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Battery saver: BlackBerry Patent app describes screen illuminated by ambient light

A new BlackBerry Patent application details a way for a you guessed it BlackBerry device to harness ambient light in order to illuminate the device to a degree and in a manner appropriate to the immediate surroundings. That would be ambient light, and...

Tags: Body, Panel, Device, Light, System, Section, Battery, RIM BlackBerry, LCD, App, Path, Embodiment, 14A, Backlighting, Collector Section, 12A, Lens 414, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-30

From facts on Google-retrieved Web pages to historical graphs

A newly published Google Patent application entitled "Displaying Facts On A Linear Graph" appears to explain a method for extracting factual information from web pages retrieved via Google searches, and then organizing that info into tabular forms.So why would this technology be advantageous? A good argument for this is right...

Tags: Bill Clinton, Graph, User Interface, Timeline, Query, Module, Data, Collection, Fact, Information, Attribute, Icon, User, Object, Presentation Engine, Collection Module, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Browser-based spelling autocorrection described in Microsoft Patent app

Technology described in a newly published Microsoft Patent application would enable automated spell-checking of text entered by the user in a networked Web browser.The way I read this Patent's literature, an example of this functionality would be if, when you were accessing the Web through a network-connected broswer, the technology...

Tags: microsoft

Blog posts 2007-07-13

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

EXCLUSIVE WITH ART: Apple Patent app reveals all about forthcoming iPhone's form factor

An Apple patent application published Thursday reveals more about a forthcoming iPhone "form factor" (shape, controls, and related functionalities) than other pundits have seemed to realize to date.So glad then, that you have come here. For I will present a greater detail about the Patent app than you can get...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Computer Inc., control element, embodiment, touch-surface, FIG

Blog posts 2007-05-12

New Blackberry patent could be filed under 'annoying'

Russell Shaw flags a monstrous U.S. patent application by Research in Motion that outlines plans to bring a lot of autoformatting features to the Blackberry. File this patent under "annoying." While Russell notes RIMs patent is designed to...

Tags: RIM, Personal Technology, Mobile, General

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Additional Resources

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

It's time we recognized the advantages of bothIMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in both, and not to do silly things like pretend that somehow software is a moral agent.I can certainly see the advantage of software being open source. It helps the educational community, and gives tools to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Free Software, leadership, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, open source, proprietary software, Microsoft Corp., hardware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for Iran

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for IranIranians should demand an American invasionIf some Iranians would petition us, we should folow through with the operation Iran's freedom.This operation will be a lot cheaper and more successfull than the Iraq's freedom in 2003.But Obama is...

Tags: Leadership, Neda, Obama, Web

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Fire And Ice 1.0 (Windows)

Fire and Ice in which you will be an embodiment of ice or fire. You can use left/right keys to move forward/backward and use up key to jump on enemies' heads to knock them out or press space bar to shoot them. Pay attention to the life bar on the...

Tags: Life, NowStat, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-30

Wireless Medical Devices: Security Issues, Market Opportunities and Growth Trends - What's Your Share of the $5 Billion Medical Monitoring Market?

The number and variety of wireless medical devices is growing rapidly, driven by the expansion of wireless communication technology and the medical needs of the aging US population. In 2008, two independent groups demonstrated how a defibrillator may be wirelessly attacked. An electromagnetic field enabled a wireless connection with the...

Tags: Security, Wireless Communication, Medical Device, Monitoring, Wireless, Nerac, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-04-01

Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler

Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerExcellent questions MJ.They've addressed some doubts about outages and reliability.Looking forward to the next RD instalment.:)RE: Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerTechies need to understand the difference between techies and "execs." Cutler is a techie. MFJ...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, MFJ, Dave Cutler, Red Dog, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Free? The 'Wired' Economy Is Still 80% Atoms, Not 100% Bits

Chris Anderson is in the “propagating ideas business.” The idea that he is propagating now is that “if the unitary cost of something is approaching zero, sell it for zero and make your money in something else.” Fundamentally, he says the Internet will be...

Tags: Revenue, Wired Inc., Chris Anderson, Internet, Operational Accounting, Storage, Finance, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-17

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

Perot: Making sure "everybody has access to the truth"

He doesn’t “do a lot of Internet work.” He’s not on Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. He’s not an iPhone guy. He prefers to get “instant feedback from the people,’’ from face-to-face contact and phone calls. But Ross Perot, now 77, is back and using...

Tags: Nominee, Ross Perot, Truth, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-28

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying

This Cablevision decision looks like it may make its way to the Supreme Court on questions of the interpretation of the Copyright Act, so I'd like to take an in-depth look at the decision PDF. It's long so I'm dividing it into several posts. Technology First...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Buffer, DVR, Memory, Digital Video, Development Tools, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

US Capitol 3D 1 (Windows)

Make an incredible tour to visit the most fascinating and famous building in the United States - the Capitol. Built on the Capitol Hill two centuries ago it's a real masterpiece of American architecture nowadays. With a white metal dome crowned with a statue of woman - a symbol of...

Tags: 3D, Lacombo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Inheritance in Programming Languages

Inheritance is a powerful concept employed in computer science, especially in Artificial Intelligence AI, Object-Oriented Programming OOP, and Object-Oriented DataBases OODB. In the field of AI, inheritance has been primarily used as a concise and effective means of representing and reasoning with common-sense knowledge (Thirunarayan, 1995). In programming languages and...

Tags: Programming Language, Object-oriented, Programming, Wright State University, Inheritance, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-04-08

Leapin' Linthicum!

Anyone who has seen Dave Linthicum in action at IT conferences knows this guy is one ball of fire. He entertains, cajoles, incites, and educates on the perils and possibilities of SOA and integration. Dave is also my SOA blogging counterpart over at InfoWorld, and a seasoned...

Tags: StrikeIron, SOA, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Crypto Composer Lan 0.8.5.0 (Windows)

This multi-lingual, multi-user program and its companion Crypto Distributor are parts of a crypto-system based on well published asymmetric public key and symmetric key crypto-algorithms such as RSA and advanced encryption standard AES. It is the first embodiment of our next generation declarative cryptographic key, access right and digital source...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Messaging, CryptoGateway, Instant Messaging, LANs, Groupware, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-03-10