Antitrust suit carries on against Intel, Apple, Google and others

Antitrust suit carries on against intel, apple, google and others

They can hope and pray all that they want, but Google, Intel, Apple, Adobe, Intuit, Pixar and Lucasfilm will soon be facing some serious accusations in a courtroom under the Sherman Antitrust Act and California's Cartwright Act. After years of trying to dodge legal action over an "informal agreement" to not pinch each others employees, and an effort to have the case dismissed, the seven defendants will have to stand trial as ordered by District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California. In her decision Koh said, not only was there evidence that these agreements were made at the highest levels of the company but, that six such deals were struck in secret in such a short time frame "suggests that these agreements resulted from collusion." There's still time for yet another deal to be struck, however, this time between the defendants and the DOJ. Otherwise it looks like all seven will have to stand trial in June of 2013.

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At the First International Conference ?Greening business through the Enterprise Europe Network ? Green Project?, which is organized in Osijek (Croatia) by ?Tera Tehnopolis?, institutions with total solutions for innovative businesses and entrepreneurs, members of EEN ? Enterprise Europe Network.
The conference was attended by scientists / entrepreneurs from eleven states of Central and Southeastern Europe who implemented in their business rules in the field of environmental protection.

Director of ?Tera Tehnopolis? Ivan ?tefani?, at the beginning of the conference stressed that the Enterprise Europe Network is the largest enterprise network, because it includes countries much more than European Union itself. GREEN project, conducted between June 2010 and April this year, deals with environmental protection in the food industry and production of building materials. It operates on an equal footing with other countries in the region, and contributes to improvement of SMEs regarding their obligations under national and European requirements relating to environmental protection.
The area of Green project includes about 310,000 businesses and more than four million employees in the food production and production of construction materials. The European Commission funded project Green from the Program for competitiveness and innovation, partners are from research centers and commercial and industrial chamber of Italy, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey and Croatia.

Innovativeness in the economy Europe has already recognized
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is a key instrument in the EU strategy to boost growth and employment. Bringing together close to 600 business support organizations from 50 countries, it helps small businesses to take advantage of business opportunities in the single EU market. EEN was launched in February 2008 as an idea of DG Enterprise and Industry, and continues to work on the foundations of the former Euro Info Centre (EIC) and Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) of 1987.

Membership in the Enterprise Europe Network is important for linking the databases, because it allows the transfer of knowledge, technology and finding business partners in all countries of the network. EEN is closely associated with the European Commission, which allows everyone to follow the EU policy towards small firms.

Supporting small businesses is the cornerstone of the EU drive for recruitment. Since 99% of all enterprises in the EU are in the category of small and medium enterprise, it carries almost 67% of working places. Moreover, many commercial solutions are at hand, seeking market opportunities for empowerment of innovation, and inventiveness, with huge potential for job creation

Greening business
Dr. Filippo Mazzariol from Italy, Veneto region, is an expert in ?green business? in the Enterprise Europe Network. ?European regulations and directives on environmental protection and global legislations are implemented national legislation of each Member State, and in Croatia. However, differences still exist on the local level in any country. EU legislation is a ?living? material on which professionals and experts are working, bringing changes observed in practice in some countries. For example, Italy is after ?Napoli case? with irresolvable piles of garbage had to modify and amend its law on waste. So, twenty years ago situation was definitely different in terms of environmental activism, environmental NGOs had ?hands full? of job to point to the need to protect the environment during economic development Today it?s different, because the business sector realized that environmental protection is a necessity, implementation of the regulations are unconditional and production of tools and technologies for clean production ? an endless business, ?said Mazzariol.

