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BlackBerry patent would enable "merged images" in BlackBerry browser

BlackBerry patent would enable "merged images" in BlackBerry browserOk...Isn't that a technique widely used with the first generation browsers by designers to have a single file with all the images to be used and then selectively showing portions of it instead of downloading them separately?

Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Browser, BlackBerry Patent, image, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

BlackBerry patent app addresses "battery slump" monitoring, management issues

BlackBerry patent app addresses "battery slump" monitoring, management issuesThis actually enables more efficient use of battery powerThe significance of the patent seems to be that the phone will be able to increase the efficiency of its use of battery power thus extending the talk time per charge without requiring a...

Tags: Engineering, battery, app address, BlackBerry Patent, monitoring, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

BlackBerry Patent app proposes Low memory manager for "graceful shutdown"

BlackBerry Patent app proposes Low memory manager for "graceful shutdown"It is just another harmful patentAnyone doing serious programming knows how to work around low memory situations. However, in non-mission-critical desktop programming it is cheaper to ignore this problem than try to implement something addressing this issue. In any case this...

Tags: Blackberry Patent App, memory manager, BlackBerry Patent, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Diagonal cursor navigation described in new BlackBerry Patent app

A newly published BlackBerry Patent app describes an onscreen "diagonal cursor" method of navigation on smaller, non-QWERTY BlackBerry devices. Fittingly, the Patent app is entitled, On-Screen Diagonal Cursor Navigation On A Handheld Communication Device Having A Reduced Alphabetic Keyboard. A...

Tags: Movement, Method, Handheld, RIM BlackBerry, Handheld Communication Device, Cursor Movement, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-06

BlackBerry Patent app would display caller location on map

BlackBerry Patent app would display caller location on mapI can't see anything 'novel' in this!If this 'idea' becomes a patent it shows how intellectually inept we have become.Long are the days gone when a patent meant something really revolutionary and was making leaps in science and technology.Nowadays it is just...

Tags: caller location, Blackberry Patent App, BlackBerry Patent, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

BlackBerry Patent app would dim unviewed portion of display screen

Technology described in a fascinating IMHO newly published BlackBerry Patent application would seek to preserve battery life by darkening the BlackBerry display screen for portions of a view outside the "area of interest."The all-caps title of this Patent app is METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A DISPLAY...

Tags: News, BlackBerry Patents

Blog posts 2007-06-28

BlackBerry patent app would free up more space for viewscreen

A newly published BlackBerry Patent application offers technology that would allow users to either "increase" or decrease" the amount of space occupied by the BlackBerry keypad.This option is being positioned as one that would allow more space to be occupied by the view screen.For example, if you were browsing the...

Tags: BlackBerry Patents, News

Blog posts 2007-06-14

BlackBerry patent app describes Bluetooth headsets with less interference vulnerability

BlackBerry patent app describes Bluetooth headsets with less interference vulnerabilityExplain, pleaseIt looks to me like they've got shielding, and they've got filters on the conductors that extend outside the shielding. Is that it? Is that what they think is non-obvious? What am I missing here?

Tags: interference vulnerability, Blackberry Patent App, BlackBerry Patent, Bluetooth headset, headset, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

BlackBerry patent app describes keys lit as they are tapped

BlackBerry patent app describes keys lit as they are tappedThis is BULL...dungBack in 1972 I saw hotel elevators with heat-sensitive buttons that lit up when activated. They only responded to fingers, not pencils or other implements - we tried. And those things were pretty old back in 1972. So this...

Tags: Blackberry Patent App, BlackBerry Patent, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2007-05-24

BlackBerry Patent app would automate adding Contact physical address info to Address Books

BlackBerry Patent app would automate adding Contact physical address info to Address BooksThis is a joke, right?This is patentable?All patents must die [nt].

Tags: BlackBerry Patent, Blackberry Patent App, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2007-05-17

BlackBerry patent would save battery life by adding ambient light as screen backlight source

BlackBerry patent would save battery life by adding ambient light as screen backlight sourceGesss ....back in the 1906's I played with MatchBox Cars that did the same thing. They all had a little SQUARE blob of plastic on top and when you played with them in the sun or...

Tags: Engineering, Handhelds, BlackBerry Patent, RIM BlackBerry, battery

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

EXCLUSIVE: Major new BlackBerry Patent app simplifies task-key association

EXCLUSIVE: Major new BlackBerry Patent app simplifies task-key associationAll patents must die [nt].

Tags: Handhelds, Blackberry Patent App, BlackBerry Patent, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

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Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case

The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-07-23

RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug

Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-22

News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Power Audio Video DVD Converter (exe)

Power Audio Video DVD Converter is a high speed and easy-to-use conversion tool for converting Audio, Video and DVD files to AVI, MPG, MPEG, VOB, WMV, MP4, M4V, ASF, MOV, QT, 3GP, DAT, OGM, DVR-MS, FLV, MKV, RM, RMVB, VRO, WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, M4A, MPC, WV, AMR, AC3,...

Tags: Audio, WMV, AVI, MPEG, Video, AML Software, Digital Video, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-07-22

McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement

McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringementPatent for?"Method for detective intrusive agents"???You gotta love the busted US Patent system. (not; unless you're a lawyer; Shakespeare was right)-MPS: I'm sure someone has a patent on toilet paper.RE: McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringementDownload DeepNine's patent in PDF for free at...

Tags: patent, patent infringement, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement

A federal jury in Texas has ordered McAfee to pay $18 million in past and future damages for infringing on a patent held by DeepNines Inc., according to Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog. The court decision, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, was handed down last week. ...

Tags: McAfee Inc., SEC Filing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-21