WHEN COMPUTER COMPANIES MATE…
Computer giant Hewlett-Packard has acquired fellow computer giant Compaq in an all-stock purchase valued at $25 billion. (Sources inside my head confirm that the combined company will be called Hewlett-Compaqard.) According to experts—meaning people other than those you might find in this building—the merger will give HP "the ability to challenge IBM in the enterprise space." Well, actually, it was HP’s own Chairman/CEO Carly Fiorina who said that. But she's a Chairman/CEO and probably owns a jet, so that should be good enough for you. Over the last few years, both companies have been aggressively trying to remake themselves into information technology service provider companies that offer enterprise service, software and support beyond mere computing hardware. The combined companies will also bring together computers pre-loaded with all the music-playing software a body could want (Compaq) with CD burners (HP). Not that anyone is paying much attention to that. Then again, it's not like anyone is reading this.
SOMEONE "ROBUSTLY EMBEDDED" THIS STORY IN
MY HEAD
The U.S. Patent Office issued another patent in the field of digital watermarking for audio and graphic content to Digimarc, making U.S. Patent Officers about the only non-Digimarc employees who have faith in digital watermarking. Digimarc, self-proclaimed as "the world leader in digital watermark technology" (sort of the tech version of "snipe hunt champion"), currently holds 28 patents in watermarking, with a staggering 240 pending. Interestingly enough, not one of those patents, nor all of them combined, raises even the tiniest bit of concern in the hacker community. In related Digimarc news, the company is suing Verance—the self-proclaimed "leader in digital watermark technology"—for the third time, because Verance has allegedly infringed on some technical hoo-hah which "concerns methods for robustly embedding a digital watermark into"…er… things, which apparently Digimarc had dibs on. To show how little the company is concerned about this suit, Verance has opened new offices in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. If representatives from both companies would only agree to meet in a neutral location, we'd gladly knock their heads together.
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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