http://www.cynergygroup.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:22:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Microsoft's research-and-development spending hit a record high in 2008, according to its most recent annual report. At the same time, the company's R&D spending relative to employee head count has gone down. (Credit: Todd Bishop) Disclosure: My company, Alfresco, has a product that competes with SharePoint. Microsoft's R&D spending hit an all-time ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/09/microsoft-rd-hits-all-time-high-meaning-what/ But for our purposes here I'm going to focus on one specific thread. I'll be following up with further discussion of other points. As a side issue, John also noted that, in the sciences, he does not recommend that work be limited to non-commercial use or to prohibit derivative (i.e. transformed) ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/the-attribution-problem/ Why is this interesting? - The fact that a bigCo like Adobe is publicly stating that they are using open source at the core of their products is fantastic (and we need alot more companies to step up publicly) - Alfresco is proving that they (like other open source products) can go ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/adobe-launches-new-product-based-on-alfresco/ The three-member board that sets statutory copyright licenses e-mailed the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Music Publishers' Association, Apple, and other download stores with its decision to keep the royalty rate at 9.1 cents a song. The board also set the same rate for CDs and established a 24-cent ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/royalty-rate-doesnt-change-for-apple-music-retai/ Calling all entrepreneurs: follow the money. "Software is still the largest segment for funding, even though it is flattening out," said Deepak Kamra, a venture capitalist with Canaan Partners. "Within software, software as a service and open source are doing well. Open source is a cheaper way for companies to ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/us-venture-funding-up-nearly-11-percent-in-2007/ On Monday, Toshiba celebrated the release of Centrino 2 by announcing three new business laptops built on the new platform: the Tecra M10, Tecra A10, and Satellite Pro S300. All three laptops include an eSATA port for high-speed data transer, and Toshiba's "Sleep-and-Charge" USB ports, which let you charge USB ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/toshibas-centrino-2-offering-3-biz-laptops/ Last but not least, the Avatar boasts a very ergonomic design that allows for hours of continuous play. It's also simple to install: all you need to do is plug it into any available USB port. (Credit: NZXT) NZXT, a company that makes accessories for gamers, released on Monday the newest of ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/nzxts-new-avatar-mouse-license-to-pwn/ We're on today September 30, 2008 at Noon PST/3pm EST. Yes, I should have posted this sooner. I'm joined byEugene Ciurana, director of systems infrastructure at Leapfrog. We'll talk about how enterprises bring SOA outside the firewall and how the Cloud comes into play. It's a good time for all. I'm doing ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/virtual-event-reinventing-enterprise-architecture/ Just how far might Apple be planning to take Apple TV, Take Three (or maybe four)? Apple has applied for a patent that could let you record David Letterman interviewing Ben Affleck (we think that's Ben Affleck). The standard patent application disclaimer applies: Don't expect to see this device on ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/apple-patent-filing-shows-tivo-like-apple-tv/ The application is described in information included with the iTunes 7.7 pre-release version that was made available to developers on Thursday. Such an application would add momentum to Apple's unveiling of its iPhone software development kit in March. The report offers these details from the developers pre-release version, based on the ... http://www.cynergygroup.com/2010/08/report-apple-homes-in-on-ipod-iphone-remote-contr/