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Comment Keep yourself honest (Score 2) 617

by pablochacin on Sunday August 17, 2008 @03:37PM (#24637135) Attached to: Can I Be Fired For Refusing To File a Patent?

It is important not to confuse one's personal beliefs regarding to patents with the fact that they are legal and the employer has the legitimate right to apply for one and the guy has the obligation to pursue it as part of his duties. So, the only honest thing this guy can do is to express his concerns to his boss and, if he still wants to apply for the patent, resign.

Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update 579

Posted by kdawson on Thursday October 25, 2007 @08:37AM from the what-part-of-no dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Register is reporting that the blogosphere is alight with accusations of Microsoft forcing Windows Desktop Search on networks via the 'automatic install' feature of Windows Update — even if they had configured their systems not to use the program. Once installed, the search program began diligently indexing C drives and entire networks slowed to a crawl."

Submission + - Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal! (wolframscience.com)

Submitted by Rik702 on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @07:59AM

Rik702 writes: Wolframscience.com have announced that an undergraduate from Birmingham, UK has proved Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine is universal. See http://www.wolframscience.com/prizes/tm23/solution_news.html

Submission + - Internet Archive Challenges Google (nytimes.com)

Submitted by

richards1052

on Monday October 22, 2007 @02:41AM

richards1052 writes: "The Internet Archive, whose main claim to fame is the Wayback Machine, designed to archive the internet's web history, has created a new project: the Open Content Alliance. It's purpose is to open the nation's library collections to universal web search. A number of major library systems, including the Boston Public Library and Smithsonian, have refused to sign up with competing ventures by Microsoft and Google because they do not provide for universal access to digitized books. These commercial ventures prohibit books being accessed by competing search engines. So far, 80 libraries and research institutions have signed on with Open Content Alliance. They must pay for the scanning of their books while Google and Microsoft offset that cost for their participating institutions."

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