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- U.S. appeals court hands Google patent case setback
- U.S. appeals court hands Google patent case setbackU.S. appeals court hands Google patent case setbackHAHA Google isn't the almighty and just can't do as it pleases. Smack in the face for Google!
- Tags: Google Patent case setback, case setback, Google Patent, Google Inc., U.S. Appeals Court
- Discussion threads 2007-12-27
- Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App
- Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent AppAll patents must die [nt].RE: Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google PatentAnd what exactly is the INVENTION which is being patented? Software patents are a joke!
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Patent, inner working, working, Google Earth
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- New Google Patent would use media keywords to trigger social network connections
- New Google Patent would use media keywords to trigger social network connectionsAll patents must die [nt].
- Tags: social network connection, media keyword, Google Patent, social networking, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- New Google Patent would use media keywords to trigger social network connections
- Published just this morning, a new Google Patent application entitled Social and Interactive Applications for Mass Media would trigger instant connections to user's social networks based on a type of audio recognition of key phrases the user encounters in broadcast or multimedia applications they are watching or listening to.By mapping...
- Tags: Google
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- EXCLUSIVE: Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search
- A Google Patent application newly published on the United States Patent & Trademark Office website this morning appears to furnish extensive details on Google's plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices.Fittingly enough, the Patent app is entitled, Local Search and Mapping for Mobile Devices.The Abstract gives us a sneak...
- Tags: Google, News, patents
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Chasing Google Patents: What's the real deal?
- Word is “out” about the latest Google “plans,” so says “The Guardian,” thanks to a patent filing “scoop.”Publicly filed Google patent applications are seductive, holding the allure of an “inside” look at what Google is REALLY up to. But alas, the very public, accessible to anyone, filings do not provide...
- Tags: Google, Google Software Applications, Search
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Four new Google patent apps reflect major search rank methodology changes
- Four new Google patent apps reflect major search rank methodology changesAll patents must die [nt].Nice article. Thanks! NTNTOld newsThese patent applications are just republications of a patent application from Google published in March, 2005 - Information retrieval based on historical data 20050071741Not PatentableThis is why these type of "method" patents...
- Tags: Google Inc., methodology change, Google Patent App, patent, Google Patent
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Google patent points to voice search
- Google patent points to voice searchThis is getting ridiculous.So Google patents a voice activated search engine. Does this mean now that any of the speech to text programs on the market for years can not be used in conjunction with a search engines?Interesting that all thier code is basedon the...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, patent, Google Patent, voice, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-12
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- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame
- Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...
- Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia
- Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia
- Image galleries 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android ChallengeI think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.They can not depend on existing manufacturers to do it for them. But, after the Google phone takes off, Google might decide to get out of the market.It will be many years before...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ready for real Indian medicine?
- Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google Digg = ?
- Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...
- Tags: Digg, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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