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Paul Allen Amends Lawsuit Against Facebook, Apple 129

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @11:42AM from the gunning-for-the-top dept.

itwbennett writes "A Federal judge dismissed Paul Allen's initial patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Facebook, Google and others earlier this month because it was too vague and gave Allen until Dec. 28 to file an amendment providing more details of his claims. His lawyers responded with a 35-page document filed late Tuesday. The amendment details features of the defendants' websites that are alleged to infringe on the patents and also includes a last-minute amendment that targets Google's Android mobile operating system in a move that could spell trouble for phone manufacturers and app developers."

Earth-Like Planet That Could Sustain Life Found 575

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @07:56PM from the guess-who's-coming-to-dinner dept.

astroengine writes "An exoplanet, 20 to 50 percent the mass of Earth, has been discovered 20 light-years away and it appears to have all the ingredients conducive to sustaining life. It has enough gravitational clout to hold onto an atmosphere and it orbits well within the 'Goldilocks Zone' of its parent star. However, it would be a very different place to Earth; it is tidally locked to its star, creating one perpetual day on the world. Interestingly, this may also boost the life-giving qualities of the exoplanet, creating stable temperatures in its atmosphere."

Comment Feelings (Score 1) 695

by verdejt on Thursday April 22, 2010 @09:48AM (#31938504) Attached to: Apple To Buy ARM?

Well let me ask you all something. How does this differ from Microsoft and the Bill Gates empire? Does not Bill Gates extort money from companies for his "licensing"? Has he not withheld technology from other companies via products he as bought out and then licensed to them? Who remembers the browser wars of the 80's and 90's. Does not Microsoft own licensing for just about everything running Windows and can they not pull licensing at any time thereby potentially destroying a companies product just because they don't like it? Frankly This move doesn't worry me too much. Yes the ARM processor technology is in everything mobile but how is that so different from the Intel giant and the licensing of the Pentium chip?

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