cryptography research , inc. . is a san francisco based cryptography company specializing in applied cryptographic engineering , including technologies for building tamper-resistant semiconductors .

it was purchased on june 6 , 2011 by rambus for $ 342.5 m .

the company licenses patents for protecting cryptographic devices against power analysis attacks .

the company 's cryptofirewall-brand asic cores are used in pay tv conditional access systems and anti-counterfeiting applications .

cri also developed bd + , a security component in the blu-ray disc format , and played a role in the format war between hd dvd and blu-ray .

the company 's services group assists with security testing , disaster recovery , and training .

cryptography research protects its core operations from outside attack by maintaining a secured local network that is not connected to the internet at all .

employees who need to work with sensitive data have two computers on their desks — one to access the secure network , and a separate computer to access the internet .

in 2009 , frost & sullivan awarded the company the world smart card technology leadership of the year award , noting that the company is " one of the highest-volume and highest-value technology licensors in the semiconductor industry " and that " more than 4 billion security chips are produced under its licenses every year " .

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cryptography research sold bd + and its core technology known as self - protecting digital content to macrovison in november for $ 45 million cash plus unspecified stock options .
cryptography could add privacy protections to nsa phone surveillance ( mit tech . review )
paul kocher , cryptography research ' s president and chief scientist , thinks hd dvd ' s decision not to adopt his technology eventually tipped the battle to blu - ray .
spring school on lattice - based cryptography ( march 20 - 24 , 2017 ) .
the bd + system , invented by the san francisco - based company cryptography research , embeds a virtual machine in blu - ray discs that play only on authorized blu - ray players .
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the cryptography group is part of the theory and security groups in the eecs department at the university of california , berkeley .
research in the group spans topics in cryptography from theory to applications . we study foundational questions on subjects such as computing on encrypted data , functional encryption , program obfuscation , verifiable computation , zero - knowlege proofs , and others . we also investigate concrete efficiency aspects and implementations of cryptographic protocols , as well as build practical systems that use cryptography to address real - world security problems .
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rambus on thursday said it has agreed to acquire security technology company cryptography research ( cri ) for us $ 342 . 5 million in a cash and stock deal . the move could help the company address interest among chip makers to add security features on hardware .
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the people at cryptography research are generally thought of as the biggest , baddest cryptology designers around ,
jaquith said .
if you look at the latest generations of directv , the p4 and p5 [ access ] cards have not been broken . this is a testament to the skills they possess .
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i got to speak to cryptography research inc , a company which i would expect , or at least hope much of the core value chain would have heard of . if not , then read on . i spoke with paul kocher , president & chief scientist , kit rodgers , business development & director of licensing and ken warren , smart card business manager .
cryptography is the ancient science of encoding messages so that only the sender and receiver can understand them . cryptography is now available to everyone thanks to the development of modern computers , which can perform more mathematical operations in a second than a human being could do in a lifetime . an ordinary pc can produce codes of such complexity that the most powerful supercomputer using the best available attack algorithms would not break them in a million years . cryptography is used to secure telephone , internet , and email communication and to protect software and other digital property .
