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Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouse

Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouseAnd this is just the beginning ... NT.Maybe the most thriving job market in IT...... requires a legal degree. Open source legal expertise is pretty rare, though I suppose there's vulnerability to off-shoring.Maybe the next big tech merger will be the combination of two...

Tags: patent powerhouse, ACACIA

Discussion threads 2004-12-16

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News to know: Working with Android; XP activation; Google Talk woe; Apple

Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: Getting started with Android Ed Bott: Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3 Mary Jo Foley: There's still a lot of life left in desktop office suite. Microsoft releases CRM 4.0 to manufacturing just under the...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Printers, Business Intelligence, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

News to know: Apple shines; Adobe flaw; Enterprise 2.0; The innovation game

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Developers in dark about Leopard GM bug fixes. Larry Dignan: Apple handily tops expectations. Apple: Back to the Mac and the future. Techmeme. Jason O'Grady: AppTapp updated to v.3; works with iPhone 1.1.1. Ryan Naraine: Adobe...

Tags: Game, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Phone, Comcast Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Trolltech, Flaw, Linux, Virtualization, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Blog posts 2007-10-23

Gauging Microsoft threat to Europe's Linux users

Gauging Microsoft threat to Europe's Linux usersPatents are the only choice left for M$With the latest resounding EU defeat and the phenomenal growth for Linux & OSS, that's the last choice for M$.Soon M$ will be another $co filling for bankrupcy!RE: Gauging Microsoft threat to Europe's Linux usersRehashing this old...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux User, patent

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Ballmer: Symantec suit won't delay Vista

Ballmer: Symantec suit won't delay VistaInteresting spin.Yes, I forgot about the Backup software that is intregrated with Windows XP/2K/NT was also formerly Veritas/Symantec's. I didn't think about the volume manager being theirs as well, but since NT came with 0 tools for managing the system, this would make sense.ha,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Biotechnology, Da Vinci Code, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Catholic, Bill Gates, Symantec Corp., Stacker, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2

Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2Backward compatibility.Virtualization may resolve the code problems resulting from the need for backward compatibility. It's Microsoft's current solution, anyway:"Those two high-end packages also include Virtual PC Express, a light version of Microsoft's virtualization tool, which will allow you to run applications written for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux securityFrench protectionist economic policies at work.It's no suprise that the contract benifits a French company. They are big time protectionist there and it is screwing their economy. Compete or die.Great to see people all over the world helping out.It is great to...

Tags: Airbus S.A.S., French company, French Government, Linux, Mandrake, Microsoft Corp., protectionist, security, software

Discussion threads 2004-09-23