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• Eastman Kodak launches cryptocurrency

  Shares of Eastman Kodak Co more than doubled on Tuesday after the one-time leader in photography became the latest company to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon.

• Disruptive technology: Dead companies do tell tales

  <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2485655/personal-technology/no-second-reel--blockbuster-to-close-remaining-stores--end-dvd-service.html">Blockbuster</a>. <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2490305/smartphones/steven-j--vaughan-nichols--bye--nokia--nice-knowing-you.html">Nokia</a>. <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2470561/computer-hardware/can-ink-jet-save-kodak-.html">Kodak</a>. Most businesspeople know what they have in common. They are all companies whose footsteps you don't want to follow.

• Researchers urge boards to embrace IT

  A doctoral researcher at Queensland University of Technology’s Information Systems School says business execs and company board members must embrace technology in their ranks or risk getting left behind.
  

• Healthcare CIOs Can't Be Afraid to Innovate

  Steven Sasson built the first digital camera in 1975. He worked for Kodak. Thirty-seven years later, Kodak went out of business because it failed to embrace technology it had invented.

• Why corporates can’t innovate like startups

  When you meet people who work in startups, you can sometimes sense that they are naïve. This may be correct but this sense of innocence is perhaps the reason why they have so many good ideas.

• Christmas in summer: Rounding up Gadgety Goodness in NYC

  The temperatures were hovering near 80, but there definitely was a "Christmas in June" vibe at last night's Digital Experience in New York, sponsored by Pepcom. More than 50 companies were showing off their latest digital products to the press, hoping to get some additional eyeballs and coverage as we start preparing the end-of-year gift guides and other such features. The event was also a prelude to next week's CE Week in New York, in which we'll see even more gadgets and gizmos.

• Gartner warns of vendor upheaval in technology shift

  At its big IT conference here this week, Gartner analysts put what everyone knows into a milkshake, gave it a good shake, and then used its conclusions to scare its audience of IT professionals and vendors.

• End of an era: Kodak sells patent portfolio for $525 million

  With an eye toward emerging from bankruptcy in 2013 Kodak today said it sold its formidable patent portfolio for $525 million to a consortium that will ultimately license pieces of the collection to other companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook.

• Kickstarter project aims to take geocaching into space

  Have you ever been geocaching? While it may seem a little lame to those who haven't, there is a slight thrill to being able to track down a hidden item using only clues and a set of co-ordinates from the person who put it there. Still sounds a little uninteresting? How about geocaching in space?

• Trade judge rules against Apple's Kodak complaint

  One administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Kodak did not infringe Apple patents in its cameras, possibly setting the stage for dismissal of a complaint by Apple.

• Salesforce.com buying social monitoring vendor Radian6

  Salesforce.com plans to buy social media monitoring vendor Radian6, whose technology tracks conversations occurring on social sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, the company said Wednesday.

• Kodak wins $1 billion victory against Apple, RIM

  A picture may be worth a 1000 words, but for Eastman Kodak the preview of a picture might be worth $1 billion in a patent battle against Apple and Research in Motion. The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday agreed to review a claim that Apple and RIM devices infringe on a Kodak patent for image previewing.

• US trade agency to investigate Apple's patent complaint

  The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate complaints by Apple that Eastman Kodak violated its patents related to digital imaging devices and software, the latest dispute in a long-standing patent skirmish between the two companies.

• Kodak selects cloud vendor to deliver customer service solutions

  Kodak has selected social media specialist, RightNow, to provide customer service and support across Kodak.com for all its business-to-business operations including web, social networks and contact centre.

• Kodak sues Apple, RIM over camera patents

  Kodak has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission charging Apple and Research In Motion with infringing patents in products with cameras.