Each year, Harris Interactive conducts its “Annual RQ“—Reputation Quotient—survey, aimed at measuring the corporate reputation of the United States’ most visible companies. The study evaluates reps by conducting online surveys ask 600 American adults about the companies, quizzing them on twenty attributes grouped into six categories—vision and leadsership, emotional appeal, products and services, workplace environment, and financial performance. Some 22,480 partcipants rated companies, each randomly asked to complete a detailed rating of one or two companies with which they were familiar. Each company was rated by at least 279 people, with the average number of respondents per company running at 596.
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Mozilla Hatches For-Profit Subsidiary
The non-profit Mozilla Foundation, makers of open-source Internet applications including the Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird news and email client, have announced the creation of a fully-owned, for-profit subsidiary called the Mozilla Corporation. All 36 employees of the Mozilla Foundation have been transferred to the new Corporation, and Mitch Baker will take on the title of president for the new Mozilla Corp. (It’s unclear as of this writing whether the new title represents a promotion from Baker’s previous role as "chief lizard wrangler.")
Honeywell Sues 34 Companies Over LCD Patent
Honeywell has filed a lawsuit against 34 electronics companies claiming infringement of a Honeywell patent for technology that increases the brightness of images and that reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on a liquid crystal display (LCD).
Honeywell’s lawsuit claims the company’s patented technology is being used in a variety of consumer electronics products, including notebook computers, cell phones, personal digital assistants, portable DVD players, portable LCD TVs, video game systems, and digital still cameras.
“Honeywell invests millions of dollars in research and development every year, and we aggressively defend our intellectual property to protect that substantial investment,” said John Donofrio, Vice President of Intellectual Property at Honeywell.
Blu-ray Disc Association Launches
The BDA supports the continued development and promotion of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format.
Earlier this year, membership was opened to organizations interested in promoting the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. The growth in membership follows the recent announcement by Sony that PlayStation 3 will support the Blu-ray Disc format and by Twentieth Century Fox that it would join the Association as a member of its Board of Directors.
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