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GAO draws blank on sale of disruptive tech to Iran

John P. Mello, Jr.

Top Priority Sector: 
communications

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GAO: can’t
find disrupters

A year ago, a law took effect banning federal agencies from doing business with companies selling technology to Iran that could be used to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in the country or to disrupt, monitor or otherwise restrict free speech there. Such companies were supposed to be blacklisted — put into the Excluded Parties List System — and barred from receiving any federal contracts, grants or other financial benefits.

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Microsoft objects to Nortel patent sale terms (Alastair Sharp/Reuters)

Alastair Sharp / Reuters:
Microsoft objects to Nortel patent sale terms  —  (Reuters) – Google should not be able to buy thousands of patents belonging to bankrupt Nortel Networks under current sale terms, Microsoft said on Monday, the deadline for bids in an closely watched auction.

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Security Federal Corporation Completes Sale of Common Stock in Private Placement – Yahoo Finance

AIKEN, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Security Federal Corporation (OTCBB: SFDL.ob – News ) (“Company”), the holding company for Security Federal Bank (“Bank”), today announced that on December 22, 2010 it sold 82,906 shares of its common stock at $10.00 …
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Novell’s Patents Are Complicating Its Sale (Matt Asay/GigaOM)

Matt Asay / GigaOM:
Novell’s Patents Are Complicating Its Sale  —  After months on the auction block, Novell will be put out of its misery and sold within the next three weeks, according to credible sources.  The only question is, why it has taken so long?  The answer, according to a source close to the company, is patents.

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