120887
submission
MikeyTheK writes:
Sorry for the title, the subject can only take so many characters. No April Fools joke here. It appears that under the radar, the USPTO granted Morfik a patent for the "System and method for synthesizing object-oriented high-level code into browser-side javascript". Reading further, it appears that they have patented the compiling of high-level languages into AJAX apps. The high-level languages include "Ada, C, C++, C#, COBOL, ColdFusion, Common Lisp, Delphi, Fortran, Java, Object Pascal, SmallTalk, Visual Basic, and Visual Basic.NET".
It would appear that the application date is September, 2005.
101882
submission
bky1701 writes:
Cnet reports on a proposal from senator John McCain to create a database of alleged illegal images that would be used to automatically report users to the police. The full proposal is available here in PDF.
If passed, this could have clear ramifications on privacy and artistic freedom.