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- Difference Engine No. 2
- Considered one of the most startling achievements of the 19th century, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has come to life 150 years later. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to see the machine in action and meet the men who turned Babbage's...
- Tags: News, charles babbage engine no. 2, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, computer history museum, victorian, invention, mathematics, Productivity
- Videos 2008-05-02
- BlackBerry Patent app boosts ability to simultaneously work with voice and data applications
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application entitled Advanced Voice and Data Operations in a Mobile Communications Device describes a technology that greatly eases these related processes. The Patent Abstract provides at least some insight into what is being proposed here: ...
- Tags: Method, Application, Phone, Step, Mobile, Network, Telephone Call, Voice, Data, Information, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile Device, Computer, Wireless, Patent Abstract, Data Item, Invention, Voice Component, Phone Number, Caller Identification Information, Wireless Connector, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- Images: Birth of the first computer
- J. Presper Eckert and John Mauch designed ENIAC to calculate the trajectory of artillery shells. Fortunately, we've found other uses for their invention.
- Tags: trajectory, computer
- Image galleries 2006-02-13
- Photos: March of the Demo products
- Entrepreneurs tout their latest inventions at Demo '06 in Phoenix.
- Tags: entrepreneur, invention, Phoenix Technologies, Demo
- Image galleries 2006-02-08
- Images: 60 years of IBM innovation
- You name it, and there's a good chance Big Blue invented it. Here's a look at some of those inventions.
- Tags: IBM Corp., innovation
- Image galleries 2005-10-11
- Images: Patenting the obvious
- Big money can be made if you're the first to claim a new invention. Sometimes the routine even slips through.
- Tags: slip
- Image galleries 2005-09-13
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- Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!
- i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....
- Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- MB Plum Blossom Oracle 1.0 (Windows)
- MB Plum Blossom Oracle software is a wonderful tool for doing plum blossom divination and knowing the lucky directions for you. A plum blossom oracle divination that is often referred to as Mei Hua Xin Yi divination and also as Yi Jing divination not only finds the lucky directions for...
- Tags: Insight, Oracle Corp., Tool, MysticBoard, MB Plum Blossom Oracle Software, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- The importance of Sixth Sense going open source
- The desire of inventors is always to get their work into the market as quickly as possible. Usually this means waiting for it to be turned into a useful, profitable invention. Sixth Sense is bypassing this by going straight to open source. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-02
- 40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches
- you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...
- Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Inventions Calendar for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)
- With Inventions Calendar for iPhone is a very intuitive and easy to use interface that shows you a 1 a day calendar with a fun and interesting fact about inventions for the day. This is a very fun application and is great for general knowledge and trivia. It features daily...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Calendar, Deep Powder Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- The Clockwork Man 1.0 (Mac)
- Join Miranda Calomy on a journey through a world of wondrous science in the Victorian era. At the turn of the century, in an alternate timeline where steam-powered technology has become dominant in almost all walks of life, the Clockwork Man, a fantastic Hidden Object Adventure game, will take you...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macgamestore, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- The best protection for software assets
- Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...
- Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Digital camera sensor inventors win the Nobel Prize in physics
- Forty years after they first sketched out the idea for a digital image sensor, two former Bell Labs research scientists have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit â€" the CCD sensor." by Janice Chen
- Tags: Imaging, Sensor, Digital Camera, Digital Image, Camera, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Nineball Solitaire 1.0 (Windows)
- Nineball Solitaire is a solitaire game of my own invention. It is a more strategic version of solitaire with a billiards theme. You must think ahead in order to not get stuck and clear each 'rack' of cards. How many racks can you run? That will depend on a little...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Strategic Thinking, Fast Eddie, Nineball Solitaire, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-06
- Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts
- At least get the right patent document!The issued patent is Number 7,596,609. You linked us to the pre-grant publication of the divisional which was filed late last year and won't be issued for probably a few more.RE: Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcutslol, good luck enforcing it..RE: Israeli...
- Tags: patent, URL shortcut
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance
- Analyst Liability?Could you imagine if a customer held an analyst liable if their review/recommendation was markedly different than the customer's experience? I know your Devil's Triangle theory would make it near impossible to "pin" it on the analyst review, but it is an intriguing idea given the "mating dance" you...
- Tags: Pay-to-play
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Secret Legacy of Nikola Tesla 1.0 (Mac)
- Young Laura Jones picks up a mysterious box left to her grandmother by scholar and inventor Nikola Tesla, with whom her grandmother worked with during her youth. The box contains clues to the locations of the part needed to start Tesla's greatest invention, the location of which is also unknown,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Grandmother, Macgamestore, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-24
- i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues
- I4i, the company that was awarded $290 million and an injunction in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft, talked a little trash as three judges heard the software giant's appeal. Microsoft fired back. Not-so-surprisingly both sides think the case will go their way. If you recall, i4i...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
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