Comment Obvious or questionable? (Score -1) 173
Is the news about defending an obvious or questionable patent? I bet the later one.
Submission + - Paper trail and open source software vote imminent (lawbean.com)
Spamicles writes: "A vote is imminent for the bill that is a direct response to problems that occurred during the 2006 elections. This legislation would create a paper trail for elections, require a manual audit of every federal election, and open the source code of voting software in certain circumstances. The bill currently has 216 co-sponsors and is expected to be brought to the floor of the House and passed any day."
Submission + - Another Linux Vendor Signs Patent Pact with MS
RLiegh writes: "This article at Yahoo! news talks about the latest in a growing list of patent agreements reached between Microsoft and vendors. In a deal struck between Linspire (nee' "Lindows") and Microsoft, Linspire will be granted license to use True Type Fonts and "various code" that would allow for Linspire users to talk voice on Windows Live Messenger as well as the usual patent protection for Linspires' customers. In return, among other things, Linspire will make Microsoft's search engine the default search on PCs shipped with their OS.
Kevin Carmony, the CEO for Linspire, approached Microsoft a year and a half ago, according to the article."
Kevin Carmony, the CEO for Linspire, approached Microsoft a year and a half ago, according to the article."
Submission + - Giant Dinosaur Bird Discovered (bbc.co.uk)
Cyclist110 writes: The BBC has the story of the discovery, in Inner Mongolia, of a Dinosaur bird twice the size of a man and weighing in at over 3000 lbs. From the article: "Chinese researchers uncovered the fossilised remains of the flightless giant in the Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia. The researchers had originally thought they had found the bones of a tyrannosaur — the group of dinosaurs to which T. rex belongs — due to their large size."
Sure hope the Creation Museum has some PlayDough left over.
Sure hope the Creation Museum has some PlayDough left over.
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