Slovenian green services
It is certain that for small and medium-sized enterprises is great importance to get assistance provided by various ?services? or the offices and departments that provide environmental permits and certificates. Antonija Bo?i?-Cerar from the Department for Environment Slovenian Chamber of Commerce showed that IT knowledge and innovatory ideas simplifying the implementation of work of the enterprise sector. They organized the field of ?green legislation?, gathering the data base of all regulations covering the environment and allowing interested parties to participate in their adjustment to real life situations, make comments, opinions and criticisms. On that way they reduced administrative load vehicle and gave opportunity for public participation before problems in practice is created. With a base of ?green legislation?, they open phone lines and e-mail contacts with professionals and experts in particular environmental sub-sectors, which are available to entrepreneurs. In addition, they organized the ?Business Environment Day,? round table discussions and public meetings in which SMEs, with the help of NGOs, were introduced to news for entrepreneurs in the region and Europe, and networking opportunities with allied disciplines.

Growing non-food plants-as a hotbed of ideas for business
The economic potential of non-food crops and business opportunities in Croatia, were presented by Edita ?tefani? as an innovative topic. In non-food crops we including meadow and other plants, which are mostly destroyed by pesticides and the soil is treated with agrochemicals. At the same time many types of plants are for use in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, manufacture of pesticides in floriculture, fruit and vegetables. In Croatia, the meadow plants and non-food plants and crops are huge potential for replacement of fossil and synthetic fertilizers, and in the same time they are reducing use of natural resources and broadcast of CO2. Planting and growing of pyrethrum, sisal, wormwood, coriander and other herbs, restoring meadows and meadow ecosystems are engaged in many European farms (farming biodiversity), acting through the associations and federations.
In Croatia, there are very weak attempts of agricultural planned breeding of non-food plants that could be counted as a basis for development of entrepreneurship.

Serbia-dump opened for innovation in waste management
Useful was the presentation of Jelena Jovanovic from Mihailo Pupin Institute, who, once again, demonstrates the enormous opportunities for business and entrepreneurship in the sector of waste management. Serbia, which has just started to coordinate some regulations and laws solve the problems of waste, with new entrepreneurial and innovative market, because it needs to urgently implement the recycling, sorting and recovery of 334 000 tones of packaging waste per year, about 50,000 tons of various mineral oil per year, about 300,000 tons of animal waste for the same period, 13 million tons of agricultural waste per year and around 1 million tones of construction waste.

Power of funghus
It is interesting to mention the presentation of Antunovic Slavica and Cosic Jasenka from Faculty of Agriculture Osijek about the properties of fungi and bacteria in the soil that are very useful for the production of biological preparations in gardening and fruit growing, because they can replace toxic chemical agents.
The use of chemical pesticides, including fungicides, is on the rise and has been shown that adversely affects to environment, biological diversity and balance in nature, causing very negative consequences. It is therefore very important to support innovative ideas of Innovators and scientists who are finding other options in phytopharmacy, creating conditions for the production of biological preparations or biofungicides.

Using of geothermal energy
Mladen Bosnjakovic from the Polytechnic in Slavonski Brod presented a system that uses the resources of geothermal energy for heating greenhouses. Although the sources do not find geothermal sources ?at hand? in some areas, for example, in Slavonia, they are available, indeed.
These sources, along with the application of certain technologies may be useful and feasible for greenhouse vegetable and flower production. It is certainly significant that, besides cheapness, they do not damage environment or natural resources.

Continued cooperation
GREEN 2012 was the final conference of the project, but Tera Tehnopolis will continue to support Croatian enterpreneurs through the project ?Wizard of the environment: The Enterprise Europe (WE-EEN)?, whose task is to improve the environmental performances of SMEs, but with the emphasis on waste management, especially electronic.

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Tomatometer Watch: The Avengers

Will Marvel's superhero tag-team assemble a Certified Fresh?

While the film doesn't open 'til May 4 in the US, international Avengers fans get to see their heroes a week earlier -- and there are plenty of reviews coming in. If early buzz is any indication, this one's likely to go down as one of the best critically-reviewed comic book films ever.

Empire magazine's James White calls it "A joyous blend of heroism and humour that raises the stakes even as it maintains a firm grip on what makes the individual heroes tick," while for Leigh Paatsch, writing at Australia's Daily Telegraph, it's a "truly epic action picture [that] positively pulses with panache, wit and excitement throughout."

The Guardian's Henry Barnes is also impressed, noting -- for the non-fanboy element -- that the movie "carries the mark of a piece of expensively assembled fan fiction, albeit stitched together with a lightness and wit that will just about carry the casual viewer through two-and-a-half-hours of comic geek nirvana."

Todd McCarthy concurs over at The Hollywood Reporter: "Whedon pulls off a stunning feat in bringing balance to this superhuman circus, engineered to charm the geek core and non-fans alike." Meanwhile, Variety's Justin Chang writes: "Like a superior, state-of-the-art model built from reconstituted parts, Joss Whedon's buoyant, witty and robustly entertaining superhero smash-up is escapism of a sophisticated order."

Not everyone will succumb to Marvel's juggernaut, however, as Amy Nicholson illustrates at Box Office Magazine. "The Avengers needs more ambition," she writes. "Prehistoric metal monsters smashing up skyscrapers? We've seen that before. For Avengers 2 (because there will inevitably be an Avengers 2) ask not what Michael Bay would do to New York -- ask what Hieronymus Bosch would do to anywhere he damn well pleased." A Bosch-fueled epic? Genius. That we'd definitely pay to see.

The Avengers is out in theaters on May 4.

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Jonathan Frid, Original Dark Shadows Star, Dies at 87


Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, star of the original Dark Shadows, has died at the age of 87. He passed away Friday in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.

Frid was best known as the benign vampire Barnabas Collins on ABC’s gothic soap opera from 1967-71 and in the 1970 movie House Of Dark Shadows.

Jonathan Frid also has a cameo in Warner Bros’ upcoming Dark Shadows reboot, directed by the great Tim Burton, as an older version of Barnabas.

He meets up with the younger version of himself, played by Johnny Depp.

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While Frid wasn’t in Dark Shadows during its 1966 debut, his elegantly fiendish Barnabas quickly became the star when he joined several months later.

After the series ended, Frid returned to theater, performing Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare and a long run on Broadway in Arsenic And Old Lace. 

A Yale graduate, he appeared in several films including Oliver Stone’s 1974 directorial debut Seizure. He attended fan conventions well into old age.

You can see him in Dark Shadows with Depp on May 11.

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Rome cracks down on marauding centurions

The city has given a deadline of April 6 for the tourist terrors to clear away from the Colosseum area.

By Adam L. Freeman,?Contributor / April 2, 2012

Rome has given the centurions a deadline to clear out. The solders in question aren't from the ranks of an ancient legion, but are modern-day performers who pose for tourist?photos at the Colosseum.

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Men and women decked out in chest plates and helmets eke out a?tax-free living at Rome?s most popular attraction, posing for photos with foreign?visitors for 5 or 10 euros. Disoriented, jet lagged, or simply scared,?tourists have been known to pay up to 50 euros ($67). Some have been roughed?up when they refuse.

Arrests were made last summer in an undercover operation with police?in tunics and sandals handcuffing centurions and gladiators for?ripping off tourists. A recent Italian media report cited a policeman?as saying the centurions are all ex-convicts, ?every last one of?them.?

Now the city government says ?basta!? and wants them to pack up their?swords, shields, and ensigns and clear out by April 6.

?This will end badly. We?ll wage a revolution. We?ll burn down the?Coliseum rather than move from here,? a 21st-century centurion?recently told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

Along with the fake ancient Roman soldiers, the city aims to rid?itself of the vast illegal industry of food and souvenir vendors that?feeds off the 6 million people who every year visit the site where?Russell Crowe avenged his family?s murder in the 2000 sword-and-sandal blockbuster "Gladiator."

City and national officials say they are defending?Rome-the-living-museum from an image akin to theme parks where?visitors feast on fast food and ham it up for the camera with?fairytale characters.

But the Italian economy is in recession and its prisons overcrowded so government bureaucrats should be vigilant for unrest?in the legionary ranks. They might want to reconsider a plan that puts?ex-cons out of work.

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