Tag archive: strike

A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia awarded ActiveVideo Networks a $115 million payout after it was determined that Verizon infringed on four patents owned by the company. As of Friday, ActiveVideo announced intentions of seeking an injunction against Verizon to shut down the entire FiOS network. FiOS makes up nearly $2 billion of Verizon's total consumer revenue due to the 3.8 million FiOS TV users and… Read More

What's being described as a “massive” security breach at email marketing firm Epsilon has compromised the customer names and emails of some of the largest companies in the US, including seven of Fortune's top 10 institutions, reports SecurityWeek. Epsilon reportedly sends out 40 billion emails each year for more than 2,500 clients. SecurityWeek reports that clients of Epsilon affected by the infiltration include: TiVo,… Read More

Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday. The weeklong strike, due to start Dec. 1, would affect certain units at engineering firm ABB, mobile phone maker Nokia Corp., shipbuilder STX Finland and engineering group Rautaruukki. Negotiations between the Union of Salaried Employees and the Federation… Read More

If the Hollywood writers' strike has got you down—and let's remember the last WGA strike in 1988 lasted six months!—then the recently launched alternative My Damn Channel has two new original shows which might help while away some of life's more aimless moments. Launched back in August, My Damn Channel is the brainchild of MTV and CBS radio executive Rob Barnett, and aims to tap into the demand for online video… Read More