Newswatch: iUniversities; R&D Holds Steady; Broadband Grants Delayed
By Aron Pruiett - May 22, 2009
Friday 8am Silicon Valley news report:
Microsoft: No defense hearing in EU case -AP
"We believe that holding the hearing at a time when key officials are out of the country would deny Microsoft our effective right to be heard and hence deny our 'rights of defense' under European law," said Dave Heiner, Microsoft's deputy general counsel.
Gates sees tech helping U.S. out of recession -Reuters
"I don't know anybody in our industry actually who's cutting their R&D budget," said Ballmer. "I know people who are doing a lot of different things, but most people are not slashing their R&D budget."
RIM CEOs to donate $253 million to foundations -Reuters
The co-chief executives of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd said on Thursday they would donate about C$290 million ($253 million) of RIM shares owned by them to two charitable foundations.
U. of Missouri hopes to teach some iJournalism -AP
Among the uses envisioned by Brooks and other professors: students listening to lectures while at the gym or walking to class; using wireless Internet access to verify information while reporting stories; and watching instructional videos that otherwise would take up valuable classroom time.
Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected -AP
The U.S. Marshals confirmed it disconnected from the Justice Department's computers as a protective measure after being hit by the virus; an FBI official said only that that agency was experiencing similar issues and was working on the problem.
Google Suggest changes deliver speed, speed and speed -NYTimes
Google users who sign up for a personalized Google account will get customized suggestions based on their past searches. Some suggestions include ads, if Google’s targeting software calculates they may be what you’re looking for.
Yahoo Placemaker: Extract Location Data from Any Text -ReadWriteWeb
According to Bell, Yahoo is looking forward to seeing what developers will do with this data. Placemaker is definitely an interesting addition to Yahoo set of geo tools like FireEagle and GeoPlanet, and we are also looking forward to seeing how developers will make use of these newly available tools and we are hoping to see more of Placemaker in Yahoo's own tools as well.
Government Delays Broadband Grants -GigaOM
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration late last week issued a statement noting that it will accept grant applications in September and aims to distribute its first grants in December. However, in a March meeting it had said it hoped to accept grants in April and May and start delivering the first round of funding in June.
Yahoo Is Feeling Social -NYTimes
Yahoo signaled its deal-making aspirations at a conference on Wednesday, where its chief technology officer, Ari Balogh, appeared over a video link. Mr. Balogh, who is also Yahoo’s executive vice president of products, said that lower valuations made it a good time to be shopping for add-ons.
Investors Find Appetite for Tech Offerings -NYTimes
Regulators set new banking and accounting guidelines that made it harder for small companies to go public, Mr. Kwatinetz said, and big investment banks bought the small banks that used to take start-ups public. Today, banks and institutional investors are less willing to spend time researching such small companies, he said.
Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries Input on Price -NYTimes
Under Google’s plan for the collection, public libraries will get free access to the full texts for their patrons at one computer, and universities will be able to buy subscriptions to make the service generally available, with rates based on their student enrollment.
Sun touts Java app store for billion-strong audience -cnet
According to Schwartz, candidate applications will be submitted for Sun's approval via a "simple Web site" then presented under free or paid-for terms to the Java audience via Sun's update mechanism. Developers will bid for position on the storefront, and Sun will also charge them for distribution.
California looks to revisit tough video game law -SFGate
It's going to be tough for the state to overturn the ruling. The ESA said courts have ruled 12 times in the past eight year affirming that video games are protected speech. Violent games are generally rated M for mature and are not to be sold to people under the age of 17.
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