6 posts and columns on Israeli

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IBM Acquires Israeli Mobile Software Player Worklight

in News on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT

IBM said today it had reached a deal to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli mobile software company. Terms weren’t disclosed, but at least one report put the deal at $70 million. IBM said 75 percent of CIOs it had recently surveyed considered spending on mobile devices and software a priority.

Viral Video: Angry Birds Versus Evil Pigs

in News on November 23, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

There’s not much more to say than the headline above. Except to note that this spoof of popular smartphone app characters at war–in this case, the Angry Birds and Evil Pigs–from an Israeli comedy show on television is very, very funny. Enjoy: Thanks to Hillel Fuld for the video tip.

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Report: HTC Taps Microsoft-Funded Start-Up for Chrome Tablet

in News on August 23, 2010 at 9:41 am PT

Microsoft’s 2009 investment in touchscreen developer N-trig evidently doesn’t preclude it from working with the company’s rivals. HTC has reportedly tapped the Israeli start-up to provide displays for the Chrome OS tablet it’s rumored to be building for Google and Verizon. N-trig’s multitouch technology is also expected to appear in Hewlett-Packard’s slate.

Viral Video: Dancing Soliders in War Zones Meme Gets a Little Creepy

in News on July 7, 2010 at 9:41 am PT

Like the Hitler meme and others, the dancing soldiers of Afghanistan have set off a lot of military moves of the hip-swaying kind in online video. Case in point, the latest one from a group of Israeli soliders in the West Bank’s Hebron while on patrol with big and decidedly scary guns, using them as props in order to boogie to Ke$ha’s hit song “TiK ToK.”

"No Walls" Trademark Dispute (Maybe Microsoft Should Bring Back Seinfeld)

in News on September 26, 2008 at 8:28 am PT

An unusual Israeli-Palestinian joint venture start-up, which makes a cloud-based Web operating system letting users access their desktops from any computer with an Internet connection, is alleging a trademark violation by Microsoft in its new $300 million advertising campaign. G.ho.st, which stands for “Global Hosted Operating System,” claims it has a pending trademark registration for the tagline “no walls.” Microsoft disputes G.ho.st’s contention.