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FCC seeks more channel choices in cable lineups (AP) : Technet

FCC seeks more channel choices in cable lineups (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:09 PM PDT

By JOELLE TESSLER, AP Technology Writer Joelle Tessler, Ap Technology Writer – Mon Aug 1, 5:09 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are adopting new rules intended to give cable viewers more channel choices.

The rules, approved by the Federal Communications Commission Monday, aim to make it easier for independent television programmers to get their channels carried in cable system lineups and to prevent cable companies from discriminating against independent channels that may compete with their own networks.

Program carriage disputes have pitted programmers against cable giants. Tennis Network and the NFL Network, for instance, filed complaints with the FCC in recent years accusing Comcast Corp. of discriminating against them by relegating them to a premium sports tier that reaches only a small number of subscribers.

Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, owns some of its own sports networks including Golf Channel and Versus. The company also recently acquired NBC Universal, which owns popular cable channels such as CNBC, Bravo and Oxygen. While the NFL complaint was ultimately settled, the Tennis Channel case is still pending before the FCC.

"Modernizing these rules is essential to ensure that consumers have the ability to view a variety of diverse programming at the lowest possible cost and hopefully to foster more independent production," FCC commissioner Michael Copps said in a statement. Copps is one of the three Democrats on the five-seat commission.

The FCC's existing program carriage rules, which are rooted in a 1992 cable law, prohibit cable operators from discriminating against unaffiliated channels by refusing to carry them or placing them in premium tiers with fewer subscribers. The rules also prohibit cable companies from demanding a financial stake in a programmer in exchange for carriage or demanding exclusive access to channel.

Although programmers can file complaints with the FCC against cable companies that violate those rules, the complaint process has been "woefully ineffective," said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, senior vice president and policy director of Media Access Project, a public interest group. That's because program carriage complaints can take years to resolve and because programmers have limited leverage if a cable company wants to drop a channel once an existing carriage contract expires.

The new rules adopted by the FCC on Monday would impose deadlines to ensure that most program carriage complaints are resolved within about a year. The rules also allow the FCC to require a cable company to continue carrying a channel while it considers a complaint, even if the existing carriage contract has expired, if the programmer can show that it is likely to win the case and meet other requirements.

The agency is also seeking comment on a number of other possible changes to its program carriage rules, including permitting damage awards in disputes and clarifying that cable companies that retaliate against a programmer for filing a complaint with the FCC could face charges of discrimination.

Comcast said the new rules are "not justified by any record and will result in additional regulatory burdens."

"Today's video programming and distribution marketplace is highly competitive, and the vast majority of carriage deals are successfully negotiated without any need for government involvement," the company said in a statement.

Alleged LulzSec teenage hacker released on bail (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:16 AM PDT

– Mon Aug 1, 10:16 am ET

LONDON – A teenager accused of acting as a spokesman for computer hacking groups that targeted Sony, Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers and a British crime agency was freed on bail Monday as he awaits trial.

Jake Davis, who was arrested last week at home on Scotland's remote Shetland Islands by the police e-crime unit, is accused of mounting a cyberattack on Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency and other offenses linked to the Luz Security and Anonymous hacking collectives.

The charge relates to a distributed denial of service attack, in which websites are flooded with traffic to make them crash.

Prosecutor Rav Chodha said Davis, 18, also was involved in an attack against Sony Corp. in which customers' bank details were accessed, and attacks on a website of Britain's National Health Service and sites belonging to the Murdoch-owned Sun and Times newspapers.

Davis used the online nickname Topiary and acted as a spokesman for the two hacker groups, police said.

During the appearance at London's City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. Davis spoke only to confirm his name and personal details. Judge Howard Riddle ordered him released on bail until a court appearance Aug. 30.

He is not allowed to use the Internet and must wear an electronic tag, observe an overnight curfew and live at his mother's home in central England.

LulzSec shot to prominence in May with attacks on U.S. broadcaster PBS, whose website it defaced by posting a bogus story claiming that the late rapper Tupac Shakur had been discovered alive in New Zealand.

