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High court wrestles with software patent questions

High court wrestles with software patent questionsGood,now Steve can leave Linux alone!Chief Justice Roberts...... should sell his Microsoft stock. A Supreme Court vote on essential issues to a major industry shouldn't be nullified. And many software issues involve Microsoft.Logic.So whether software should be patented is not relevant to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, High Court, patent, Microsoft Corp., software, OEM, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

High court skips Falwell Web site case

High court skips Falwell Web site caseSnow shovels selling like hotcakes in hellWow. Trademark law being intepereted corretly by the courts?! Who would have thought. What's next, a budget suplus by the federal government?And Some Thought Only Legals Could Have Web SitesI have seen this advice regarding web sites way...

Tags: Channel management, Web site development, Web technology, Web, Web site, Web page, High Court

Discussion threads 2006-04-17

High court declines media ownership appeals

High court declines media ownership appealsThe airwaves belong to the people,not the broadcasting companies. They merely license space from the American people. Nice to see the Supreme Court backing up our rights, our ability to get a variety of viewpoints and hopefully a clearer picture of the truth...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Gannet, FCC, clearer picture, government involvement, American People, airwave, High Court

Discussion threads 2005-06-13

High court to rule on Net wine sales

High court to rule on Net wine salesAmendment XXI, Section 2.http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxxi.htmlWhile I disagree with it, the amendment clearly gives states the right to regulate the importation of alcohol.Anyone who wants to support a Constitutional amendment to repeal that has my support, but the ends do not jusitify the means, and...

Tags: wine sale, High Court, wine

Discussion threads 2004-05-25

High court turns deaf ear to Aimster

High court turns deaf ear to AimsterAimster provided no evidenceWell I would have hoped that someone would have looked at the files for download and figure out what % copyrighted vs. publiv domain or free files with no restrictions. I think U.S. courts in some cases don't see that these...

Tags: Aimster, High Court

Discussion threads 2004-01-13

Additional Resources

Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you

In the 1990 movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger runs through a security check point using x-ray technology. Today that technology is being installed around the world at airports, border check points, marine ports and high risk security environments such as court buildings. by Doug Hanchard

Tags: Airport, Security, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-11-06

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting

Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...

Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

California Will Builder 1.01 (Windows)

Your last will and testament is the most important document you'll ever sign. You don't want a court to decide how to dispose of your assets. You also don't want a court to decide what happens to your children. The California Will Builder is an easy way to make a...

Tags: California, DocBuilder, Asset Management, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Monitors & Displays, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-09-25

From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw

Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...

Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Lasker Awards show controversy of basic science

We're humans, not robotsAll humans, even your (and Harry Fuller's) beloved scientists, incorporate emotion into their decisions; there's no way to avoid it. We judge based on self-interest (even those concerned about global warming/climate change). We wrap it up in nice flowery language about "saving the planet" or "think of...

Tags: Government, patent, skepticism

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what wasn't announced

800 lb GorillaThe Gorilla not being mentioned is why the Beatles aren't in iTunes. This was the alignment of the planets, the day of days to bring Apple Corps library into the digital age of distribution.Sam "Sour Grapes" DiazApple puts a camera in the iPod nano and you write "No...

Tags: TVs, Digital music, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., TV, Apple iTunes, Joe Consumer, camera, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Call for court to impose privacy regime on Google Books

We DON'T need to get out of print books onlineWhile the concerns you have are theoretical, Google books has had REAL and beneficial effect.In Tokyo, where the largest program in Japan to teach Japanese children English doesn't have a clue about how to prepare children for Jr. High where they...

Tags: Google Book, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Court stays ban on Microsoft Word sales

Install Open_Office and be DONE!Why do you need a $500 Office Suite to write a letter?It is a waste of money, Open_Office does so much and it can actually create PDF's without buying more software licenses.Indeed...You'll be done, as those with Microsoft Office work circles around you.Another MS DroneI find...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, COMPANIES, sales, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Stop Google Books: World literature is not just another dataset

Big brother 2.0Nothing like 1 source stop for Big Brother, whats next Obama monitoring network...:(http://www.scroogle.org/The alternativesThe alternatives are:1. Government run scanning program2. Other private run scanning program3. NothingWhat do you all propose?Google uses Open Sourcebut does not wish to participate in being Open Source.Google is happy for us to share...

Tags: Quality, Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

News to know: VMWare; White House; Google Books; Skype; Apple vs Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware to step up data center automation game Sam Diaz: White House not equipped to hold keys...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, White House, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Digital Cameras, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-31