apple means the firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree. This is also worth to check out
November 29, 2007
Nigeria asks Gates to prove he can pay his way
whatever happens ITnews - Gates takes his tablets in NY Bill Gates to finally get his degree With HP gaining ground, can Michael Dell find his mojo? Ruling: Soccer star Adu can keep his website domain Gates, Ballmer get pay rises The Nigerian government recently questioned … This is worth your time also microsoft Steps Up Pursuit of Software Pirates
(PC World) PC World - Microsoft Wednesday continued its efforts to stop people from pirating or using pirated versions of its software. The company launched a Web site and also revealed that it has filed 20 more lawsuits against people it claims are dealing counterfeit or pirated software in 13 states.Did you know that World means a realm or domain: the animal world; the world of imagination.. Okay, okay you may have heard on the news: whole Foods Board Decides Common Sense Ain’t Common Enough: Bans Execs From Web Postings Over the summer, there was some press coverage over the news that the CEO of Whole Foods had, for years, been posting to Yahoo message boards about his company under a fake name. It doesn’t look like he did anything illegal, but it was certainly questionable from an ethical standpoint. Whole Foods’ board has now responded by changing the company’s “code of conduct” to ban execs from posting to non-company-sponsored web forums about company related news. In other words, the board felt the need to basically put what should be common sense into its code of conduct. Of course, the easy retort is that it clearly wasn’t common sense to the CEO who engaged in it, but one would think with the ongoing SEC investigation he’d now be pretty aware of this fact, and changing the company’s code of conduct is unlikely to have much of an impact.Did you know that Whole means an entity or system made up of interrelated parts: The value of the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.. Please check this out not a "Halo" fan? Other games beckon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft's "Halo 3" has
dominated video game headlines this week, but if blasting
aliens isn't appealing there is more on offer in other games,
including role-playing the composer Frederic Chopin.
.Did you know that Games means informal. An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: “the way the system operates, the access
game, the turf game, the image game” (Hedrick Smith). read on to check out what awaits you
AOL buying another ad company, Quigo (AP)
nevertheless AP - AOL’s acquisition binge of online advertising companies continued Wednesday as it announced plans to buy Quigo and its services for matching ads to the content of Web pages. This is also something to look at microsoft wins patent suit
(PC World) PC World - Microsoft won a patent dispute over technology that helps computers boot up faster Thursday.Did you know that World means all that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.. Maybe this could help salesforce.com unveils user interface as a service
(InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Next Monday, Salesforce.com will, in the words of one industry analyst, "extend the value proposition of software as a service" when it introduces Visualforce at its Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco.Did you know that Service means copulation with a female animal. Used of male animals, especially studs. Maybe this could help gates Foundation offers grants to annihilate tuberculosis (Pravda) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to invest $280 million (201.9 million EUR) in the program fighting against tuberculosis, a disease that has been mostly eliminated in the United States but still kills nearly 2 million people in the world each year. This is also worth to check out
EnergyCo Names John Loyack CEO
whatever happens MSN MoneyCentral - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Unregulated energy company EnergyCo, a joint venture of electric utility PNM Resources and Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates’ private investment vehicle Cascade Investment LLC, on Monday named John R. Loyack chief executive … I also heard these things recipient E-mail DailyTech - … they can’t keep up with the speed of other makers. And now they switch to Intel, I would have had more respect for Apple if they would have at least considered AMD. I am having a lot of trouble trying to tell Steve Jobs apart from Bill Gates, maybe …Did you know that Recipient means one that receives or is receptive. You can also include the fact microsoft upgrades Customer Care Framework
(InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft announced the availability of Customer Care Framework (CCF) 2008 today, replacing the 2005 Framework edition.Did you know that Care means caution in avoiding harm or danger: handled the crystal bowl with care.. What a wonderfull idea microsoft Releases Windows Media Extenders
(PC World) PC World - Microsoft Corp. is increasing the range of video formats that PCs running its Windows software can pipe to televisions around the home, with support for a new range of Extenders for Windows Media Center devices from hardware manufacturers.Did you know that Windows means an opening constructed in a wall or roof that functions to admit light or air to an enclosure and is often framed and spanned with glass mounted to permit
opening and closing. I also noted that
Vodafone helps limit FTSE losses (FT.com)
On the other hand FT.com - Vodafone helped limit overall losses on the London equities market on Tuesday, after the world’s biggest mobile phone operator lifted guidance for 2008. Please consider the following tips mobile phones take back seat at revamped BenQ
(InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Taiwan's BenQ Corp. launched as a new corporate entity on Sept. 1, with plans to focus on digital projectors, computer monitors and other electronics, while its former main business, mobile phones, takes a back seat.Did you know that Back means the binding itself. I heard a rumour gates pledges $200m to fight polio (iafrica.com) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International will put $200-million into a campaign to eradicate polio, they announced on Monday.Did you know that Gates means a means of access: the gate to riches. wow… this is such a great idea