The group is a spin-off of Anonymous, an amorphous collection of Internet enthusiasts, pranksters and activists whose targets have included the Church of Scientology, the music industry, and financial companies such as Visa and MasterCard.

Davis' arrest is one of a spate by law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States trying to put a stop to Anonymous and its offshoots.

Last month the FBI, British and Dutch officials carried out 21 arrests, many of them related to the group's attacks on Internet payment provider PayPal Inc., which has been targeted over its refusal to process donations to WikiLeaks.

Last month another British teenager, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary, was charged with attacks on the Serious Organized Crime Agency and various British music sites.

See-through 1939 Pontiac Ghost Car fetches $308,000 (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 06:34 PM PDT

Computer acts as minister at the nerdiest wedding of all time (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 06:17 PM PDT

5 Ways To Tap Ad Agency Funding (Mashable)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:02 PM PDT

David Rosenberg David Rosenberg – Sun Jul 31, 6:02 pm ET

David Rosenberg is Director of Innovation at LBi in the U.S., the world's leading independent global marketing and technology agency. For startups, selling advertising agencies on your technology can be fraught with difficulty. As startups emerge from their development cycles, investors begin clamoring to get the prototype to market. What follows is a flurry of meetings with brand marketers and advertising agencies in an attempt to secure funding and a business application for the new product.

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Many startups assume that their brilliant, game-changing products will sell themselves. It's at this point that mistakes happen, destroying any chance of meaningful funding and exposure. As someone who's been tasked with innovation on the agency side for years, and sat through countless meetings with startups, I've compiled a guide to make the most of each agency funding opportunity.

1. It's Not About You, It's About Them

This meeting is not about you and your idea. It's about finding a practical and profitable business application for your product. To avoid that glazed-over look as your audience tunes out, do yourself a favor: help them help you. Do your research on the agency and its clients. Have a look at their video case studies. Make an attempt to understand their brands and business challenges. In the agency world, this is called working back to the creative brief. Figure out why your service is best-suited to help the agency or a particular client.

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2. Focus the Conversation on User Experience and Agility

Your pitch should emphasize how your product or service was designed with the end-user's needs in mind. Agencies need to know that your product is more than just a working piece of technology. You may even consider enlisting a UX designer to help with your pitch. Further, it's critical that you show your ability to manage the product or technology in an agile and flexible manner during the build-out process. Be sure to mention this -- it will go a long way in reassuring the agency that it has a real partner.

3. Demonstrate Measurement and Support Capabilities

Make sure you have a sophisticated measurement and accountability system embedded into your technology. Analytics are essential components of the agency business, so be sure to address the topic in your presentation. Also mention your team, however small, in your pitch. Even though you may be a small startup, you have to reassure the agency that you and your team will be able to see the project through to the end.

4. Meet with Key Decision-Makers, Avoid a Run-Around

Many constituents in the agency world have overlapping jobs. While meeting with the CEO or president is ideal, don't neglect other important titles like the chief technology officer, innovation directors, emerging media directors and strategic planning directors. It can also be helpful to invite a specific account director (sometimes called business directors or management supervisors), as they often represent a direct budget connection, as well as the needs of a particular brand. Avoid the run-around by properly managing the follow-up. It's important to persist corresponding with the agency in general, but also to identify the appropriate decision-making advocate who will become your agency partner.

5. Entertain Multiple Business Opportunities and Models

Explore the many innovative business models and opportunities in today's marketing industry. The most straightforward method is piloting your service into a funded brand program. Be prepared to discuss the fees that make the investment worth your time and effort, as well as the costs you are willing to absorb to get the deal done.

Strategic partnerships can also help grow your business. Agencies can assemble many partners around a brand's table. Look for in-kind opportunities within agencies, for example, high-value media and promotions which would otherwise be financially impossible to you. Lastly, some agencies are now investing in new technology and services as revenue-sharing deals or equity plays. Consider that many agencies could see you as a long-term investment. The important thing is to be prepared for any opportunity and keep an open mind.