welcome to the home page of the cryptography research group at the ibm t . j . watson research center . current group members are : fabrice benhamouda , craig gentry , shai halevi , charanjit jutla , hugo krawczyk , and tal rabin . we are located in yorktown heights , ny . we are involved in a variety of research projects : from the theoretical foundations of cryptography to the design and implementation of cryptographic protocols . following the links on the left navigation bar you can find out more about the research activities in our group . we are very interested in interacting with the research and academic community . in fact , we run the cryptography research seminar where you can tell us about your interesting new results . longer visits to the group are also possible . we also run a regular crypto reading group to discuss recent published work in the crypto area . meetings of the reading group are usually open to visitors as well . former group members and visitors include : masayuki abe , prabhanjan ananth , gilad asharov , boaz barak , dario catalano , akshay degwekar , rosario gennaro , seung geol choi , mario di raimondo , yevgeniy dodis , leo fan , nelly fazio , dario fiore , marc fischlin , sanjam garg , yael gertner , sharon goldberg , dov gordon , carmit hazay , nick howgrave - graham , yuval ishai , yael tauman kalai , jonathan katz , venkata koppula , eyal kushilevitz , yehuda lindell , anna lysysanskaya , tal malkin , daniele micciancio , rafael pass , benny pinkas , antigoni polychroniadou , manoj prabhakaran , mariana raykova , alon rosen , noah stephens - davidowitz , vinod vaikuntathan , muthu venkitasubramaniam , louis von ahn , hoeteck wee , daniel wichs , mark zhandry .
sony ' s victory in the dvd format wars was largely due to its embrace and toshiba ' s rejection of a sophisticated anti - copying scheme that promises to be relockable should it be cracked at some point in the future .
toshiba earlier this week announced that it will stop making hd dvd players , surrendering the field in a five - year battle with sony ' s blu - ray to become the disc format of the future .
support from studios has been widely cited as the reason for blu - ray ' s victory , but few consumers know that the studios were likely won over by the presence of a digital lock on movies called bd + , a far more sophisticated and resilient digital rights management , or drm , system than that offered by hd dvd .
“the adoption of bd + as part of the blu - ray disc specification … was a key factor in our decision to publish on the format , ” twentieth century fox home entertainment executive mike dunn said in a 2007 press release . “this added layer of content protection gives blu - ray yet another distinct competitive advantage . ”
the triumph of drm for video will almost certainly lead to continued attempts to hack the system , and risks alienating users who want to buy content once and have it available on whatever brand of tv , laptop , mp3 player and smartphone they own . that fight lasted for years in the music world , though it ' s now clear that drm for music is in its final throes .
both blu - ray and hd dvd formats use an anti - copying system called aacs , which has already been cracked ; but blu - ray employs bd + as an extra layer of protection . bd + is optional – not all blu - ray discs use it – and has not yet been compromised , despite claims to the contrary .
when the player spins up the disc , the virtual machine software and the dvd player view each other with mutual suspicion , but initiate a complicated mating ritual involving checks of cryptographic keys .
once the disc decides the player is legitimate and hasn ' t been compromised , it allows the movie it contains to be decrypted for playback .
but if the disc detects that the player has been modified to record the movie , or it is using stolen keys from a different player , the disc won ' t play . unlike aacs , however , bd + has no ability to disable a player permanently , nor does its software linger after a disc is ejected .
i don ' t want to pretend that security was the only thing that drove the content war ,
kocher said .
but from a content perspective , i think security is the biggest overhang over the future of the studios and i think they realize that and they are doing what they can to deal with that .
while file sharers who hang out at forums like doom9 might not appreciate kocher ' s latest effort , kocher was also the co - author of the ssl 3 . 0 specification , which allowed real security for online logins and online credit card purchasing .
kocher says he ' s a technologist who had no desire to get caught up in a format war , and offered the technology to both camps . but toshiba decided that aacs was enough security .
instead of being on both formats , it became a differentiator and attracted content to blu - ray and gave blu - ray some momentum ,
kocher said .
the bd + system was cited by lionsgate and fox studios as the key reason they supported the format over hd dvd .
in october , fox released the first discs to use bd + , but some first - generation players couldn ' t handle the bd + and required firmware updates . once the updates became available , users had to download a file , and burn a cd from an . iso file to update their dvd players – a high technical hurdle for many .
that minor debacle has already led to a class - action suit against samsung , though kocher dismissed the issue as something to be expected when buying first - generation hardware .
the bd + system protects movies if pirates should develop mod chips for blu - ray players or develop blu - ray player software that allows movies to be copied .
bd + can surreptitiously insert data about a player into a playback stream . if a movie is then pirated , studios can analyze the data and come up with a way to prevent that machine from doing the same to future releases .
