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Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?

Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?One thing I would like to knowHow many of those patents are actually [i]inventions[/i]?RE: Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?That is a bit fuzzy isn't it. Initially here's all you'll find.http://www.intellectualventures.com/inv_main.aspxEveryone plays by the same rulesHow can he be considered a troll? He is doing for...

Tags: patent, Alpha patent troll, Nathan Myhrvold, patent troll

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

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Black Friday Deals at the App(le) Store

App Store Apps has a posted a list of over 50 iPhone application that are currently on sale many are free for Black Friday which begins at midnight ET tonight. A sampling: A Binary Clock Signboard Polyomino Puzzles Code Alpha Football...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-27

News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-11-25

StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in development

As a subscriber to Sirius Satellite Radio one of my favorite new applications for Mac OS X is StarLight from NiceMac LLC. It's a super simple, thin client to access the Sirius radio Web streams. Currently at version 109.a download link it's an excellent alternative to Sirius'...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Apple Macintosh, Sirius, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-24

RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?

A startup on Tuesday will launch in an attempt to fix the current patent mess and defend against so-called patent trolls. The startup--RPX Corp.--is a so-called defensive patent aggregator. RPX--short for Rational Patent--aims to reduce the costs associated with non-practicing entities NPEs. These NPEs--known as patent trolls...

Tags: Patent, Patent Troll, RPX Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-24

IBM Acquires Transitive

Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-24

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?

Two years ago this month, in November 2006, Microsoft inked its controversial cross-licensing pact with Novell. Since the agreement was forged, a lot has happened. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-11-18

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Can the U.S. CTO avoid being steamrolled by bureaucracy?

There has been a lot of chatter about President Elect Barack Obama's plan to name a U.S. chief technology officer and the biggest challenge for anyone who takes the job is this: How do you avoid being consumed by a bulky bureaucratic machine known as the government? ...

Tags: Eric Schmidt, CTO, Bureaucracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Hardware Upgrade, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-09

Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on it

Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on itAs long as IE Supports Web StandardsWhy should they turn to WebKit? Imagine a software world where everything was open source? That to me is scary. Where is the innovation in open source? Where is the competition that drives innovation...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, open source, standards

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes coming

Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes comingOffice Patch/updateOffice updates fail every time for me. Did what help file said. No good. Emailed Microsoft/no reply. I need another OS.RE: Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes comingMicrosoft patches are as useful as herpiesWell i hope they will at...

Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Patches, Critical Windows Office fix, Critical Windows Office, Patch Tuesday, network

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

OTA podcasts enabled in iPhone 2.2 firmware

In September Apple denied Podcaster access to the App Store because it was in the process of adding Over The Air OTA podcast downloads to the bundled iPod application. Earlier in the week Apple exposed the user interface for OTA podcasts in iPhone 2.2 beta 2 – but the feature...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Firmware, Podcasts, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-06

ThreatFire AntiVirus Free Edition (exe)

ThreatFire is unlike traditional antivirus products that rely on old fashioned "signature" technology and require updating every time a new threat occurs. ThreatFire's patent-pending ActiveDefense technology provides powerful protection against zero-day and emerging threats. It constantly monitors for both known and unknown viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware...

Tags: PC Tools, Threat, ThreatFire, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Rootkits, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Security

Software downloads 2008-11-06

Obama won the election - not social media

Obama won the election - not social mediaSocial Media DID WinSocial media certainly did win last night. The part it played in Barack Obama's win may have been overblown by some, but the social media presences both candidates had played a huge part in communicating the issues to a...

Tags: Obama, social media

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild

MS08-067 worms squirming in the wildI will not be directly affected.I use Linux. (This is a trap for the Windows fanboys to proclaim that Linux would be as vulnerable if it was as popular as Windows.)thanks sincerely, RyanThis time you were really clear that there was a fix, and...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, LANs, Viruses and worms, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, MS08-067 worm, MS08-067, worm, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

So about that election

So about that electionwhat are you talking about?While the elitists and the teenagers are 'voting online' and blogging about marxist ideeas, we the real Americans are voting and taking this country in right direction.Tonight, I'll be watching TV and enjoy how Mac comes back and grabs the election from that...

Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

That "unlocked" Windows 7 taskbar is also unfinished

That "unlocked" Windows 7 taskbar is also unfinishedCompletely defeats MS' purpose....The whole idea was to show complete features. Unlocking incomplete features will have a negative effect when people start finding the bugs. Good idea MS to keep these features locked that weren't complete, but unfortunately they were unlocked.Thanks for the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Software and business method patents may still be valid

Software and business method patents may still be validNot meaning to be picky, but...The real questions are:1. Was State Street rightly decided? In other words, are software and business method patents really valid, or did the Federal Circuit call it wrong? I think it's the latter.2. ...

Tags: Wieder, patent, business method patent, software, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-11-03