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Comment Why is the question being asked? (Score 1) 529

by sbb on Sunday April 27, 2008 @08:33PM (#23218376) Attached to: Party Ideas For Math Nerds?

Let's keep our eyes on the ball here, people. Can you patent something that you didn't invent?
If you can invent it, you can patent it.
If you can patent it, you can profit from it
... and you can prevent others from competing with you in the market.

Feed Google's Schmidt dismisses DoubleClick envy (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @06:33PM

'Give me a break'

Web 2.0 Expo Eric Schmidt today brushed aside competition and privacy concerns stemming from Google's $3.1bn DoubleClick purchase.

Feed ISP ejects whistle-blowing student (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @06:12PM

BeThere's damage control found lacking

A 21-year-old college student in London had his internet service terminated and was threatened with legal action after publishing details of a critical vulnerability that can compromise the security of the ISP's subscribers.

Journal Journal: Anonymous coward posting 7

Journal by Don Qigong on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @06:05PM

So why is it that administrators will allow each other free reign to abuse unpriveleged users (especially homeless ones), but they go into a mod-bombing rage when the unpriveleged user dares to shoot back?

Journal Journal: ConocoPhillips to make biodiesel from Tyson's waste fat 9

Journal by drinkypoo on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:28PM

Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat processors in the United States, is currently making a deal with ConocoPhillips, one of the world's major oil companies. C|Net News reports that Tyson's waste animal fat could be processed into 175 million gallons of biodiesel a year, and that ConocoPhillips plans

Submission + - Prior art on Verizon patents

Submitted by greenbird on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:25PM

greenbird writes: Techdirt has information from Daniel Berninger documenting prior art in the Verizon patents being used to destroy Vonage. So a successful company and possible an entire market may be undermined or destroyed by blatantly invalid patents. From the article:

"In particular, the claims in both patents were anticipated by open standards assembled by the VoIP Forum (H.323) in 1996 and published in January 1997 with the participation of members from Cisco Systems, Microsoft, IBM, Nortel, Intel, Motorola, Lucent, and Vocaltec Communications, among others."

and

"The Eric Voit patent applications reflect, in particular, contributions made by VocalTec Communication to the VoIP Forum during 1996 and formally published at the same time as a separate document."

Submission + - Browser Wars Declared Over

Submitted by

Kelson

on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:07PM

Kelson writes: "Opera Watch reports that Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera and Google declared the Browser Wars to be over at a panel at Web 2.0 Expo yesterday. "Instead of trying to trump one another by adding features in point releases, the companies that developed these browsers are instead intent on advancing their use as platforms for a new generation of rich Internet applications and for tackling the hurdles that will come along with that shift in strategy." ComputerWorld and eWeek have more details. Apple, the remaining major browser manufacturer, was not represented at the panel."

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