Image courtesy of Flickr, George Jonathan

This story originally published on Mashable here.

Apple TV Update Connects Users To Content in iCloud (NewsFactor)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Adam Dickter, newsfactor.com Adam Dickter, newsfactor.com – Mon Aug 1, 5:34 pm ET

Users of the second-generation Apple TV set-top device will now be able to view every TV show they have ever purchased from iTunes without connecting their computers. A software update available on Monday integrates the device with Apple's iCloud so the Apple TV can access content directly. Previously, Home Sharing or an Air Play connection was required.

Watch Your Own Videos

Apple TV watchers can also access content from the video-sharing site Vimeo, which specializes in user-made content, and download new TV shows directly from iTunes or replace shows deleted from other devices.

The update comes as web-based entertainment viewing is in a major state of flux, with Netflix and Blockbuster battling Wal-Mart for online rentals and numerous devices offering streaming to bridge the computer-TV set gap. Content owners are trying to assess whether they are better off with pay-TV operators such as cable and satellite or streaming services like Apple, Hulu or Netflix.

But can Apple dominate in this field as it has in the music, smartphone and tablet markets?

Michael Inouye, a digital-home analyst for ABI Research, sees the cloud link for Apple TV as a significant step.

"To some this might sound like a small change, but this step further enhances the cloud strategy -- namely iCloud, in this case -- and more tightly integrates the iTunes/Apple experience across devices," he said. "It sounds as if this update is limited to TV shows for the time being, but movie purchases might not be too far down the road."

Amazon.com, Microsoft, Netflix and Sony are also using the cloud approach in the U.S., while overseas there are HbbTV and YouView in Europe or acTVila in Japan as further evidence of the transition to digital distribution via download or streaming, Inouye said.

"So Apple is not really trailblazing any roads in this case, but ... could have a more substantial impact on the market as their content flows more freely across devices," the analyst noted.

The Wild Cards

Here's where things get murky.

"The most significant wild card is the content owners," Inouye said. "We have to remember that Apple does not command the same power in the video space as it does for music. Which means it is possible the content holders could put similar restrictions on Apple if the company were to offer a subscription service akin to Netflix."

He noted that Fox recently said it would hold back some content from download or streaming to give pay-TV operators an advantage.

While all this suggests that the DVD's days are numbered, a March poll of 200 Americans by ABI found that nearly three-quarters, or 73 percent, rent discs sometimes while 80 percent still buy them.

In addition to loyalty to physical media, another factor affecting streaming and downloading, and offering an advantage to pay-TV operators, is broadband, which in many cases is affected by data caps.

"HD content requires a large amount of bandwidth, even with bit rates far below Blu-ray, and as more consumers embrace these cloud-based technologies, the demand on the data pipes will grow in kind," Inouye said.

Google buys online deal aggregator The Dealmap (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

– Mon Aug 1, 4:12 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Google, which is offering an online bargain service in three US cities, has acquired The Dealmap, a company that aggregates local deals.

"We are impressed with what The Dealmap team has accomplished and excited to welcome them to Google," a Google spokeswoman said in a statement.

"We've been thrilled with the early success of our commerce offerings, and we think they can help us build even better products and services for consumers and merchants," she said.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Google is offering local bargains in New York, Portland and San Francisco in a challenge to online discount star Groupon and the Internet giant plans to expand Google Offers to Austin, Texas, Boston, Denver, Seattle and Washington.

The Dealmap, founded in May 2010, does not offer deals on its own but aggregates various local offers in one place.

It grew to more than two million users during its first year.

"We believe Google provides the ideal platform to help us accelerate our growth and fulfill our mission," The Dealmap said in a blog post.

"We're passionate about helping people save money while having great local experiences, and in Google we've found the perfect partner that shares this passion, as well as our vision and strategy," The Dealmap said.

"We believe that joining Google will help us innovate in new and unexplored areas of commerce," it said.

