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- Microsoft patent takes concept of spyware to new heights
- Microsoft has submitted a patent application for a "unique monitoring system" that promises to take the concept of spyware to a brand new level. The patent describes a computer system linking workers to their computers via wireless sensors. Except from The Times: The system...
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Microsoft wins patent lawsuit over boot-up technology
- A U.S. District Court jury in Texas has ruled that Microsoft did not infringe on patents claimed by Computer Acceleration Corp., a subsidiary of patent warehousing firm Acacia Research Corp. Excerpt from Network World: The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Microsoft settles patent dispute with Eolas
- As a result of settling the patent dispute with Eolas, Microsoft will be rolling out its "Click to Activate" tags from Internet Explorer 7. An excerpt from InternetNews: "It's important and cool to note that this change will require no modifications to existing Web pages, and no...
- Blog posts 2007-11-10
- How copyright and licensing issues affect programming work
- What ever happened to the Perl vs. C# text processing shootout I promised? Well, I will tell you what happened.Something had been bothering me for ages, but I could not put my finger on it. As I sat down to write the code, I finally remembered what it was: I am...
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far
- what Microsoft wantsQuoth the article:"[i]Microsoft said it released the tally--though not the 235 specific patents--in an effort to bring open-source companies to the table to hammer out intellectual property licensing deals similar to the one struck by Linux seller Novell in 2006. But industry experts said the declaration's implicit demand--that...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Microsoft: Royalties or royal pain?
- In the most recent battle between open-source and proprietary software, Microsoft goes for the jugular by claiming that free and open-source software violates 235 of its patents. See the article from CNET Networks' News.com: "Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents." Here's an excerpt from the article: "In...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Microsoft is "patent"ly afraid
- It came out today that Microsoft is now claiming that open source software breaks 235 of its patents. And, of course, it would seem on the surface that Microsoft wants that it again on the surface wants most: Money. But I think this whole thing is yet another smoke and...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Is Microsoft attempting to patent ITIL CMDB?
- I dunno but it seems plausible to me: see the patent here and some discussion here
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Does Linux belong to Microsoft?
- In a recent Q&A session, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property.I won't post any links, the tech news is buzzing about it.Is not paying SCO to sue IMB and b
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- Is open source getting to Microsoft?
- Microsoft's Open Specification PromiseMicrosoft recently published the Microsoft Open Specification Promise, which indicates that the company promises not to sue anyone who creates software based on Web services technology covered by patents it owns. The move reflects how Microsoft has had to come to terms with open-source products and development...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- Microsoft gets 5,000th patent
- PatentsGod save the Queen and us from Microsoft. There are stifling the free software development. Any dirty trick found is good.PatentsAre you suggesting that patents are a bad thing?There are companies which hold far more than 5,000 patents. Are they too evil?Holding a patent doesn't stifle anyone in developing a...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Office upgrade could trap many businesses
- Due to a patent dispute, companies will have to use tweaked versions of Microsoft Office XP and Office 2003 when they install the software on new machines. Although companies are not required to go back and update already installed copies of Office, many companies have policies that require all machines...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
- Patent spat forces businesses to upgrade Office
- Caught with hands in cookie jar??Interesting that MS finally gets nailed for doing what it has been accused of all along - incorporating other's technologies into it's products w/o permission. How many small companies have gone belly up over the years when their proprietary product's features are suddenly included...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- Microsoft's file system patent upheld
- arghSo much for interoperability. Don't get caught using FAT filesystems without a Microsoft license, or you could be in a lot of trouble.Asinine.Patent LicensingWell they do hold the patent, so that is their right to demand payment for the use.No . . .It's their legal privilege. There's a...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Bill Gates and other communists
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- Technical articles 2005-02-15
- Microsoft denies threatening Denmark over patents
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- Technical articles 2005-02-16
- Eolas, Microsoft make their case--again
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- Technical articles 2004-12-09
- Eolas, Microsoft make their case--again
- not just an anti-MS bigotFor anyone who has been reading my discussion material on this site thinks I'm just an anti-Microsoft bigot: you might be surprised with my take on this.I actually hope Microsoft wins this one outright.Of course, my wish to see Microsoft win in this case is not...
- Discussion threads 2004-12-09
- Ballmer attacks Linux on patent front
- Ballmer must be stupid; no one can be that ignorantMS keeps trying to spread the FUD with dumb press releases hoping to scare off people ignorant of their rights -- a la SCO's doomed lawsuit against IBM.SCO not only lost their main contention that Linux infringes on UNIX, they also...
- Discussion threads 2004-11-20
- Microsoft--license to deal
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- Technical articles 2004-11-08
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