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Supreme Court Sides With Rambus Over FTC 143

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @09:18AM from the severely-undermine-and-jeopardize dept.

afabbro writes "The US Supreme Court rejected the FTC's bid to impose anti-trust penalties on Rambus. Without comment, they let stand an appeals court decision favoring Rambus. The FTC had found that Rambus undermined competition by getting secretly patented technology included in industry standards, but the Supremes evidently didn't agree."

Comment Re:That's easy (Score 2, Informative) 346

by jfowlie on Monday September 10, 2007 @11:47AM (#20539699) Attached to: No More TV Listings For MythTV Users

That's not quite correct. They have stated that they will refund your money if you don't agree with the Privacy Policy.

Journal Journal: World's first Open Source Clustering Code - Soon by Sun 1

Journal by Spinlock_1977 on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @02:05PM

In a world first, Sun will open-source its clustering code. Since the first clusters (IBM) to the generally agreed upon best (OpenVMS), clustering code has long been considered a Secret Sauce in large scale and high-availability computing installations. Does this move by Sun put pressure on other vendors such as Microsoft?

Feed Solar Power Splits Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen Using Unique Method (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @01:13PM

Engineers have developed a unique photocatlytic cell that splits water to produce hydrogen and oxygen in water using sunlight and the power of a nanostructured catalyst. The discovery provides a new, low-cost and efficient option for hydrogen production and can be used for a variety of distributed energy applications.

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