andrew jaquith , a senior analyst at the yankee group , says the bd + scheme appeals to studios because it can be patched .
there is an element of renewability in bd + and that is the path to longevity ,
jaquith said .
there are always implementation flaws . it ' s an arms race and to stay agile , you have to have the ability to pull up the gates when the ramparts have been breached .
but jaquith says security was more likely an
influencing factor
than a
leading factor
for studios , which he believes eventually chose blu - ray primarily for hardware and software reasons .
kocher ' s company began brainstorming a better way to lock down dvds shortly after the discs hit the market in the late 1990s .
his company already had some relationships with the movie industry , having developed systems to let studios securely transfer movie files inside a company while they were being worked on , and in a july 2003 workshop in los angeles , the company demonstrated their technology to studios in a workshop meeting .
hardware makers pay a nominal fee for the specs and must include the technology in their players , while studios pay only when they include bd + code in their titles .
kocher fully expects that the hacker community to attack bd + and that its backup mechanisms will be needed .
if you run a bank , someone will try to rob it someday ,
kocher said .
just because no one has brought a gun in and pointed at your teller , doesn ' t mean that they won ' t in the future .
when asked if he hoped to see how well bd + holds up under the kinds of sustained attacks that compromised hd dvd last year , kocher hesitated .
you don ' t hope the first layers of defense go and you have to go to the subsequent ones ,
kocher said .
but that said , there ' s always a piece of you that wonders how it is going to play out and when you look forward 10 years from now – did we drastically underestimate the pirates ?
at the same time , you don ' t want to encourage that ,
kocher said .
it ' s what causes restrictive laws to get passed .
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rambus , which develops and licenses memory technology , said the acquisition will expand its semiconductor licensing portfolio to include cri ' s intellectual property ( ip ) for content protection , network security and anti - counterfeiting .
cri is run by noted cryptographer paul kocher , who has been credited with helping author the ssl ( secure sockets layer ) 3 . 0 standard . cri ' s licensees include samsung , toshiba , infineon , microsoft , and nxp . rambus said that over five billion semiconductor products are made annually under cri ' s license .
rambus is primarily known as a memory technology company for pcs and servers . the company recently expanded its range of offerings to include leds ( light - emitting diodes ) and mobile devices .
cri ' s security technologies could apply across a range of technologies in rambus ' ip portfolio , rambus ' ceo harold hughes said in a statement .
with many billions of connected devices conducting electronic transactions , storing important personal data , and delivering copyrighted content , the needs for security are paramount ,
hughes said .
rambus licenses ip to chip makers , who are increasingly interested in adding security features on hardware . intel in february completed the acquisition of security company mcafee for $ 7 . 68 billion . intel at the time said that mcafee would help boost its software and on - chip security offerings .
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at the cartes smart card exhibition early this month , i got a chance to meet up with a number of companies offering new solutions to the market . there was a lot of talk surrounding contactless technology and the potential uptake in the short to medium term .
while the smart card market is global with booming growth in some geographic regions the majority of the industry have their headquarters and design centres based in europe . cri are looking to increase their presence in the european market . by doing this , i believe cri are showing their commitment to the smart card industry which allows them to provide the support needed to improve security . the introduction of ken warren has bolstered cri’s effort and will allow cri to leverage their effort from ken’s vast experience in the industry . he will ensure european customers can successfully implement cri ' s patented countermeasures , and he will actively represent cri in all european smart card industry activities .
i take this opportunity to provide feedback of some of the things we discussed .
kit : first , i definitely do not want to convey that smart cards are insecure . in fact , smart cards are one of the most secure technologies available . as you know , smart cards are tamper - resistant , self - contained modules which can offer excellent protection at a reasonable cost . however , no device can guarantee absolute security and smart cards are no exception . there is also significant variation among smart cards ; some low - end cards offer very limited security , while the best cards are among the most secure devices available anywhere . dpa attacks are a significant concern for smart cards because the attacks are unfortunately very powerful and easy to replicate . the good news is that smart cards can be made very resistant if manufacturers implement proper countermeasures .
