WASHINGTON--A rift has arisen among larger technology companies and smaller venture capital firms over whether dramatic changes to U.S. patent law are necessary.
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The preferred delivery for these Web 2.0 technologies, however, is through integrated product suites, the CIOs said. That's because these corporations are concerned with integrating new tools with the software from their existing suppliers.
"When asked if they would prefer offerings from major incumbent vendors like Microsoft, IBM, or Oracle rather than from smaller pure play firms like Socialtext, NewsGator, or MindTouch, the vast majority of CIOs indicated a preference for large vendors," according to the study which was written by G. Oliver Young.
Blogs turn 10--who's the father?
Blogs: The evolution
Sometime in 1971
Stanford's Les Earnest creates the "finger" protocol.
December 1977
The finger protocol becomes an official standard.
January 1994
Swarthmore student Justin Hall begins compiling lists of links at his site, links.net, and continues adding to the site for 11 years.
January 1995
Early online diarist Carolyn Burke publishes her first entry for Carolyn's Diary.
April 1997
Dave Winer launches Scripting News, which he calls the longest-running Web log currently on the Internet.
September 1997
Slashdot begins publishing "News for Nerds."
December 1997
Jorn Barger's RobotWisdom.com site apparently becomes the first to call itself a Web log.
Sometime in 1999
• Brad Fitzpatrick launches Livejournal, which he calls his "accidental success."
• Peter Merholz of Peterme.com declares he has decided "to pronounce the word 'weblog' as 'wee-blog.' Or 'blog' for short."
• The word "blog" first appears in print, according to dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.
August 1999
Three friends who founded a San Francisco start-up called Pyra Labs create a tool called Blogger "more or less on a whim."
January 2001
First crop of blogs nominated for the "Bloggies" award.
October 2001
First version of Movable Type content management software becomes available.
February 2003
Google acquires Pyra and its Blogger software.
May 2003
First official version of WordPress open-source blogging software released for download.
October 2003
Six Apart releases first version of its Typepad blogging service.
January 2004
Boston-based Steve Garfield launches his video blog, considered one of the first such "vlogs."
October 2005
VeriSign buys Dave Winer's Weblogs.com. Around the same time, AOL snaps up blog publisher Weblogs Inc.
February 2006
Veteran blogger Jason Kottke abandons his yearlong attempt to live off of micropayments through his blog.
January 2007
Members of the Media Bloggers Association are among the first bloggers to receive press credentials from a federal court.
February 2007
Freelance video blogger Josh Wolf becomes the longest-serving journalist behind bars in U.S. history, on contempt charges.
Box office data this year suggests that filmgoers seem to be having a great time at the multiplexes. The critics, by contrast, may be shopping around for a new line of work.
In reviewing "300" last week, for example, A.O. (Tony) Scott of the New York Times, said the movie was "as violent as 'Apocalypto' and twice as stupid."
That comment reflected the consensus among critics not only on "300" but also on "Ghost Rider," "Wild Hogs," "Norbit" and the other movie miscreants unleashed on the public since Oscar time.
The situation underscores yet again the disconnect between the cinematic appetites of critics vs. those of the popcorn crowd. The kids who storm their multiplexes to catch the opening of "Night at the Museum" don't give a damn what the critics think ("Museum" has passed $525 million worldwide).
The distribution gurus say they prefer "four-quadrant movies," but I"d suggest that there are only two: One quadrant consists of the hardcore fans who are propelled by "buzz" and the second embraces the rest of the filmgoing public who wait to learn whether the movie"s any good or not.
So several questions present themselves: If the established media want to stay relevant, should their critics make a passing attempt to tune in to pop culture? In short, should at least someone on the reviewing staff try to be relevant to both quadrants?
