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China Becoming Intellectual Property Powerhouse 140

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @06:20PM from the great-patent-wall dept.

eldavojohn writes "A lot of Westerners view China as little more than the world's factory manufacturing anything with little regard to patents, copyrights and trademarks. But it seems as far as patents go, China is moving on up. According to the WIPO, the company that applied for the most patents in 2008 was not an American or Japanese company but China's Huawei Technologies. And China has made astonishing ground recently moving up to third place with 203,257 patent applications behind Japan (500,000) and the United States (390,000). It remains to be seen if these patents applications will come to fruition for China but it is evident that they are focusing on a new image as a leader in research and development. The Korean article concentrates on 2008 but you can find 2009 statistics at the WIPO's report on China along with some statistics breaking down applications by industry."

Inventor Creates Flotation Device Bazooka 144

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:37PM from the point-shoot-and-save dept.

Australian inventor Sam Adeloju has won the £20,000 ($32,000) James Dyson Award for inventing the coolest piece of life-saving equipment ever. The Longreach is a modified bazooka which can fire an expanding flotation device up to 150m to a person in distress. From the article: "Mr Adeloju told NEWS.com.au that the Longreach was inspired by a grenade-launch training session with the Army Reserves. Weighing just 3.5kg, it shoots the rescue device 150m in a manner similar to the way the army uses a grenade launcher to deliver flares and aerial observation devices. Hitting the water activates an expanding foam unit in the Longreach rescue unit, which also incorporates LED illumination and a vortex air whistle."

G2 Detects When Rooted and Reinstalls Stock OS 406

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:33PM from the back-to-the-beginning dept.

RandyDownes writes "And you thought the Droid X's kill switch was bad. HTC and T-Mobile's new G2 can detect when it's been rooted and responds by reinstalling the factory OS. This seems like a violation of the Apache license Android is licensed under and is especially ironic given Eric Schmidt's recent statement about not requiring carriers to give consumers the option to install Google's own version of the OS. Schmidt called it a violation of the principles of open source." Update: 10/06 17:47 GMT by S : As readers have noted, the G2 is not from Motorola. Here's a better source, and here's the XDA Developers thread discussing the issue.

Comment Problem Solving (Score 1) 587

by Menoche on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @05:06PM (#21974462) Attached to: What Skills Should Undergrads Have?

Ahhhh programming.. like there is only that in CS... The ONE thing which is always missing from future prospect when I hire is problem resolution skills. You fressh grads know a bit about programming, a bit about languages, dBs and such but real life problem solving, lets face it, you yougnsters SUCK!!! -Learn to think out of the box, especially while under pressure. -Learn to work and solve problems with a minimalistic set of tools. -Learn to recognize strenght in people surrounding you to help you solve problems -Learn to admit you don't know or made a mistake Mixing all this will not only help you on the market but help you in every other aspects of your life. The main problem I face every day is trying to solve issues faster with less time. Think MacGyver.. solve issues with your environnement. hope this helps Philip

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