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Microsoft Ordered To Pay $388 Million In Patent Case 233

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 09, 2009 @04:13AM from the pay-up dept.

jeffmeden writes "BusinessWeek reports today that Microsoft suffered a loss in federal court Monday. The judge rendering the verdict ordered Microsoft to pay $388 Million in damages for violating a patent held by Uniloc, a California maker of software that prevents people from illegally installing software on multiple computers. Uniloc claims Microsoft's Windows XP and some Office programs infringe on a related patent they hold. It's hard to take sides on this one, but one thing is certain: should the verdict hold up, it will be heavily ironic if the extra copies of XP and Office sold due to crafty copy protection end up not being worth $388 million."

LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction 293

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 18, 2008 @08:53PM from the it's-only-broken-if-you-look dept.

Ortega-Starfire writes "A 30-ton transformer in the Large Hadron Collider malfunctioned, requiring complete replacement on the day the LHC came online. No one at CERN reported any problems, and they only released this data once the Associated Press sent people to investigate rumors of problems. I guess it's hard to just sweep a 30-ton transformer breaking under the rug."

Comment Could this be related to Enterprise? (Score 1) 554

by MikeyMars on Thursday April 22, 2004 @03:17PM (#8942084) Attached to: Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project

Although I dislike the theme song more than anything else in this world, I think Enterprise satisfies my passion for Star Trek in many ways the other series have not.

At first I was skeptical about a Star Trek that is closer to our own stardate, but the producers really pulled it off.

I hope that when they mention prequel, they may consider using the cast of Enterprise... or at least Jolene Blalock.

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