Google Offers is a rival to Chicago-based Groupon, which offers subscribers online coupons for discounts on a broad range of consumer goods and services.

Groupon, which claims more than 83 million subscribers, rejected a reported $5 billion takeover offer from Google last year and has filed for an initial public offering seeking to raise as much as $750 million.

Facebook has also entered the daily deals space and began offering local bargains to members of the social network in five US cities in April.

Slim's America Movil seeks to buy out Telmex (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:47 PM PDT

– 48 mins ago

MEXICO CITY – The cell phone company controlled by Carlos Slim says it plans to buy the 40 percent of Telefonos de Mexico SAB, or Telmex, it doesn't already own as part of a consolidation plan it began last year.

An America Movil statement says the company will offer 10.40 pesos (US$.90) in cash per Telmex share.

It said Monday that if the company gets sufficient shares it will delist Telmex from the markets where it trades.

America Movil said Monday that if the consolidation is completed it will be able to provide "more advanced telecommunication services to its customers in Mexico."

America Movil is Latin America's largest cell phone service provider with 236 million subscribers. Telmex controls more than 80 percent of Mexico's land lines.

Data centers are using far less energy than the EPA expected (Digital Trends)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Caleb Garling Caleb Garling – Mon Aug 1, 7:58 pm ET

ServerFarmNot long ago, as the Internet, mobile phones and the rest of the connected computing universe hit the elbow of its growth curve, experts and the public alike began to worry about the amount of power the sprawling data centers would require. In 2007, the EPA projected that energy needs for data centers would double from 2005 to 2010 and cost an annual $7.4 billion. Yet in a study prepared by Jonathan Koomey of Stanford University at the request of the New York Times, that amount has only risen by about 56 percent.

The United States power consumption only increased by 36 percent in that same time period. Mr. Koomey's findings estimate that electricity used by data centers in the US now accounts for between 1.7 and 2.2 percent of overall power consumption.

The causes of the lower-than-projected totals are still unclear. Mr. Koomey chalks up some of it to the recession and basic infrastructure and efficiency improvements made at data facilities, though that is based on his opinion, not researched findings. In that same time period, the computing market has seen a massive shift to cloud environments, like email, music and video servers so there is likely more digging to do.

Google, an obvious choice for using the most energy of any Internet company, reported a surprisingly low total energy usage to Mr. Koomey, claiming to use only about one percent of his projected usage for all data centers. Google has long been secretive about its custom-built data centers, infrastructures and energy usage.

Though Mr. Koomey's findings indicate an overestimation on the EPA's part, it's not to say that data centers are not increasing energy consumption at an incredible rate. A 56 percent increase over five years is still quite significant.

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Zynga launching Words With Friends on Facebook (Digital Trends)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:37 PM PDT

Mike Flacy Mike Flacy – 12 mins ago

Words-With-Friends

Makers of the extremely popular FarmVille, Zynga is bringing the mobile gaming hit Word With Friends to audiences on the Web. Extremely similar to Hasbro's Scrabble, Words With Friends is a relaxed version of the word game with built-in chat functions similar to the recently launched Hanging With Friends. The mobile version of the game allows players to sync Facebook accounts to the in-game friend list and players can challenge people on the list to play a quick match. The Web version of Words With Friends allows for cross-platform play as well as trading comments about the game on the Facebook wall. 

words with friendsPlayers also have the ability to send notifications to other players when waiting on a player to take a turn in the game. Players can be involved in up to 20 games at a time simultaneously as most matches typically take ten to fourteen days to complete. While Words With Friends hasn't launched on the PC platform yet, it's rumored to roll out within the next two weeks. It's also likely that another update to the mobile software of the game will roll out to allows for Facebook notifications. Anyone interested in the game can "Like" the official Words With Friends Facebook page to receive a notification of launch.

