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Sun Microsystems Has a Fan in Memphis By Steve Lohr The short take on the situation at Sun Microsystems is that it’s a shame. It still has plenty of bright people, and it’s been a wellspring of innovative ideas over the years. Too bad about the business, though.

Technology industry heavyweights are banding together to form a new group called the Allied Security Trust. Members include Google (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). This alliance will buy up patents in the marketplace to preempt “patent trolls” from acquiring these patents in order to extract royalties from Allied Security Trust members.

Or: "There's No Crying In Venture Capital! ... There's No Crying In Venture Capital" If you are burned out on the Olympics (aka "The Michael Phelps Show"), Stumblin' Bumblin' John McCain's Low Road Express, previews of the new Cold War, or the endless yammering about John Edwards (yikes, we are

By Eric Jackson, Managing Member, Ironfire Capital LLC To anyone who says that it’s inconsequential that Yahoo understated the level of shareholder dissatisfaction by more than half thanks to a “tabulation error” by its proxy counter, Broadridge Financial Solutions, I say: You couldn’t be more wrong.

In This Update: • Amazon Offers Other Sites Use of Its Payment Service • Dell’s Trying Its Hand at Digital Music Players, Again • EBay Launches Dedicated International Ad Division • Katz & ClearChannel Form Online Radio Net • HP, Intel, Yahoo Study Ways to make Web a Utility • Online Ad

Certificate Transfer has launched a new page the Transfer Agent List on our website, www.certificatetransfer.com. Since companies often change Transfer Agents our goal is to list as many Companies as possible, along with their current Transfer Agents.

Every week we will be publishing an interview with one of our female internet heroes in order for you to MEET interesting women. READ about their WORK, THINK about how they PLAY the internet industry and see how you MATCH them. Be inspired! This week we talk to Julie Meyer.

Coca-Cola and Best Buy have been on HRC’s 100-percent Pro-Homosexual Corporations list for two and four years, respectively. Coke’s competitor PepsiCo has been on the HRC list for four years. McDonald’s scores an 85% on the “gay” group’s survey. Click HERE to learn about the HRC’s criteria for ranking companies.

John Gage, who retired as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s chief researcher earlier this month, is joining Sun co-founder Bill Joy as a partner at venerable venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Gage, 65, says he will focus on investing in cleantech companies.

John Gage, who retired as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s chief researcher earlier this month, is joining Sun co-founder Bill Joy as a partner at venerable venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield...