Archive for the ‘intellectual property’ Category
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
If I had a huge computing task that could only be accomplished by a massive network of computers working together over time, I'd be worried about how to convince millions of people to let me use some time on their cpus. Creating a botnet like storm is one way... I ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
This I saw via Digg via Gawker and it reminded me that I'd read about research into the development of this product two days ago when I burned my hand on a metal halide light bulb. I didn't realize this product was out... but it is - it's real ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
It really is about time. I've got my iphone and used iFuntastic to unshackle, (Get iFuntastic v3.0.3 here), breezy to install .pxl packaged software, including anySIM, which I used to unlock the phone. It runs perfectly on tMobile's edge network and on wifi, etc. It's a great ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Here is a more comprehensive article about Microsoft's recent patent aggression.
"The free world says that software is the embodiment of knowledge about technology, which needs to be free in the same way that mathematics is free," he says. "Everybody is allowed to know as much of it as he wants, ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Microsoft recently alleged that various forms of open source software collectively violate 235 of its patents. They say that Linux, GUIs, e-mail programs, and Open Office are among the IP violators. This is apparently aimed at Red Hat and other companies that sell service and support for ...
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