Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:I don't understand it. (Score 5, Informative) 294

by RawJoe (#27937241) Attached to: Breast Cancer Gene Lawsuit Argues Patents Invalid

One of the patents cited was 5,747,282.

Claim 1 states:

1. An isolated DNA coding for a BRCA1 polypeptide, said polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2

I'm not any genetic engineer, but it seems they are receiving a patent on the specific DNA coding. So did they "discover" the code or is this code used to locate BRCA1? Seems pretty broad.

Comment Re:Lemme make sure I understand (Score 0) 146

by RawJoe (#27875471) Attached to: Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App

You buy a product. Apple then tells you what you can and cannot put on your product? If you really wanted an app on your phone, and it was not available at the Apple Store, would you be able to get it anyhow? Or are you out of luck?

This sounds like most (not all, but most) of the cell phones on the market. My wife can't install whatever she wants on her Nokia 2600. Sure the iPhone is labeled in the Smartphone/PDA class, but I don't think installing whatever you want on it is required to be in that class.

Comment Embedded Flash (Score 1) 345

by RawJoe (#27645467) Attached to: Adobe Pushing For Flash TVs
Does this mean that a new version of Flash will be coming out to work on other embedded devices, aside from set-top boxes? Will my iPhone or Wii now be able to work with the latest Flash out there?
Television

Adobe Pushing For Flash TVs 345

Posted by CmdrTaco from the won't-that-be-crash-crash-crash dept.
Drivintin writes "In a move that should make cable companies nervous, Adobe announces they are going to push a Flash that runs directly on TVs. 'Adobe Systems, which owns the technology and sells the tools to create and distribute it, wants to extend Flash's reach even further. On Monday, Adobe's chief executive, Shantanu Narayen, will announce at the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas that Adobe is extending Flash to the television screen. He expects TVs and set-top boxes that support the Flash format to start selling later this year.' With the ability to run Hulu, YouTube and others, the question of dropping your cable becomes a little bit more reasonable."

Slashdot Top Deals

"I've seen it. It's rubbish." -- Marvin the Paranoid Android

Close