kit : cri discovered dpa in the mid 90’s . at the time we worked closely with the industry to educate leading issuers , smart card manufacturers and silicon suppliers about dpa on both a technical and business level . today cri remains a leader in helping organizations worldwide develop products that are secure against dpa by :
kit : silicon providers and smart card manufacturers must work together in both hardware and software to ensure their devices are secure against dpa . vulnerabilities can exist at both the hardware and software level . particular attention needs to be paid to the interface between hardware and software components .
kit : indeed , card issuers ( and individual users ) are the ones that ultimately suffer when fraud or other attacks occur . issuers definitely need to be focused on security issues , including dpa , and should demand that their suppliers provide products with effective countermeasures that have been properly tested . in terms of licensing our technology , issuers should check with their smart card suppliers to see if their products are properly licensed . some issuers have chosen to license with us directly , while others are requiring that their smart card suppliers implement and license the necessary dpa countermeasures as part of their products . ultimately , our objective is to be sure each device using our technology has been licensed , but it does not matter if the silicon supplier , card manufacturer , or issuer pays the royalty .
kit : we do not believe there is a way to make dpa - resistant smart cards without using our technology . one of the advantages of discovering dpa is that we were able to focus on developing countermeasures before anyone else . thus , we spent considerable effort ensuring our patents broadly cover the fundamental approaches for countering dpa attacks . while technologists in the security and smart card communities have been actively researching dpa over the last few years , their developments build upon our foundational patent portfolio .
kit : dpa attacks do not require any expensive hardware ; a pc and under $ 1 , 000 worth of equipment is sufficient .
kit : security risks are always greatest in situations where it’s worth somebody’s effort to mount attacks . smart cards used for banking , pay television , and mass transit have always been major targets for fraud and piracy . on the government side , defense and identity applications also face particularly serious threats . gsm sims are also an area of increasing focus , particularly as applications become more complex and integrated with various forms of commerce . in general , any application where smart card is being used for security reasons is a potential target .
kit : issuers and users can feel safe if their smart cards include properly implemented and licensed countermeasures . we are not sharing detailed pricing information at this time , though as a general philosophy we want our business to succeed along with the proliferation of smart cards .
me : can you tell me a little more about cri - i . e . what are your main markets ?
kit : cri is a combination technology licensing and security services firm . we’re nearly 10 years old and are headquartered in san francisco . our business seeks to anticipate fraud and piracy trends and then develop technologies that help solve those problems . for instance , our clients are happy to pay us a few cents for a technology if they know it is likely to save them a few dollars in fraud or piracy costs . we’ve been quite successful implementing this model to date . in addition to our dpa countermeasures , our licensing efforts also include a custom security asic technology called the cryptofirewall ( tm ) for pay television systems and security architecture for securing high - definition video on next - generation optical media formats .
kit : the smart card industry is a very important market for us . we’re also having great success with anti - piracy technologies . while it’s hard to predict which will grow faster , we’re very enthusiastic about the smart card industry over the long term , and we see our technology licensing program growing with the industry .
kit : for now , we’re focused on negotiating licenses with the vendors that are the most proactive about obtaining security technologies for their customers . we are also continuing to work closely with testing labs and other security experts to help ensure smart cards are secure . we also recently started our european operation , which we plan to expand to increase the visibility and importance of our licensing program among card issuers and users . a final area of focus is our dpa logo program , which will be increasing in visibility over the months ahead .
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insight enterprises purchased software spectrum from level 3 communications in september 2006 .

