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Disney Has Winner In ESPN, But Game Gets Complicated

ESPN bills itself as the Worldwide Leader In Sports, and the slogan is not mere hyperbole. ESPN is available in 94 million pay-TV homes in the U.S., and its channels air in more than 200 nations. Clearly, Burbank, Calif.-based Walt Disney (DIS) has benefited wildly from buying an 80% stake in ESPN in 1995. For openers, ESPN, which broadcasts jewels ranging from the NFL and NBA to Major League Baseball and all sorts of college sports, provides a

Splunk Takes On Adobe, Oracle In Data Analytics

Splunk will increasingly be taking on bigger companies Adobe Systems, IBM and Oracle as it eyes a bigger share of the data analytics market. The enterprise software company is starting to expand from its core market of providing software used to detect network problems and security breaches. It now also offers business analytics software designed to help customers analyze Web traffic and data from mobile phones in order for them to improve sales

Robots Take Over The World!: Not Such A Crazy Fear

In his 1942 short story “Runaround,” Isaac Asimov introduced the Three Laws of Robotics. Their simple message — that robots should never harm humans or disobey orders — became guiding principles for robotics and, more recently, artificial intelligence. Now, 73 years later, luminaries of technology and science are questioning whether the emerging AI industry can possibly uphold the so-called Three Laws for the long term. Esteemed British scientist