ZYB - the innovator of the ZYB Phonebook - today announced that it has acquired the Danish mobile social networking company, Imity, for an undisclosed sum. ZYB’s existing offering has enabled a quarter of a million users to securely store nearly 16 million contacts. ZYB is now in final development of the ZYB Phonebook, a next-generation solution for mobile-enhanced social networking that will integrate features of the Imity service.
Imity launched in 2007 and quickly established itself as a pioneer of real-life mobile social networking. Imity uses Bluetooth technology to enable …

Today, Red Hat took a public stand challenging the standards for patenting software. In the Biliski case that is now before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, this patent issue is ripe for consideration. In a friend of the court brief submitted to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in the Bilski case today, Red Hat describes the special problems that patents pose for open source and seeks modification of the standards for patentable subject matter that take open source into account. Here is a quick summary of our …

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Welcome to the Ubuntu
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 84 for the weeks March23rd - March 29th, 2008. In
this issue we cover: new MOTUs, Ubuntu6.10 End-of-Life, Xubuntu refocuses,
Ubuntu countdown graphics,Launchpad 1.2.3, Launchpad logo contest closing,
Ubuntu UK Podcast #2,Reside@HOME: Linux Health Care, PWN To
OWN (Ubuntu wins), and much,much more!
== In This Issue
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 * MOTU Team news * Ubuntu Stats * Launchpad
news * Ubuntu Forum news * In the Press &
Blogosphere * Ubuntu UK Podcast #2 * Reside@HOME: Linux for Elderly Health Care * Automatix
discontinued * Full circle Magazine #11 * CanSecWest PWN2OWN
2008 - Ubuntu Wins! * Meeting & …

Avaya one-X™ Communicator delivers rich presence, multi-protocol voice and video
VoiceCon Booth 801 – Orlando, Fla. – Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, today announced Avaya one-X™ Communicator, a new flagship, unified communications client application that gives users access to a broad range of the most commonly used communications tools from a single interface.
Avaya one-X Communicator provides full telephony features, desktop video, visual voicemail, rich presence, email and instant messaging, conference bridge integration, directories and contact history. From a single application, a simple click …

NEW YORK, NY, March 13, 2008 - AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network, the acquisition will give AOL a premier position in the fast growing world of social media with a network of approximately 80 million unique users.
With a total membership of more than 40 million worldwide, Bebo is a global social media network which combines community, self-expression and entertainment to enable its users to consume, create, …

Kodak Active Matrix OLED Technology to be Incorporated Into a Variety of Next-Generation Portable Media Devices
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Mar. 14 — Eastman Kodak Company, a pioneer in organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), today announced an intellectual property cross-licensing agreement with LG Display Co., Ltd., of Korea, a world-class flat- panel display industry leader.
The license, which is royalty bearing to Kodak, enables LG Display to use Kodak technology, including yield-improving capabilities for Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) modules, in a variety of small to medium size display …

WAYNE, NJ, February 12, 2008 – JVC announced today its first-ever NASCAR sponsorship in support of its new line of Everio G-Series Hard Disk Camcorders, leveraging the consumer reach and brand loyalty of America’s fastest-growing spectator sport.
JVC and Jay Robinson Racing will debut the #4 JVC Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by Robert Richardson Jr., on February 16th in the Camping World 300 at the Daytona International Speedway. The vehicle will don a Ruby Red Everio Gem color scheme for the first and most prestigious race of the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – March 12, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced today it has made a strategic investment in INVIDI Technologies Corporation, a leader in advanced addressable advertising for the television industry. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
INVIDI’s proprietary technology delivers addressable commercial messages tailored to the television viewer. The technology has the ability to accurately identify viewers’ age, gender, location and other characteristics for greater personalization while always maintaining absolute privacy and confidentiality.
“Addressable television advertising is a growing …

McLean, Va., March 10, 2008 — ServInt, a pioneering provider of high-reliability web hosting for businesses worldwide, today introduced its new SuperVPS service.  The SuperVPS virtual private server is a powerful replacement for the traditional dedicated server.  It offers customers increased redundancy while providing the same computing performance of a traditional dedicated server — with significant cost savings.
As ServInt’s new flagship service, SuperVPS is ideal for small and medium-size web-based companies that demand a hosting service managed by experienced professionals.
SuperVPS is particularly well suited for socially …

It seem this is the hottest news now. Yahoo is one of the pioneer in search engine. In fact Yahoo is still have it own value. Rejecting the offer from Microsoft is acceptable since Yahoo value is perhaps more than that.
It also said that Yahoo is interested on making collaboration with other search engine leader which is Google inc.
Both parties decline to comment on Saturday which is first reported on Wall Street Journal on their website.
Yahoo BOD conclude that offer from Microsoft for $44B is not enough even the company …