it is the world 's largest microsoft large account reseller ( lar ) .

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urltoken is an internet-based knowledge exchange , which includes wikianswers , referenceanswers , videoanswers , and five international language q&a communities .

the urltoken domain name was purchased by entrepreneurs bill gross and henrik jones at idealab in 1996 .

the domain name was acquired by netshepard and subsequently sold to gurunet .

the website is the primary product of the answers corporation ( previously gurunet ) , an internet reference and q&a company , founded by bob rosenschein , mark tebbe and mort meyerson in 1999 .

the site supports english , french , italian , german , spanish , and tagalog .

wikianswers is a community-generated social knowledge q&a platform , using wiki-based technologies .

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copyright © 2018 urltoken - all rights reserved . plantanswers and urltoken are trademarks of jerry parsons .
the company acquired the urltoken domain early last year for $ 80 , 000 .
in urltoken ' s a9 search site . gurunet also supplies information for comet systems .
postscript : businessinsider reports urltoken shareholders are going to try to prevent the deal from happening .
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the key difference between gurunet ' s urltoken and a search engine like google is that urltoken offers an array of editorially produced reference materials , while search engines list web pages their algorithms deem relevant to the search term .
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“the urltoken acquisition is completely in line with iac’s m & a strategy of acquiring , at disciplined valuations , companies that are complementary and synergistic with both our existing businesses and our areas of expertise , ” said greg blatt , ceo of iac . “we are extremely excited to bring these two businesses together ; urltoken ’s content will differentiate and greatly increase the authority of urltoken ’s offerings , while ask’s expertise in search technology and user experience will improve the discoverability of existing content on urltoken . the complementary nature of these two businesses will provide significant synergies going forward , and thus we expect that urltoken will generate more profit as a part of urltoken and iac than it has been able to over the last few years . ”
urltoken bypasses search engines to yield succinct information on terms in any document , but it says google is not a competitor .
matt durr is a business reporter for the ann arbor news . email him at mattdurr @ urltoken or follow him on twitter .
each month , more than 1 million visitors in 223 countries across the globe turn to urltoken as a trusted source of valuable information .
the new york times , which was set to sell its urltoken unit to answers . com , now looks ready to sell it to barry diller instead .
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answers corporation , which owns and operates a community - generated q & a site at urltoken , this morning announced that its database of answers now tops 10 million .
question and answer reference site urltoken has purchased dictionary . com’s parent company , lexico publishing , for $ 100 million in cash . lexico can really serve all your lexical needs because
the accommodation central team is available to answer any questions you may have regarding the reasonable accommodation process . if there are any questions , please send an email to act @ urltoken
we tracked urltoken since january 29 , 2018 . during last 30 days , it hasn ' t been working one time - on june 19 , 2018 . the average response time is 0 . 152 sec which is very good . note that response time may vary depending on how far you are from the urltoken server located in cedar knolls , united states .
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5min is already one of the largest video networks , with more than 110 million video views a month and 30 million unique visitors across 800 partner sites . but urltoken will become its biggest partner by far . 5min syndicates videos from about 1 , 000 online video producers , including cbs , hearst , scripps , and watchmojo . anytime one of 5min’s videos matches a question asked on urltoken , wikianswers , or referenceanswers , video results will show up and they will play on the new video answers page . advertising revenues will be split between urltoken , 5min , and the video publisher , with roughly a third going to each .
the popular questions and answers site , urltoken has announced they have been acquired by afcv holdings , llc . for $ 127 million . afcv holdings is paying $ 10 . 50 per share for the outstanding shares .
upon closing , the about group will join iac’s search and applications reporting segment , joining urltoken , dictionary . com , mindspark , nrelate , and pronto . darline jean , about’s ceo , will report to doug leeds , urltoken ceo . this segment has recorded double digit growth for the last two years , consistently outperforming expectations and driving the company’s total revenue and profits . the deal was signed on sunday august 26 , 2012 .
the customer satisfaction firm - which analyzes customer experience for businesses - was created in 2001 and operated offices around the world . foresee was named the 2011 company of the year at the former urltoken deals of the year ceremony .
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with nearly 1 , 000 topic sites and more than three million unique articles , urltoken is one of the most comprehensive content and reference libraries on the internet , offering expert , quality content across 90 , 000 topics that helps users find solutions to a wide range of daily needs . globally , nearly 100 million unique users visit urltoken on a monthly basis . ask . com , with more than 100 million users globally of its own , is one of the leading search and q & a platforms on the internet .
