The gamble paid off, as Merck was able to file a new-drug application six weeks before Novartis.
Nor did it come up with a brand-new file format, as Sony did with its soon-to-be discontinued ATRAC, which requires Sony hardware and software to play.
His current plans include a new file-sharing site that encrypts all its files, and a streaming music service called Megabox.
And many Americans, including rank-and-file Republicans, support new protections against insurers who turn away customers with pre-existing conditions or terminate policies when the costs of care pass annual limits.
Eazel, a company founded by several ex-Apple employees, debuted a new file management system with a URL-based naming scheme called Nautilus, which should give Mac users a more familiar way to access and manage their files in the Linux environment.
The America Invents Act, signed into law in September, will transition the patent application process from the first-to-invent system, to the new first-to-file system.
Should employees file a new Form W-4 to adjust tax withholding?
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The new MobileMe file-storage and music service could be available as early as June, depending on the progress of licensing talks that are in their preliminary stages, the people familiar with the situation said.
Information technology is changing at blinding speed, and new e-readers, new applications, new file formats, and new ways of presenting the wisdom of the ages are opening up a whole new literary universe.
While artists like The Counting Crows are embracing the brighter sides of new distribution, file-sharing sites can still be bad news for established record labels and movie studios.
Critics describe the incident as an embarrassment to the French government, which has introduced new rules targeting illegal file-sharers.
Since April, Verizon has been testing a version of the researchers' P4P system implemented by the New York-based file-sharing start-up, Pando.
Same-sex married couples must file New York personal income tax returns as married, even though their marital status is not recognized for federal tax purposes.
Since April, Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) has been testing a version of the researchers' P4P system implemented by the New York-based file-sharing start-up, Pando.
While everyone knows about the old stand-bys for back-ups, such as using CDRs or a Zip drive to store your information, or even e-mailing a file to yourself, new technology makes backing up even easier.
Anyway, we'll be talking more about the high-tech license plates on "Marketplace" later today, and we'll also be looking at another development in the business world: how the music industry is creating a new business model using file-sharing networks.
In 1993 he pled guilty to a separate count of failing to file a New York state income tax return -- a misdemeanor.
However, under the new first-to-file system, things will be more complicated.
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Some new browser features, like file-sharing, aim to replicate functions or Web services that are already easy to access across multiple devices through services like Google Drive or Dropbox.
Neither of the two main parties wants to be seen to support taxpayer-funded politics at a time of austerity, nor do they think it realistic to generate more income by recruiting hundreds of thousands of new rank-and-file members.
So when an outfit called Earth Station 5 announced itself this year as a new peer-to-peer file-sharing service headquartered in the camp, internet downloaders and journalists paid attention.
Participants also discussed new-wave techniques to stop new malware from taking root, including studying patterns of user and file activity to find suspicious behavior and broader use of encryption.
The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload has been denied bail by a New Zealand court.
He says he plans to file for new drug applications for two of its late-stage drug candidates.
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The developers of the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol have unveiled what they describe as a new "multimedia format" called a Bundle.
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The file-sharing Millenials are now passing the torch to a new generation known as the Digital Natives, who are 12- to 15-year-olds that grew up with virtually no experience with music as a paid commodity.
The record labels disagree, noting, among other things, that ReDigi is making a new copy of each file rather than re-selling the original copy, and that individuals have the ability to maintain copies of the files on other devices, which cannot be accomplished as easily in the hard-copy context.
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File-sharing networks haven't just given computer users a new way to find music and movies.
Today a few dozen people were invited to try Mega, the new and improved version of the defunct Megaupload file-hosting service.
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The hot file-sharing site of the day is LimeWire, right in New York, now the defendant in a copyright lawsuit but equipped with some clever defenses.
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