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Red Hat Settles Patent Case 76

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 04, 2010 @06:45PM from the making-it-go-away dept.

darthcamaro writes "Red Hat has settled another patent case with patent holding firm Acacia. This time the patent is US Patent #6,163,776, 'System and method for exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and relational system.' While it's great that Red Hat has ended this particular patent threat, it's not yet clear how they've settled this case. The last time Red Hat tangled with Acacia they won in an Texas jury trial. 'Red Hat routinely addresses attempts to impede the innovative forces of open source via allegations of patent infringement,' Red Hat said in a statement. 'We can confirm that Red Hat, Inc and Software Tree LLC have settled patent litigation that was pending in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.'"

15-Year-Old Boy Fitted With Robotic Heart 241

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 04, 2010 @04:09PM from the stay-away-from-nausicaans,-kid dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What do you do when a 15-year-old boy is close to death and ineligible for a heart transplant? If you're Dr. Antonio Amodeo you turn to an artificial solution and transplant a robotic heart, giving the boy another 20-25 years of life. The Italian boy in question suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which rapidly degenerates the muscles and eventually leads to death. Having such a disease renders the boy ineligible for a heart transplant, meaning almost certain death without an alternative solution. Dr. Amodeo found such an alternative in the form of a 90-gram, fully-robotic heart that took 10 hours to fit inside the boy's left ventricle. It is a permanent solution offering as much as 25 years of life and is powered by a battery worn as a belt."

Comment The great neon sign... (Score 1) 230

by Phobos23 on Friday March 13, 2009 @10:09PM (#27189495) Attached to: Clear Public Satellite Imagery Tantamount to Yelling Fire

So let me get this straight, he wants to protect these places that are obviously of more value than say, my house or my family's house by making them immediately obvious on a map?

What will this prevent? "You know Osama, I just think we're in the wrong place. See the building is all fuzzy on this picture, and that one looks normal! I'm just so confused!"

In the end, by altering the image of potential targets, you only make them more obvious.

Comment Symbolism anyone? (Score 1) 511

by Phobos23 on Saturday January 19, 2008 @03:33PM (#22111096) Attached to: Cloverfield Discussion

Am I the only person who reads terrorism symbols into this?

The monster attacks unexpectedly, resulting in some very 9/11 moments. People run and try to help others as they can.

Then the military runs in and tries to kill it, but can't. Nobody knows what it is, and it drops small agents wherever it goes that are hard to find.

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