new york , august 26 , 2012 / prnewswire / — today iac ( nasdaq : iaci ) announced that urltoken has agreed to acquire 100 % of the about group from the new york times company ( nyse : nyt ) for $ 300 million in cash .
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urltoken is a web site devoted to news , analysis and opinion on technology , the internet and media . but it is different from other sites in this space . it is a fusion of different media styles , different topics , different formats and different sources . read more »
the new york times’ time with urltoken may be coming to an end . the paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling web site , which produces high - volume , low - cost content , and has a deal in place to sell it to answers . com .
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now , after an unsuccessful foray into the enterprise search market , the company has returned to its consumer roots by retiring its subscription service in favor of an ad - supported revenue model and launching urltoken , a web site that will allow people to access its information warehouse without downloading the gurunet application .
answers , which owns consumer websites urltoken and multiply . com , said it hopes to deleverage more than 86 percent of its current $ 540 million in debt with a debt - to - equity conversion that it said is already backed by the holders of roughly 90 percent of secured claims . . . .
law360 , new york ( march 6 , 2017 , 6 : 59 pm est ) - - the private equity - backed owner of urltoken filed for chapter 11 protection in new york on friday , bringing to the bankruptcy court a prepackaged plan to cut $ 471 million in debt that it says has the overwhelming support of its secured lenders .
as a cooperative , we need your input to move in the right direction . every owner’s input allows cu * answers to shape our future together . discussion and voting within owner’s voice allows every owner to contribute to the process of guiding the priorities for the products and services offered at cu * answers and our urltoken partners . find out more !
“this is a rare merger with true bilateral synergies , ” said joey levin , ceo of iac search & applications . “on the one hand , the urltoken search and content business has generated exceptional revenue and profit growth by marketing and distributing a quality consumer search and q & a experience , and about provides ask with a tremendous amount of quality content to further enhance that experience and the credibility of the ask brand . on the other hand , urltoken has created , and today continues to grow , a library of content which consumers love across a vast array of categories , and we can now market and distribute that content and the about brand through ask and significantly increase traffic and profitability at about . ”
law360 , new york ( april 10 , 2017 , 9 : 42 pm edt ) - - the private - equity - backed owner of urltoken got the green light monday from a new york bankruptcy court for its prepackaged chapter 11 plan that will cut $ 471 million in debt and convert much of it to equity after its secured lenders voted to approve the plan .
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every big publisher on the web wants to be able to serve up ad - friendly videos , but creating them can be a pain . but there are already plenty of high - quality videos out there in every subject imaginable . with that in mind , urltoken has quietly launched video answers with about 200 , 000 videos from video distribution network 5min on everything from home repair and fashion tips to cars and travel .
to view or print your w2 form or pay statements please visit our employee portal at urltoken your user name is your last name plus the last 4 digits of your social security number . unless you have already logged into the portal in the past , your password will be the last 6 digits of your social security number . for example , if your name was john smith and your social security number was 123 - 45 - 6789 your login information would be :
one of the biggest q & a sites on the web , urltoken , now offers answers to anyone who tweets a question to @ answersdotcom . ( the @ answers account is owned by mahalo , which has its own rival social q & a service on twitter which routes questions to humans ) . when you tweet a question to @ answersdotcom , you get a reply almost immediately which is the top answer from the site , or from wikianswers , which it also owns .
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cu * answers sets a record for new members processed in cu * base with over 160 , 000 added through conversions and mergers . 11 credit unions join its network of credit unions . cu * answers invests in imaging solutions team , taking over the sales and support process for e - document strategies . cu * answers and its urltoken network partners design a new sales culture and foundation , presenting a significant opportunity for expanding the suite of services , and welcome partner chatter yak ! into the fold . working with payveris for transaction processing , cu * answers designs its first native user interface within it’s me 247 online banking for bill pay .