It's possible Zynga will come under the same scrutiny as another company that built and launched Scrabulous on Facebook on 2006. Before FarmVille was launched, Scrabulous was often referred to as the most popular game on Facebook with over 500,000 active players each day. During the height of its popularity on Facebook, the game was generating $25,000 a month in advertising revenue. The popularity caught the attention of Hasbro, the makers of Scrabble. After a lawsuit in 2008, Scrabulous was forced to shut down. The owners of the application and website relaunched under the name Lexulous, but didn't regain the massively popularity of Scrabulous.

'Potter 7' hits hallowed $1 billion mark worldwide (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 06:55 PM PDT

By PAUL DERGARABEDIAN, For The Associated Press Paul Dergarabedian, For The Associated Press – 2 hrs 40 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" took the top spot in the international box office race this weekend, conjuring up $66.4 million and tying "Avatar" for the fastest sprint to the $1 billion mark at just 17 days.

There was little anti-American sentiment in evidence as audiences in 31 foreign territories rallied around the red, white and blue of "Captain America: The First Avenger" for a No. 2 gross of $48.5 million on its first weekend of wide release overseas.

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" continued its strong international performance, extracting another $42 million from audiences at nearly 12,000 locations in 61 markets. The film opened in Japan for the first time this weekend, posting a franchise best tally there of $9.5 million in 318 theaters.

"The Smurfs," while battling "Cowboys & Aliens" for first place at home, made their debut internationally with $4.4 million in just seven markets and a larger than expected global total of $40.6 million.

Here are the top 10 movies at international theaters this past weekend, followed by distributor, estimated international gross for the weekend (excluding North America), worldwide gross to date (including North America), and number of weeks in domestic release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak and provided by Hollywood.com:

1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," Warner Bros. International, $66,400,000, $1,008,459,509, three weeks.

2. "Captain America: The First Avenger," Paramount International, $48,500,000, $170,272,268, two weeks.

3. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Paramount International, $42,000,000, $982,891,414, five weeks.

4. "Cars 2," Walt Disney International, $30,000,000, $400,100,000, six weeks.

5. "Zookeeper," Sony Pictures Releasing International, $7,700,000, $110,830,840, four weeks.

6. "Bad Teacher," Sony Pictures Releasing International, $7,600,000, $178,375,407, seven weeks.

7. "Mr. Popper's Penguins," Fox International, $7,537,644, $136,199,161, seven weeks.

8. "Bridesmaids," Universal Pictures International, $6,200,000, $247,442,565, 12 weeks.

9. "Kung Fu Panda 2," Paramount International, $4,500,000, $609,177,514, 10 weeks.

10. "The Smurfs," Sony Pictures Releasing International, $4,400,000, $40,606,250, one week.

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Paul Dergarabedian is president of the Box Office Division of Hollywood.com and a box office analyst for The Associated Press.

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Online:

http://www.Hollywood.com/boxoffice

http://www.rentrak.com

State of the tablet market: Now until 2016 (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Android, Chrome gaining share (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:28 PM PDT

– Mon Aug 1, 6:28 pm ET

Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) Android mobile operating system led Q2 worldwide smartphone shipments with a 48% share, marking the third straight quarter at the top, according to Canalys. Meanwhile, Google's Chrome browser surpassed Firefox in July to become Britain's second most popular web browser behind Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) Internet Explorer, according to StatCounter. Chrome's U.K. share jumped to 22% from 12% a year ago, while Internet Explorer's fell to 46% from 55%. Google rose 0.5% to 606.77. Microsoft slid 0.5% to 27.27.

Fresh iPhone Apps for Aug. 1: Threshold, Pocket Zoo HD, Hungribles, Necrorun (Appolicious)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:58 AM PDT

IPhone 5 seen arriving in Oct. (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:28 PM PDT

– Mon Aug 1, 6:28 pm ET

Reports stating that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) will roll out its newest iPhone in Sept. were wrong, according to a blog citing sources close to smartphone carrier AT&T (NYSE:T - News). Speculation of a Sept. launch was based on information that AT&T banned employee vacations that month. But according to the blog All Things Digital, which cited unnamed sources, the iPhone 5 will debut in Oct. It didn't offer a specific date or insight into the new phone's features. Piper Jaffray said there's pent-up demand for the iPhone 4's successor that could lead to strong sales. Apple rose 1.6% to 296.75.

