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• Linux backers near patent deal in bid to protect OS

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-07

  A group of Linux backers which includes IBM and Sony is seeking to avert any legal threat from Microsoft that might discourage the adoption of the Linux operating system by acquiring a set of patents formerly owned by the software giant. The Open Invention Network OIN says that the...

  Tags: Patent, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Open Invention Network, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, The Linux Foundation, Allied Security Trust, Sarah Vizard, IBM Corp., NEC Corp., Philips Electronics N.V., Red Hat Inc., Sony Corp.

• Toshiba to Join Blu-ray Disc Association

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Toshiba announces its intent to produce Blu-ray discs after losing the high-definition DVD format war to Sony. Technology company Toshiba, which lost a protracted high-definition DVD format war with rival Sony (Toshiba backed HD DVD technology, but Sony's Blu-ray player prevailed) is getting ready to produce Blu-ray players of its...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp.

• Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-13

  Erick Schonfeld submits: A consortium of digital entertainment companies including movie studios, digital device manufacturers, and electronics retailers are trying to take on Apple AAPL by standardizing their DRM practices. Originally dubbed “Open Market,” the official name of the initiative is now the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem [DECE]. As...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Media, Best Buy Co. Inc., Comcast Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., General Electric Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc., VeriSign Inc.

• Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Sony, Philips, Hitachi, Costco and Wal-Mart

  - 2007-09-07

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with Director of Small-Cap Institutional Research Ian Gilson, who discusses Sony (NYSE: SNE), Philips (NYSE: PHG), Hitachi (NYSE: HIT), Costco (Nasdaq: COST) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).

  Tags: NYSE Euronext, Costco Wholesale Corp., Hitachi Ltd., Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Research and Markets: Innovation and Adaptation at Samsung Electronics, Sony, Matsushita and Philips

  - 2006-11-17

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45395) has announced the addition of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd:Competitive Benchmarking Report to their offering.

  Tags: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Philips Electronics N.V., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Corp.

• Sony, Panasonic and Philips Executives to Keynote Day 2 of DisplaySearch's HDTV Conference: The Future of Television

  - 2006-06-22

  AUSTIN, Texas -- DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company and the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, is proud to announce Day 2 keynotes for the Fourth Annual DisplaySearch HDTV Conference: The Future of Television, which will take place on August 15-16 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

  Tags: HDTV, Panasonic, Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., TV

• DisplaySearch Reports Global LCD TV Shipments Rise 135% in Q1: Sony Remains #1 in Revenues, Philips Earns Top Unit Share

  - 2006-05-24

  AUSTIN, Texas -- DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of The NPD Group, has released Q1'06 worldwide LCD TV shipments and revenues by brand, region, size and resolution for over 40 different LCD TV brands as part of its Quarterly Global TV Shipment and...

  Tags: LCD TV, Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., TV

• IBM, Sony, Philips team up for Linux patent sharing.

  - 2005-11-11

  Nov. 11--SAN FRANCISCO -- Three of the world's biggest electronics companies -- IBM, Sony and Philips -- have joined forces with the two largest Linux software distributors to create a company for sharing Linux patents, royalty-free. Nov. 11--SAN FRANCISCO -- Three of the world's...

  Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, patent, Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., team

• Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally Through Access to Key Patents; Investors Include IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony

  - 2005-11-10

  NEW YORK -- Open Invention Network OIN, a company that has and will acquire patents and offer them royalty-free to promote Linux and spur innovation globally, was launched today with financial support from IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony. The company, believed to be the first of its kind,...

  Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Access, Novell Inc., patent, Philips Electronics N.V., Red Hat Inc., Sony Corp.

• Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally Through Access to Key Patents; Investors Include IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony.

  - 2005-11-10

  NEW YORK, Nov 10, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Open Invention Network OIN, a company that has and will acquire patents and offer them royalty-free to promote Linux and spur innovation globally, was launched today with financial support from IBM NEW YORK, Nov 10, 2005 (CCNMatthews...

  Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Access, network, Novell Inc., patent, Philips Electronics N.V., Red Hat Inc., Sony Corp.