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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.

Feed The Register: FlipStart halves handheld PC price (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday January 17, 2008 @08:52AM

Yours for $699 now

FlipStart, the venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has slashed the price of its eponymous handheld Windows PC by more than 50 per cent.

Feed The Register: 2008 - the year VoIP gets hacked? (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday January 17, 2008 @08:52AM

The drawbacks of IP everywhere

With VoIP rapidly becoming a commodity feature in everything from TV set-top boxes to barcode scanners, Sipera's VIPER Lab predicts that 2008 will be the year it all goes pear-shaped - a prediction borne out by Cisco's first security fix of the year.

Feed The Register: Everex follows Asus Eee to announce 9in sub-notebook (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday January 17, 2008 @08:32AM

Unreleased CloudBook follow-up named

Not content with mounting a serious challenge to Asus' elfin Eee PC, US manufacturer Everex this week said it will follow up its 7in CloudBook sub-notebook with larger models later in the year.

Feed Linux.com: Nokia's new OS streamlines, syncs tablet platform with desktop Linux (linux.com)

From feed by lcfeed on Tuesday December 04, 2007 @03:12PM

Feed news.com: HP launches key-management appliance (news.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @03:32PM

Company has launched a key-management product aimed at helping companies manage encrypted systems more efficiently.

Feed Wired: NBC Exec: "Apple Has Destroyed the Music Business" (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @03:32PM

In a recent public appearance, NBC Universal president Jeff Zucker laid the blame for the music industry's recent difficulties squarely at the doorstep of Apple.

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

Wireless Video Transfers 100X Faster Than WiFi 147

Posted by Zonk on Monday October 22, 2007 @03:19AM from the that's-a-lot-of-heroes dept.

coondoggie writes "Later today IBM plans to announce microprocessor chipsets that can wirelessly transmit high-definition video at extremely high speeds. 'IBM will do this by teaming with MediaTek to launch a joint initiative to develop these ultra fast chipsets.The companies will be developing millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technology — the highest frequency portion of the radio spectrum — 60 gigahertz rather than 2.4 gigahertz — and digital chipsets that enable at least 100 times higher data rates than current Wi-Fi standards.'"

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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