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the new york times company agrees to sell its about group to iac new york , august 26 , 2012 – the new york times company ( nyse : nyt ) has entered into an agreement to sell its about group , which includes the web sites of about . com , urltoken and caloriecount . com , to iac ( nasdaq : iaci ) for $ 300 million in cash . the all cash transaction is expected to close in the next several weeks . the company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes . “about . com has been a strong contributor to our company since its acquisition in 2005 , ” said arthur sulzberger , jr . , chairman , the new york times company . “about’s early expertise in search engine optimization , expert content and revenues from cost - per - click and display advertising made it a valuable component of our portfolio for the past seven years . this sale will allow the times company to focus on the development and growth of our core brands locally , nationally and on a global scale . ”
twitter has always been good for getting immediate answers to the most esoteric questions . usually it is someone who is following you who supplies the answer , and those are always the best ones . but q & a sites also want in on the supplying answers to people with questions on twitter .
@ answersdotcom does best with trivia or factual questions . ask , how many bones are in the human body ? it comes up with 206 . or , how many people live in france ? it estimates 65 million .
but if you ask , what wine goes with lamb ? , apparently nobody has ever asked that on answers . com .
answers corporation has laid off another 100 employees of foresee according to reports from current and former employees . the newest round of cuts is the second since answers bought foresee in 2013 . ( matt durr | the ann arbor news )
nineteen months after being sold to the answers corporation for more than $ 200 million , ann arbor - based foresee has undergone more lay offs as part of nearly 100 cuts made by answers corporation .
employees were made aware of the layoffs wednesday , several current and former employees confirmed to the ann arbor news after receiving correspondence regarding the layoffs from company executives .
calls and emails to foresee made by the ann arbor news wednesday and thursday have not been returned . attempts to reach answers corporation have also been unsuccessful .
a worker adjustment and retraining notification act ( warn ) notice regarding the layoffs has not been issued by foresee , according to state records . it is unknown how many employees were laid off in the ann arbor foresee office , or where the other staff reductions were made .
in january 2014 , between 50 and 75 employees were laid off just weeks after the sale to answers was completed . at the time , a spokeswoman for the company said there were 335 employees at the ann arbor offices and there were plans to hire an additional 150 over the next year .
answers corporation was acquired in september 2014 by apax partners , but the terms of the deal were not disclosed . the acquisition was worth approximately $ 900 million to apax partners .
the initial round of layoffs at foresee in 2014 was described as part of a restructuring effort by answers after they acquired webcollage , easy 2 technologies and reseller ratings around the same time .
founder and former president and ceo larry freed resigned from the company weeks after the sale was complete , but did not give a reason for his decision .
freed declined to comment on the layoffs as did representatives from ann arbor spark .
following the sale of foresee , freed wrote in a blog post about the opportunity to grow the company .
this is an amazing opportunity for us to continue to grow with increased resources and to join a very successful company without sacrificing our autonomy , our unique company culture , or any of the personnel that has made us so successful to date ,
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this is a move that was good for employees , shareholders , and our clients , because it just allows us to do what we already do well , and to do it even better .
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“what we are really building here is ability for every publisher to have their own video section without producing because i think there is no roi for production , ” says ceo ran harnevo . the videos in his network are all in highly - targeted , evergreen niches like yoga or food videos with low double - digit cpms . video producers ca extend their reach beyond their own sites by syndicating with 5min and make some extra cash .
5min’s model contrasts with demand media’s , which produces its own videos at $ 50 or so a pop and shows them on ehow and its portfolio of search - friendly niche sites . aol also wants to get into this game with its recent acquisition of studio now . but 5min’s philosophy is to let others produce the best videos , and focus on distributing them at scale , while splitting the downstream revenues . “destinations are just not big enough today , ” he says .
the question - and - answers site has signed a letter of intent to buy about for $ 270 million , according to people familiar with the transaction .
the deal hasn’t closed yet , and i’m told that answers’ backers — pe firms summit partners and ta associates — are trying to line up financing .
the times bought about , the precursor to “content farms” like demand media , for $ 410 million in 2005 . last year , about ceo cella irvine left the company following a string of lousy quarters , but about’s performance has yet to improve .
last month , the times took a $ 195 million goodwill write - down on the unit , which is largely dependent on search traffic from google .
“while about is gaining momentum in its turnaround efforts , and we expect to build on that progress in the second half of the year , we have reduced our long - term display growth and profitability assumptions for the group , ” times cfo james follo told investors .
