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ITC Investigates Xbox 360 After Motorola Complaint 71

Posted by Soulskill from the papers-please dept.
FlorianMueller writes "The US International Trade Commission, which is increasingly popular as a patent enforcement agency, voted to investigate a complaint filed by Motorola against Microsoft last month. Motorola claims that the Xbox infringes five of its patents. In October, Microsoft complained against Motorola, alleging patent infringement by its Android-based smartphones. Apple, Nokia and HTC are also involved with ITC investigations as complainants and respondents. A new one-page overview document shows the ongoing ITC investigations related to smartphones and the products that the complainants would like to have banned from entry into the US market. The good news is that any import bans won't be ordered until long after Christmas. The ITC is faster than courts, but not that fast."
Education

Quantum Physics For Everybody 145

Posted by kdawson from the this-time-without-the-math dept.
fiziko writes in with a self-described "blatant self-promotion" of a worthwhile service for those wishing to go beyond Khan Academy physics: namely Bureau 42's Summer School. "As those who subscribe to the 'Sci-Fi News' slashbox may know, Bureau 42 has launched its first Summer School. This year we're doing a nine-part series (every Monday in July and August) taking readers from high school physics to graduate level physics, with no particular mathematical background required. Follow the link for part 1."

Comment Re:Another reason (Score 1) 460

by Trigun (#31035850) Attached to: Can You Trust Chinese Computer Equipment?

"If I understand what communism is, the businesses are actually run and controlled by the government."

No, that's socialism. Communism is where people are all equal in the fact that they all use their specialties and innate talents to contribute to the greater good. In a true communist society, there is no government. There may be people who speak for the group, but it is supposed to be speaking the general consensus.

Of course, as a realist you can see the issue with that, can't you?

What we currently call communist regimes are actually socialist, bordering on fascist. I don't think that the world has seen anything resembling the ideal of communism outside of the hippie communes that dotted the landscape in the 70's, or an abby or something of the sort.

Comment My company's proven solution (Score 1) 170

by bahamat (#30859994) Attached to: Affordable and Usable Video Conferencing?
1. For each teleconference location you need the following

* Mac Mini -> $600
* Logitech USB Webcam -> $100
* Video Projecter -> $1300
* iChat -> $0
Total -> $2000

2. You will also need one XMPP server. Here are cheap and easy options
* One of those Mac Mini's runs the server edition and turn on iChat server -> $1000 (instead of $600)
* Run OpenFire (Java based) on one of those Mac Mini's -> $0
* Run OpenFire (or any other open source XMPP server) on any other server you already have -> $0

3. Your boss thinks you're awesome for deploying a full teleconference solution that costs less than $100,000 (unless you're deploying to 20 conference rooms, in which case you're awesome for a solution that costs less than $10,000,000).
Displays

Submission + - e-Paper Technology Goes Far Beyond Newspaper Apps (digitalsignage.com)

Submitted by uriNate
uriNate writes: LG recently released their own version of e-Paper, to be in competition with other e-readers like the Kindle. The applications for digital paper replacing print goes way beyond newspapers. There are ideas of this technology reaching into restaurants as hand held digital menus. The possibilities are endless, especially in the realm of honing in on specific demographics for advertising. While traditional paper may be dead, its up-and-coming replacement is not far behind.

Submission + - Blackberry without the service

Submitted by
Trigun
Trigun writes: "I've been looking to purchase a wi-fi enabled portable voip phone that I can connect to a voip pbx, as well as do things such as surf the web and check e-mail. Basically, I'm looking for a blackberry without the need for a data plan. I looked at buying an ipod touch and jailbreaking it, but I would much rather have an open platform, or at least one that has everything that I'm looking for if it is closed. Ideally, the device would be wifi enabled, have a web browser and e-mail client, sip and skype clients, and support ssl and ipsec vpn's, and not mean carrying around a laptop, or a laptop sized device. Does such a beast exist?"

Submission + - Goofle investigating Chinese employees (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by BluePeppers
BluePeppers writes: The Guardian is reporting that Google China is investigating it's staff in lieu of The Incident. ""We're not commenting on rumour and speculation. This is an ongoing investigation and we simply cannot comment on the details," a Google spokeswoman said. Security analysts told Reuters the malicious software or malware used in the attack was a modification of a trojan called Hydraq. A trojan is a hidden program allowing unauthorised access to a computer. The analysts said the sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the malware itself."

Comment Documentation (Score 1) 332

by bahamat (#30556886) Attached to: How Can I Contribute To Open Source?
Many open source programs have horrendous documentation. If you can read and write in English (or any other language) and are even remotely capable of reading source code then document it. Parts that you don't understand you can ask the developer to explain it to you. Pick a project you like, e-mail the maintainer and ask if you can contribute documentation.

Most engineers hate doing documentation. It takes up a ton of time that we'd rather spend writing code. If they're smart, they'll love you for it.

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