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Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spat

Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spatRare winStill leads me to be that MS support for software patents is misguided, though, even in terms of MS' own interests.Patenting software seems strange...Software patents seem strange because a developer can come up with hundreds of ways under the hood to make a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PATENT Process, Patenting software, patent, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategy

Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategyUSPTOI think the problem of the USPTO is bigger than we all imagined. There was I thinking we needed to have a discussion about what fundamentally constitutes a patent, and instead we told that there is an "error rate" of only...

Tags: PATENT Process, strategy, patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, software, error rate, software patent, patent office

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Additional Resources

Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Naked chips could make digital cameras cheaper

The digital camera market could be seriously revolutionized if an adjustment is made to the most expensive part of the camera: the image sensor. A team of scientists at the Technical University of Delft have presented a paper stating that taking the lid off of a memory chip and using that instead...

Tags: Sensor, Digital Camera, Photograph, Camera, Chip, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Tizer Secure 2.1.1.2 (Windows)

Tizer Secure, an all-in-one computer security solution that is Certified for Windows Vista, protects Windows PC users from known and unknown threats, defends against fresh attacks at the point of entry, stops system crashes, guards private information from hackers and prevents identity theft.Created by X-Wire Technology, a Microsoft Certified Partner,...

Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows, Computer, X-Wire Technology, Database Information, Productivity, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Team Management, Storage, Databases, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft

people's voices must prevailand M$ must pay the piper.What if the Judge was right on the law?Should Microsoft (and stop the childish M$, will ya?) still pay because 12 jurors either didn't understand the subtle differences or hate MS (imagine 12 jurors like you Linux Geek)?If MS did due dilligence...

Tags: Linux, NOW IT, juror, Microsoft Corp., Linux Geek

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion

I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft

Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...

Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case

M$ must pay the pepperstealing from small competitors should not be allowed.small correctionits Piper. But you were close.Didn't read the patent?? WTFFrom what I understand and as part of the facts of the case, MS received a a copy of i4i's product for evaluation and was offered a license to...

Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Open source does not work well for bad guys

Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...

Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors

GET it in WRITING!If it is NOT in the contract then you made your first mistake.Well said.Contracts & Paper Trails are more precious than gold when something goes Tango-Ultra on you.I dont agree with #5Well I do, but to further clarify, *most* vendors will support at least 1-2 major revisions...

Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), dirty trick, enterprise vendor, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

How a software engineer tried to save his sister and invented a breakthrough medical device

A CREDIT TO ENTREPENEURSThis is the stuff of history; Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird.I lost my sister to cancer at age 36yrs so he has my heartfelt sympathy and utmost admiration Robert Goldman is the kind of person who should be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.RE:...

Tags: software, GoldMan, breakthrough medical device

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with Microsoft

All these patent deals that linux vendors are signing with Microsoft, there must be something that Microsoft has going for it. Poor TomTom, wasn't smart enough to do this and keep themselves out of trouble.RE: Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with MicrosoftAnother one bites the dust! ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL, Tuxera, software, Linux, patent, patent deal

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken

They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...

Tags: Microsoft Word, patent, I4i, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Word ban threatens industry? Not mine

Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Juggernaut, Microsoft Corp., XML, I4i, patent, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?

HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

So you're going to sell software or work a trade show booth...

...it's time to get it right! I get pitched software 24/7. Along the way, I hear and see some pretty amazing things but too often I get my ear bent for way too long by folks who can’t get to the point. Why? Because these pitchmen and...

Tags: Software, Trade Show, Empathy, Sales Strategy, Telemarketing, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Healthcare, Sales, Marketing, Marketing Research, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-12

'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word

Well...It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom...

Tags: XML, Microsoft Corp., patent, Custom XML, Custom Inc., Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers

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. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-10