i’ve asked answers’ executives for comment . times pr head robert christie says , “the company has a policy that it doesn’t discuss potential acquisitions and divestitures . ”
update : the times is now confirming “talks” without naming names . via press release : the new york times company confirmed today that it is engaged in discussions regarding the potential sale of its about group . no definitive agreement has been reached . the negotiations are ongoing and there can be no assurances that an agreement will be reached or that a transaction will be completed .
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in conjuction with the announcement , answers corporation is today debuting its first iphone app , a free fast - paced trivia game dubbed blufr .
the 10 millionth answer registered by the israeli / us company came in response to the question : “who was the first native american to play pro - football ? ” ( direct link ) .
the company points out that the answer to this question can improve over time as people contribute their knowledge by using the site’s “improve” feature . questions can also be discussed in answers . com’s community forum and can easily be shared on social networking sites such as facebook and twitter .
bob rosenschein , ceo of answers . com , also reveals in the press release that its community is now 5 . 5 million registered members strong .
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“this is a great outcome for our shareholders , ” said bob rosenschein , founder , chairman and ceo . “after an exciting six years as a public company , we are very pleased to achieve considerable value for our investors . the acquisition price of $ 10 . 50 per share represents a significant cash premium of approximately 33 % over our 90 - day volume - weighted average closing stock price . ”
mr . rosenschein continued , “this agreement is also a positive for our community members . the integrity and commitment of our company to our products remain unchanged , as we continue our mission of creating the ultimate destination for answers . ”
a source close to outboard investments , which owns 9 . 2 % of the company , told us , “there’s not a shot in the world this thing is going through . this is going up for auction or it’s not going down . ”
says a principle : “we got this news this morning with our cornflakes – on yahoo . the company gave no indication that it was anywhere near making a deal with anybody or that it was even shopping it around . ”
“we’re not agreeing to anything at this stage . we’re waiting for the fourth quarter outcome . all we’ve seen is less than bare bones . our expectation is that on reflection , the board will reconsider and look for signifinantly higher price . ”
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people familiar with the transaction say the times now plans to sell about to diller’s iac conglomerate for about $ 300 million . the times had previously planned to sell about to answers for about $ 270 million .
diller lobbed in his offer after allthingsd broke the news of the pending answers transaction .
apparently , the fact that he’s offering a “clean cash” deal helped sway the times and its allen & co . bankers . answers and its private equity backers summit partners and ta associates were going to finance the deal with debt , and would have included equity in answers as part of the transaction .
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gurunet - - a reference service that bypasses search engines to yield succinct information on terms in any document - - launched a new web site monday that it insists will not compete with google .
gurunet , a new york - based , publicly traded company with a research and development unit in jerusalem , gained attention in 1999 for its desktop application that made any word in a document searchable with a single click .
the consumer market is a great place to be ,
said gurunet ceo bob rosenschein , who described his company ' s enterprise foray as
painful .
all the metrics are up : connectivity , usage , number of searches , length of queries - - everything about looking things up on the internet is growing ,
he said .
while google offers dictionary definitions of its own , above its list of web page results , rosenschein insists his company is in a different business .
we believe sometimes you don ' t want to search for web pages , and what you want is a quick definition ,
rosenschein said .
sometimes people want information very quickly and that ' s not google ' s strength . we are not competing head to head with any of the search engines . we complement or supplement their offerings . google is in a league of its own .
in fact , gurunet offers another avenue into google ' s catalogue of web pages , images and news headlines .
a search on google for shirley chisholm - - the former new york city representative in the house of representatives who was the first black woman to serve in congress - - turned up a news headline about her death new year ' s day and links to 90 , 000 web pages . on answers . com , the results page displayed four different brief biographies , along with links to google results and other web resources .
gurunet boasts about 100 different information sources populating its results , including search engines , encyclopedias , almanacs , image databases and dictionaries . some of those information sources are free ; gurunet licenses the rest .
. that market proved a bad fit for the company , which found enterprise adoption cycles too slow and costly .
while gurunet tried its corporate fortunes , the consumer search market heated up , with google rising to the top of the heap and enjoying a spectacular initial public offering .
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