Second RealNetworks’ CEO resigns after less than a year

RealNetworks‘ Thomas Nielsen stepped down today as chief executive and president. Rob Glaser, the company’s chairman, has been appointed by the board as the interim CEO.

“The board and Thomas mutually agreed that the CEO position wasn’t the right fit,” …

Intel buys RealNetworks patents for $120M

Intel has purchased 190 patents and 170 patent applications from RealNetworks for $120 million.

The patents include technology invented to create next-generation video codecs, which encode or decode video so that it can be sent over networks efficiently. It’s one …