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NewsGoogle fattens patent portfolio with huge purchase from IBM
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) last month quietly purchased 1,030 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM), covering a variety of technologies, including the architecture of microprocessors, servers, routers, relational Read more...
Facebook's 'Newsfeed' becomes exclusive
Facebook users know the "newsfeed" technology well--the constantly updating page which appears when members log in to the social networking site. As of Tuesday, social networking fans will be seeing Read more...
High-tech seeks patent policy changes
Congress is considering an overhaul of U.S. patent policy that would bring the first major changes in more than half a century. The giant technology sector stands firmly behind the issue, but small Read more...
Judge bans Microsoft Word sales in United States
It was another bad day for Microsoft. A judge on Tuesday ordered the company to stop selling its popular Word document creation application in the United States. The ruling applies to Word's 2003 and Read more...
IBM develops new data-masking technology
IBM researchers in Israel have developed new data-masking technology that filters sensitive data from unauthorized viewers before it reaches their computer screens, according to an article in Read more...
Gaze-tracking software developed for computer security
Bill Anderson, a 42-year old Maryland entrepreneur, found himself intrigued by the way the human eye reads and processes text andimages, and decided to apply the concept to computer security. He Read more...
How much ink is really left in that cartridge?
As IT executives look for ways to tighten their belts, one item they may be overlooking is the cost of regularly replacing their printing cartridges. PCWorld decided to test cartridges and found what Read more...
Microsoft patents 'page up' and 'page down'
Microsoft was granted a patent on the ‘page up' and ‘page down' keystroke just a couple of weeks ago. As noted by ZDNet, Read more...
Top vendors form WiMAX patent alliance
A
group of six major vendors have announced the creation of a patent alliance to
ensure that companies are able to access WiMAX technologies at predictable
costs. Called the Open Patent Read more...
Barracuda wants to buy SourcefireAntispam appliance vendor Barracuda has revealed that it has made a US$186 million cash offer for Sourcefire. This is 13 percent more than the company's current's current stock price, though half Read more... | Press ReleasesImmersion Files Complaint Against Motorola Mobility With U.S. International Trade CommissionAlleges Motorola Mobility’s Android-based Smartphones Infringe Patents SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback Read more >> Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Optical Networking TechnologyNEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that a subsidiary has acquired rights to patents relating to optical networking technology. "As Read more >> Honeywell Files Lawsuit Alleging Patent Infringement by Nest Labs; Follows Similar Litigation Against Other ManufacturersHoneywell Defends Decades of Innovation and TechnologyMINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs, Inc. in the United Read more >> Intel to Buy Patents and Next Generation Video Codec Software From RealNetworksSEATTLE, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video Read more >> New Study Reveals 51% Growth in Californians Using Mobile Devices to Access Internet Within the Last Three YearsGrowth in mobile “advanced data users” greater in many smaller regions than statewide average Study also reports over 400 patents were granted in the wireless communications field in California Read more >> |
