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Submission + - Microsoft Patents Choosing 7 Out of 10 Items

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theodp

on Tuesday December 19, 2006 @04:02PM

theodp writes: "So how did the folks at the USPTO see fit to grant eight Microsoft 'inventors' a patent for selecting N items to display from a pool having a number of display items greater than N? Maybe they were too preoccupied with the opening of the new USPTO Employee Art Gallery to give it their full attention!"

Submission + - Google Earth to partner up with Nasa

Submitted by KoldKompress on Tuesday December 19, 2006 @03:33PM

KoldKompress writes: According to the BBC, Google and NASA have formed a Cosmic Union.

This details that Google will be able to use data that NASA will provide, that "will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars".

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