Synchronoss Q2 beats Wall Street, ups FY11 outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:29 PM PDT

– Mon Aug 1, 6:29 pm ET

(Reuters) – Communication software maker Synchronoss Technologies Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by a 13 percent jump in revenue at its largest customer, AT&T Inc, and raised its full-year outlook.

Shares of the Bridgewater, New Jersey-based company were up 7 percent at $30.70 in post-market trading, after closing at $28.77 Monday on Nasdaq.

The company raised its full-year revenue outlook for the second time to $225-$229 mln, from its prior expectations of $218-$223 million.

Synchronoss, whose software is used by communications service providers to manage customer orders and transactions, also raised its 2011 adjusted profit forecast to 82-85 cents, from 80-84 cents.

Second-quarter revenue from business related to AT&T came in at $27.6 million, accounting for about half of total revenue.

April-June net income rose to $3.2 million, or 6 cents a share, from $3 million, or 9 cents a share, a year ago.

Excluding special items, it earned 21 cents a share.

Revenue at Synchronoss, which competes with Amdocs Ltd, CSG International Inc and NeuStar Inc, rose almost 50 percent to $55.4 million.

Analysts on average were looking for an adjusted profit of 20 cents a share, on revenue of $54.6 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

(Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Don Sebastian)

Department of Justice Joins Ongoing Patent Wars (NewsFactor)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Jennifer LeClaire, newsfactor.com Jennifer Leclaire, newsfactor.com – Mon Aug 1, 5:06 pm ET

If there was any doubt that the patent wars are heating up, just look at recent news headlines. Recent revelations include Rovi suing Hulu for patent infringement, Google snapping up 1,000 patents from IBM, and the Department of Justice reportedly investigating the sale of Nortel's patent portfolio to a consortium of high-tech companies.

First up, Rovi, the tech behind streaming services from Blockbuster on Demand and Best Buy CinemaNow. Rovi also licenses its IP to Apple, Microsoft, DirectTV and Comcast. The company claims Hulu is trespassing on its patents and wants the company to cough up financial damages.

"Hulu's infringement presents significant and ongoing damages to Rovi's business," Rovi said in the lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Hulu couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Google Buys IBM Patents

Meanwhile, to beef up its patent defenses, Google paid an undisclosed amount for more than 1,000 IBM patents even as Microsoft seems ready to pounce on the company. "Like many tech companies, at times we'll acquire patents that are relevant to our business needs. Bad software patent litigation is a wasteful war that no one will win," Google said.

The move comes as no surprise. Google bid $900 million for Nortel's patent portfolio to build up its mutual-destruction defense strategy in an increasingly litigious technology world.

At the time, Kent Walker, senior vice president and general counsel at Google, said one of the best defenses against patent litigation is to have a formidable patent portfolio. As a relatively young company, Google's patent portfolio doesn't stack up to large tech companies like Microsoft and IBM. But Google lost the stalking-horse bid for Nortel's patent portfolio, leading the search giant to look to IBM's deep patent pool to provide some potential legal protections.

Don't Jump the Gun

All this is against the backdrop of a potential federal investigation that illustrates how vital patents are to competition in the tech industry. The Wall Street Journal reported that the DOJ is investigating the recent trade between Nortel and a consortium of Google competitors, including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Sony. The consortium paid $4.5 billion in cash for the portfolio.

The sale includes more than 6,000 patents and patent applications spanning wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, Internet, service provider, semiconductors and others. The portfolio touches nearly every aspect of telecommunications and other markets as well, including Internet search and social networking.

But Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Gartner, isn't ready to make too much of the DOJ's reported nosing around into the deal: "The DOJ looks into all sorts of things. Obviously when so many things are litigated and where tactical advantages are perceived based on things like patent control, I'm not surprised that they are taking a look and we'll see if they do anything as a result."
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