The European Union’s internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has proposed extending the copyright protection for music performers from 50 years to 95 years. "It is the performer who gives life to the composition and while most of us have no idea who wrote our favorite song – we can usually name the performer, " McCreevy said. If the copyright protection is not extended thousands of European performers who recorded in the late fifties and sixties will lose all of their royalties over the next ten years.
Turner, Nascar Extend Website Agreement
Do you enjoy watching cars drive in circles – sorry, ovals – 200 times? Do you enjoy keeping track of the activity online? If so, you’ll be glad to hear that Turner Broadcasting has extended a contract to keep Nascar.com running.
eBay Needs To Extend Auction Endings
I’ve ranted a few times in the past about auction sniping, the practice of bidders using software to hop in at the last second and snag an item at a price below what other bidders may be willing to pay in open bidding.
Microsoft, Feds Extend Antitrust Oversight
The technology company agreed to extend its licensing and documentation of desktop communications protocols by two years, stemming from the antitrust settlement agreement Microsoft and Justice have in place.
Opera, Google Extend Search Placement
Google is the default search option in the Opera web browser for PCs, and the two firms have extended their agreement to place Google on Opera browsers made for smaller devices.
Sybase To Extend iAnywhere
Sybase is working on acquiring mobile software solutions provider Exended Systems through a cash merger valued at about $71.3 million, or $4.460847 per share.
Microsoft and RIM Extend Messaging to BlackBerry
Microsoft along with Research In Motion (RIM) is working to extend enterprise instant messaging to BlackBerry subscribers.
NetIQ to Provide Customers the Ability to Extend Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
NetIQ today announced it will provide customers the ability to extend Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to manage certain non-Microsoft applications.
Extend J2ME to Wireless Messaging
The notion of wireless messaging provides a whole new vista to J2ME. J2ME applications powered by wireless messaging have a platform-independent access to wireless communication resources like Short Message Service (SMS) and Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) for Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) Networks, a mobile telephony system permitting inter-country communication.
Before proceeding with the details on how J2ME Wireless Messaging works, I will discuss, in short, the SMS and CBS messaging systems in a GSM Network.
Does Your Site Extend its Welcome?
On the web, targeted traffic is essential to an online business’ survival. Al Ries, in his book “Focus: The Future of your Company Depends on it,” wrote that our rapidly changing, technology-driven marketplace will mandate a sharper marketing aim — particularly in the new millennium as increased competition will give more choice to the electronic consumer.