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November 21, 2009
ChangeQuakes Of The Week
February 26, 2007TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
** High Court Tosses $79.5 Million Philip Morris Verdict
** BitTorrent To Launch Paid Movie, TV Downloads
** Microsoft Hit With $1.52 Billion Digital Music Patent Judgment
** Skype Asks FCC To Force Open Mobile Networks
** Air Force Tests Synthetic Fuel
TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
High Court Tosses $79.5 Million Philip Morris Verdict
(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million award that a jury had ordered cigarette maker Phillip Morris to pay to a smoker's widow, a ruling that could bode well for other businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar verdicts.
biz.yahoo.com
BitTorrent To Launch Paid Movie, TV Downloads
(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_movies
Microsoft Hit With $1.52 Billion Digital Music Patent Judgment
(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Microsoft must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled. The patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.
biz.yahoo.com
Skype Asks FCC To Force Open Mobile Networks
(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- Skype, a pioneer in peer-to-peer Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), is looking to a 1968 ruling by the Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications -- such as Skype.
news.yahoo.com
Air Force Tests Synthetic Fuel
(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- The Air Force tested a synthetic fuel blend that could be made domestically from coal or natural gas as they seek to wean their dependence on foreign crude and defray soaring fuel costs.
ap.org
