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- i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues
- i Just hope taht MS will have it in the jaw big time For once a little guy could give the knock-out to MS would be a joy ....Would be so niceWould love to see this one almost bankrupt Microsoft.Would love it even more if the next one wipes them...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Custom XML, Microsoft Corp., I4i
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents
- TiVo said that it is suing AT&T and Verizon over three DVR patents. The complaints seek damages and a permanent injunction. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 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
- Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
- Updated: Microsoft is barred from selling any Microsoft Word products that can open XML files (.xml, .docx and .docm), according to a U.S. District Court ruling in favor of i4i, a small Canadian company that sued the software giant for patent infringement. What's this mean Techmeme? For...
- Tags: Word-processing, Patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, XML, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Microsoft and Nokia expected to bring Office to Nokia phones
- That's pretty interesting......I can't imagine Quick Office will be too happy about this though.Some time ago MS and Nokia announced thatthey agreed to port Silverlight to Series 60 phones, IIRC.I don't know how far they have advanced, but if MS is able to deliver office web apps via Silverlight on...
- Tags: Symbian OS, Word processors, Operating systems, phone, Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- VeriSign buys Certicom to trump RIM
- VeriSign said Friday it won a tug of war with Research in Motion over Certicom, a small company with public key encryption technology. In a statement, VeriSign said it would buy Certicom for the equivalent of $1.67 a share, a 26 percent premium to where Certicom traded...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., VeriSign Inc., Certicom Corp., Digital Signatures, Digital Security, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17. And they point out the impact of an extended injunction can be substantial. In Real's case, however, this is just one more product; not having it doesn't fundamentally interrupt the business model. Or does it? I recall when the...
- Tags: Rights-management, Violation, Copy Protection, Robert Moore, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- TRO hearing today on RealDVD
- Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...
- Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- Here's my read of the MPAA complaint in Universal v Real PDF. The MPAA's complaint against Real over its RealDVD rip-and-view product has only two causes of action. One is a Digital Millenium Copyright Act claim; the other is a state law breach of contract claim. ...
- Tags: MPAA, RealDVD, Real, CSS, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- Something most troubling in the email exchange between Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Jennifer Granick and MBTA attorney Leuan Mahony, posted by News.com. The essence is that MBTA itself included the MIT students' confidential report PDF to MBTA on their security weaknesses as an exhibit in their complaint and it is...
- Tags: Security, Card, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MBTA, Essence, CharlieTicket, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Canadian court shutters torrent tracker
- Ruling for the first time on the legality of peer-to-peer sites, a Canadian court has issued a permanent injunction closing torrent tracker QuebecTorrent.com, the National Post reports. Not only that, it has enjoined the site's operator, Sebastien Brulotte, from working on "any technology allowing the download of any work protected...
- Tags: P2P, Site, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly laws
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly lawsPar for the courseLet someone else do all the work and try to make a buck off it.... Isn't that textbook moderm American business?I agreeIt would be quite shameful if Apple tried to make a buck off of Psystar's hard work.Then is Psystar technically...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Judge orders WikiLeaks offline, then backs off
- The WikiLeaks.org site is offline today, following a series of orders from a US District Court in San Francisco. WikiLeaks had posted numerous documents "allegedly reveal secret Julius Baer trust structures used for asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion." (WikiLeaks press release, Feb. 18, 2008.)) JB...
- Tags: Order, WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks.org Site, Taxes, Free Trade, Domain Names, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- A rational debate on Comcast traffic management
- Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Sun/NetApp patent dispute heats up
- While Oracle and BEA are duking it out over acquisition price, Sun and NetApp are suing and countersuing each other over patents related to the Unix file system, ZFS. First, Network Appliance sued Sun, claiming that ZFS infringes on seven of its patents, and asked that ZFS be pulled from...
- Tags: Software, Patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS, Storage, Hardware, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Sun fights back with patents of their own against NetApp
- Jonathan Schwartz is not spoiling for a fight, but he's not shying away from one either. That's the takeaway message in today's blog entry from Sun's spunky CEO. On September 5th, Network Appliances filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed on seven of its patents....
- Tags: Software, Patent, Storage Device, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, NetApp, ZFS, Jonathan, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next update
- Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next updateI wouldn't say Microsoft is any betterX-Box anyone. Just a bad as Apple if you ask me.The HILARIOUS thing about thisThe raving lunatic Apple zealots who say [b]"THIS IS MY MACHINE, HOW DARE MICROSOFT CRIPPLE MY MACHINE, BLAH BLAH, FROTH, FROTH"[/b] when their...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., computer
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- NetApp claims Sun's ZFS violates its patents
- Sun has been touting the ZFS storage software as a key advantage of its Solaris 10 operating system. Network Appliance is alleging that ZFS violates seven of its patents, and is seeking a permanent injunction that would prevent Sun from shipment or further development of the software, which has also...
- Tags: Patent, Network Appliance Inc., Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS Storage Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Judge says making files available is the same as distributing
- Defendants in RIAA copyright infringement suits got some bad news today when Judge Neil V. Wake granted summary judgment for RIAA in the case of Atlantic v. Howell. Pamela and Jeffrey Howell defended themselves in the suit and claimed simply that their file-sharing program was "not set up to share,"...
- Tags: RIAA, Judge, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Judge overturns CA's violent videogame law
- A federal judge Monday overturned a California law that would make it illegal to sell violent video games to minors, Reuters reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would appeal the ruling.The 2005 law required labeling of violent video games and forbade the sale to minors. Judge Ronald Whyte, who had...
- Tags: Game, Video Game, Video, Computer Associates International Inc., ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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