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New research is turning traditional thinking about libraries on its head. More than half of U.S. residents visited a library in the past 12 months to use computers instead of search for books, according to a survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.Specifically, 58 percent of participants in a national phone survey said they used the Internet at home, work, a public library, or some other place to get help in solving problems during the past two years.
“These findings turn our thinking about libraries upside down,” Leigh Estabrook, Dean and Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois, and coauthor of a report on the results of the survey, said in a statement.
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January 4th, 2008
Google is offering new details about YouTube copyright-protection initiatives first leaked to the media in February. Dubbed YouTube Video Identification, Google’s new beta technology, released Monday, aims to help content owners identify pirated videos that community members upload to the site.This type of technology is the online world’s answer to demands on the part of content owners to protect copyrights in the wake of rampant illegal uploads. MySpace, for example, is licensing technology from Audible Magic to screen videos that social networkers upload to the site.
“Video Identification is the next step in a long list of content policies and tools that we have provided copyright owners so that they can more easily identify their content and manage how it is made available on YouTube,” YouTube Product Manager David King wrote in the company’s blog on Monday.
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October 18th, 2007
Oracle, the world’s third largest software 
company, is making an acquisition bid on a company that would boost Oracle’s chances to compete with Microsoft and IBM . Oracle made the $6.7 billion unsolicited offer to the board of directors of BEA Systems.The letter proposes to acquire BEA for $17 per share in an all cash deal. That’s a 25 percent premium over Tuesday’s closing pricing of $13.62. According to the letter, Oracle is prepared to proceed immediately to the next step: a definitive agreement.
BEA sells application server software and middleware. Software developers use its products to build systems on which other applications run. If Oracle successfully acquires BEA, it would mark the company’s biggest deal since it bought Siebel for about $6 billion in 2006. Earlier this year, Oracle purchased Hyperion Solutions, a business software developer, for more than $3 billion.
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October 15th, 2007
Oracle, the world’s third largest software company, is making an acquisition bid on a company that would boost Oracle’s chances to compete with Microsoft and IBM . Oracle made the $6.7 billion unsolicited offer to the board of directors of BEA Systems.The letter proposes to acquire BEA for $17 per share in an all cash deal. That’s a 25 percent premium over Tuesday’s closing pricing of $13.62. According to the letter, Oracle is prepared to proceed immediately to the next step: a definitive agreement.
BEA sells application server software and middleware. Software developers use its products to build systems on which other applications run. If Oracle successfully acquires BEA, it would mark the company’s biggest deal since it bought Siebel for about $6 billion in 2006. Earlier this year, Oracle purchased Hyperion Solutions, a business software developer, for more than $3 billion.
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October 15th, 2007
Wii worldwide sales are making history. According to VG Chartz, Wii sales passed up lifetime Xbox 360 sales in less than a year. That makes the Wii the fastest-selling console in the chronicles of video games.VG Chartz’s assessment is based on sample data from retailers all over the world. That data shows the Wii sold 10.57 million consoles as of August 23. By comparison, the Xbox 360 has sold 10.51 million units by that date. The figures look close until you consider that the Wii was launched one year later than the Xbox 360.
The accomplishment is a double honor, marking the first time since 1994 the same company has been the leader in the home console and handheld markets. Nintendo is repeating history, then, as its Super NES and Gameboy dominated their respective markets in 1994.
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August 24th, 2007
“I always view problems as opportunities in work clothes.”
– Henry Kaiser, businessman
July 25th, 2007
Gerald Landolfi, one of my favorite people on the planet and emerging financial and marketing and sales guru (among other things). Thank you for reading my blog and catching the occasional typo. What would I do without you?
(For the record, I misspelled “rumor” on purpose just to see if you were really reading.)
July 11th, 2007
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