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Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?

Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?One thing I would like to knowHow many of those patents are actually [i]inventions[/i]?RE: Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?That is a bit fuzzy isn't it. Initially here's all you'll find.http://www.intellectualventures.com/inv_main.aspxEveryone plays by the same rulesHow can he be considered a troll? He is doing for...

Tags: patent, Alpha patent troll, Nathan Myhrvold, patent troll

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Is Myhrvold now a blast from the past?

In the 1990s Nathan Myhrvold was big. Real big.As CTO of Microsoft, he was the keeper of the company's crown intellectual jewels, and expected to be the engine who produced more. Microsoft under his watch amassed one of the world's great patent portfolios.But on reading some recent stories about him,...

Tags: patent

Blog posts 2006-07-03

The most feared man in Silicon Valley?

Intellectual Ventures' Nathan Myhrvold on patents and lawsuitsCNET News.com's Michael Kanellos asks Nathan Myhrvold, CEO and founder of Intellectual Ventures, on his status as a scary figure to some Silicon Valley companies. Myhrvold explains his ideas on patents.

Tags: Intellectual Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold

Videos 2006-04-19

Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist

Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalistNothing wrong with patents if they're granted correctlyThis business of granting patents for simple business processes like "one-click shopping" is ludicrous. When Patents are granted for non-obvious stuff that took some real creativity and work to create, it's a great system.Have to agreeWhen every car company...

Tags: patent, Nathan Myhrvold

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist

Former head of Microsoft Research and now head of patent foundry Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold doesn't mind being called a patent troll video here and here. He wants to be the first "invention capitalist." His company is built around monetizing inventions and patents (Intellectual Ventures Myhrvold has 18 patents to...

Tags: patent system, Nathan Myhrvold

Blog posts 2006-04-19

Microsoft alum has sights on the world's first patent marketplace

Sooner or later, something will have to be done about the barrage of "dumb" patent disputes or technology innovation will eventually grind to a halt. While companies continue to arm themselves with licenses and lawyers, there is at least one start-up with a radical business model poised to capitalize on the messy situation. ...

Tags: Intellectual Ventures, patent, Nathan Myhrvold

Blog posts 2004-11-16

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Are there really too many Windows editions?

Are there really too many Windows editions?Are there really too many Windows editions?Nope!Still, from a consumer point of view, he wants one version, 20 bucks,enable any features you want. The multiple versions are ONLY for Microsoft's benefit in order to extract more money from YOU the eager customer.There is something...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

News to know: Palin's email hacked; Seinfeld-Microsoft; Tech meltdown; Visual Studio

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online Adam O'Donnell: Don't be the next Sarah Palin (security victim, not VP candidate) Wikileaks: Sarah Palin...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Brondell, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, E-mail, Remote Access, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Internet, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?

Former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold has been collecting patents, extracting fees from technology companies via his company Intellectual Ventures. Is Myhrvold a patent troll with tech cred? The Wall Street Journal has a long account of Myhrvold's patent collecting efforts and how he is winning multimillion dollar...

Tags: Technology Company, Lawsuit, Patent, Patent Troll, Intellectual Ventures, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Saying Farewell

Saying FarewellRE: FarewellWell I just wanted to say that the Zero day blog wont be the same - you had a very no bs attitude when blogging about issues and that was awesome. Reading your blogs was a great source of security inforation for me. Good luck man and hopefully...

Tags: Blogging, Nate, Saying Farewell

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Saying Farewell

It's been a great handful of months here at ZDNet, but I'm deciding to say goodbye to the blogging scene.  I'm already really busy with my primary job, and at this point I want to slow the work load down a good deal and just enjoy life.  I'd like to...

Tags: blogging, internet, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2

Again, sorry for the late updates.  Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person.  Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference.  Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...

Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-09

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 1

Well, this is well late, but here's my recap of Black Hat Day 1. Sorry for the delay, but I've been terribly busy finishing up preparations for my Day 2 talk. The first talk I went to see, "Pointers and Handles, A Story of Unchecked Assumptions...

Tags: Black Hat, Billy Rios, Dan, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-08-08

On GIFARs

Ever since Rob McMillan of IDG published a story giving a preview of our coming Black Hat talk, specifically a preview of the portion of our talk related to GIFARs, media coverage of the research has swirled a bit out of control and there's been some misconceptions.  My co-presenter John...

Tags: Black Hat, Vector, Applet, Image, Attack, Heasman, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Black Hat Sneak Preview

Rob McMillan from IDG interviewed John Heasman and I today about the presentation we will be delivering with Rob Carter at Black Hat Vegas next week. The article has a good teaser about one of the more interesting of the many attacks we will cover, namely what we've coined...

Tags: Black Hat, Java Applet, Web Application, Web Browser, Applet, Attack, GIFAR, Java, Programming Languages, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled

Brian Krebs from the Washington Post "Security Fix" Blog reported that one of the talks slated for next week's Black Hat convention on a previously undiscovered flaw in Apple's FileVault encryption system has been canceled, the researcher citing confidentiality agreements as the reason he will not be speaking. ...

Tags: Black Hat, Researcher, Apple Inc., Flaw, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-31

McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS

Showing you just how much they understand about security, McAfee blocked the SANS website, sans.org, as well as giac.org and sans.edu, with their SiteAdvisor application, listing it as a "bad" site. Interestingly enough, SANS sites are some of the best sites to go to for security related...

Tags: McAfee Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Gary McKinnon – 'world's most dangerous hacker' – to be extradited

The Guardian, out of the United Kingdom, is reporting that Gary McKinnon, the "world's most dangerous hacker", will be extradited to the United States to face criminal hacking charges. McKinnon, a 42 year old unemployed systems administrator from north London, allegedly hacked into systems belonging to the US army,...

Tags: Hacker, Gary McKinnon, Hacking, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30