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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...
Tags: Monitor, Patent, Monitoring System, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Spyware, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Wireless, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-16
Buffalo Technology is now using DD-WRT firmware
DD-WRT, an open source firmware has developed an almost cult-like following among those wanting more out of their Wi-Fi equipment. This is rightly so, as the firmware turns comparatively cheap consumer-grade wireless routers having limited feature sets into highly sophisticated devices with capabilities approaching that of expensive enterprise equipment. Evidence...
Tags: Wireless Router, Patent, Router, Open Source, Buffalo Technology, Firmware, DD-WRT, CSIRO, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2007-11-26
Google Magazine: Patent points to magazine customized with articles and ads you choose
Google's recent patent indicates a day when you can create your own publication with content you like and ads you are interested in. An excerpt from CrunchGear: The Goog has filed a patent for a system that would allow the “Customization of Content and Advertisements in...
Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Patent, Magazine, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-20
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...
Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Paul Mah
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...
Tags: Patent, Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-10
United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects Amazon's 1-Click patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected most of Amazon's 1-Click related patents due to evidence of another patent that predates it. Excerpt from CNET News.com: In its decision, dated September 26, the three-judge panel reversed an earlier decision approving the patent claims and...
Tags: Patent, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-17
802.11n ratification in jeopardy due to Australian patents
My 2 centsWell if the CSIRO is not willing to give the letter, nor willing to drop their suits. For the betterment of all. Then the US should drop their patents altogether and deny future patents until they provide the letter. They could make more profits by releasing the patent...
Tags: IEEE 802.11n, BrianBonnell, patent, CISRO, CSIRO, patent holding company
Discussion threads 2007-09-26
802.11n ratification in jeopardy due to Australian patents
Ratifying 802.11n, the much acclaimed standard expected to redefine wireless networking, is somewhat ambiguous at this time. According to this September 21, 2007, Register article, the IEEE working group -- responsible for development of the 802.11n standard -- is meeting with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO to...
Tags: Patent, IEEE 802.11n, CSIRO, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2007-09-26
RIM was not enough: NTP Sues four major telcos for patent infringement
Patent lawsI find these patents awarded on ideas and not on implementation are at the least frivolous and stifle creativity. We should patent only implementations of an idea. Most software patents are obvious and based on processes that have already been implemented in nature or in objects we use in...
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., jpclermont900@..., patent, NTP
Discussion threads 2007-09-17
NTP starts suing again
Best known for extracting the whopping $612.5 million settlement from RIM, the makers of the BlackBerry, NTP has filed suit again. This time, the lawsuits are directed against AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless, alleging infringements of several mobile e-mail patents owned by NTP, a patent-holding...
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Patent, NTP, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-12
Motorola subsidiaries sue Aruba over WLAN patent infringements: Are others next?
Motorola and Aruba Networks have joined the growing list of tech companies haggling about patent infringements. Wireless Valley Communication and Symbol Technologies, Motorola subsidiaries, are suing Aruba Networks for infringement of four patents associated with WLAN switching architecture and management technology. In their suit, Wireless Valley Communications...
Tags: Patent, WLAN, Symbol Technologies Inc., Aruba Networks, Motorola Inc., Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2007-09-05
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...
Tags: Project, Web, Patent, Code, Microsoft Corp., Image, Programming, Justin James
Blog posts 2007-08-13
LinuxWorld: Google signs up as Linux-patent licensee
If this is posted anywhere on Tech, I apologize. I looked, but didn't see anything.http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9029299[i]August 07, 2007 IDG News Service Google Inc. has increased its support for the open-source Linux operating system by becoming Open Invention Network's first end-user licensee. Set up in 2005, OIN is an intellectual property...
Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, DanLM, Linux, OIN, Google Inc., patent
Discussion threads 2007-08-08
Geek Trivia: Fighting fire with wireless
Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is saddled with some distracting project management responsibilities this week, so he reached way back into the archives for this Classic Geek, which originally ran on Sept. 24, 2003. In some respects, the birth of the American space program, and specifically...
Tags: Patent, Radio, Editor, Missile, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-08-07
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...
Tags: apotheon, industry expert, Microsoft Corp., patent
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...
Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Open Source, Sonja Thompson
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...
Tags: Windows, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General
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
Tags: twohills, microsoft, it management, patent, itil, cmdb, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2006-12-14
Google wins patent for search results page design
coolI wonder if I could patent my haircut?Sorry FrylockAs I understood the article, your barber could, theoretically, but not you. You are the purchaser of your barber's design.It does make you wonder what they will come up with next.Sure you couldApparently yes, so long as you design it, document...
Tags: Frylock, patent, barber, patents, off-topic, Google Inc., Starbucks Corp., search result
Discussion threads 2006-12-14
Geek Trivia: Cold (con)fusion
What consumer appliance did famous physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard collaborate to improve—and patent—in the 1920s? Albert Einstein is arguably the most famous scientist in modern history. In fact, he's so famous that he often gets credit for accomplishments he wasn't actually responsible for—not to mention,...
Tags: Albert Einstein, Jay Garmon, cold calling, Einstein, Leo Szilard, fission, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Consumer Appliance, Physicist, Patent
Technical articles 2006-12-05


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