A tankless water heater that looks like a PC gaming or computer console but streams hot water to your bath, shower, laundry and kitchen continuously; a new breed of hybrid electric and gas appliances that help homes cut energy consumption to the quick; a stellar lineup of eco-friendly heating and cooling products that has earned [...]
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, Tacoma MayorMarilyn Strickland, Tacoma School Board President Kurt Miller, Tacoma Urban League CEO (and City Councilwoman) Victoria Woodards, Tacoma Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Mirra and Comcast Washington Senior Vice President Len Rozek have introduced a best-in-class broadband inclusion program for the state of Washington. At a technology center in Hillside Terrace, a Tacoma Housing Authority neighborhood in the Hilltop area [...]
Ending a long slumber for Puget Sound IPO’s and amidst a continuing dormancy for home values across much of America, Zillow, Inc, which operates real estate site Zillow.com®, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, and Zillow Mobile, has lifted its head off the pillow and filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise [...]
Is the software that powers social networking, voice-to-text microblogging, video dissemination and data visualization here at home the very same “soft power” that is beginning to permeate the barriers of political corruption, governmental misdirection, and oppressive regimes abroad? The political “power plays” that have flared emotions and unrest in societies as distant as the Middle East, [...]
Zillow.com and Yahoo! have launched an exclusive partnership that creates the largest real estate network on the web, according to comScore Media Metrix. Zillow’s sales force now sells local advertising across both sites, and the 4 million for-sale listings on Zillow now also appear on Yahoo! Real Estate. Zillow and Yahoo! Real Estate announced plans [...]
Who: The Seattle Mariners Position: Social Media Coordinator Where: Seattle What: The Seattle Mariners are seeking an individual with a passion for baseball and social media. The Social Media Coordinator will communicate with Mariners fans on various social media platforms, including, but not limited to, Facebook and TWITTER. This position reports to the Director of [...]
Before it became fashionable to speak of Googling, blogging, or i-Podding in your spare time, before broadb and and Wi-Fi entered the daily word-stock, not to mention the family room, before the Speakeasy Cafe became famous as Seattle’s first commercial Internet gateway and espresso bar where you could simultaneously click your spoon in a real [...]
You can’t help but admire Danny Sullivan. His affable good nature, pleasing yet persuasive presentation skills, and uncanny understanding of the dynamics of search engine marketing have reared the Internet’s search engine industry, and even more importantly, the search engine community, out of infancy. Beginning as a journalist (and a native) in Southern California, Danny [...]
Enter your email address below to receive updates each time we publish new content.
Jan 29 2012
Techspresso: Washington state AG and Facebook Target “Clickjackers,” Real Scores $120M for Patents, Mozy Rolls Out Stash
If you use Facebook, the world’s top social networking site, you may have “liked” an Internet scheme without even knowing it – and unwittingly helped spread the scam to your Facebook friends. Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna and Facebook have announced the latest step in an ongoing fight against spammers and scammers: a lawsuit against the co-owners of Adscend Media, LLC, an ad network that is alleged to develop and encourage others to spread spam through misleading and deceptive tactics, including the one known as “clickjacking.”
“We don’t ‘like’ schemes that illegally trick Facebook users into giving up personal information or paying for unwanted subscription services through spam,” McKenna said during a news conference at Facebook’s Seattle Office. “We applaud Facebook for devoting significant technical and legal resources to finding and stopping scams as soon as possible – and often before they even start. We’re proud to join forces in order to protect Washington consumers.” [24x7]
RealNetworks Sells Patents to Intel in $120M Deal; Stock Soars
Seattle’s RealNetworks has traded its intellectual property to help shore up its balance sheet. The Seattle company has entered a $120 million deal with Intel to sell off a number of patents and patent applications, including its video codec software.
In the exchange RealNetworks will give up about 190 patents and 170 patent applications as well as its video codec software. RealNetworks’ stock was up 32 percent Thursday morning, trading around $9.74 per share.
The sale gives RealNetworks a significant amount of new capital to invest in new products and businesses. The company said it does not expect the deal to have any material impact on its businesses. RealNetworks said it is keeping certain rights to continue to use the patents in current and future products.
“Selling these patents to Intel unlocks some of the substantial and unrealized value of RealNetworks assets,” said Thomas Nielsen, RealNetworks president and CEO. “It represents an extraordinary opportunity for us to generate additional capital to boost investments in new businesses and markets while still protecting our existing business.”
The move signals a further transition for RealNetworks, one of the pioneers of digital information such as music and movies on the internet. But the company has struggled as it has made the transition from creating content to focusing on technologies for distributing and managing media among different types of devices. The deal gives Intel a cache of patents during a time when tech companies are increasingly bolstering their patent holdings to guard against patent-infringement lawsuits or to seek legal action against tech rivals. [24x7]
Mozy Offers a Cozy Pantry for Family File Storage
Where can your family put away their files after they “clear the table?” iCloud? Box.net? Seattle-based Mozy, a unit of storage giant EMC, is recommending a different file-storage alternative — its own — code-named Stash.
Stash is a file synchronization feature that provides Mozy users a simple way to keep their most active data up to date across each of the computers they regularly use and complements the Mozy online backup feature. As soon as users place a file in their local Stash folder it quickly becomes available online. No need to wait for a backup or hit an upload button.
Stash works together with Mozy online backup to make all your files available to you from anywhere—even those you don’t keep in your Stash. So when you forget to put a file in your Stash, Mozy online backup ensures that you can still access it through the Mozy web site or the Mozy app for Android, iPhone, and iPad devices.
“Mozy has always protected our customers’ data against catastrophic loss,” said Russ Stockdale, general manager of Mozy. “With Stash, Mozy customers will see a huge increase in the value they get from protecting their data with Mozy. Stash makes it easy to move from your computer at the office to your computer at home to your smartphone or tablet without having to email files to yourself, or mess around with USB drives.”
The new Stash service is available to Mozy Home customers using the 2 GB free, 50 GB or 125 GB plan. [24x7]