All Posts Tagged With: "patent"

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I finished my education just before computers became commonplace at schools and universities. At school I think we had a few computers that could be signed out and used for various lessons, although I don’t think many of my teachers were trained very well.
At University, all of my economics essays were handwritten and the [...]

 16Aug2007 | Everton | 7 comments | Continued
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Why Do Printer Ink Cartridges Cost So Much?

I’m so glad that I hardly use my old HP printer as printer ink cartridges cost a ridiculous amount. It’s a well known fact that most printers are sold at cost (”give away the razor and sell the blades”) so that they seem attractively priced, only for consumers to be stung with expensive cartridge [...]

 17Jun2007 | Everton | 16 comments | Continued
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Google New Patent Indicates An Extensive Mobile Portal

A recent patent app filed by Google indicates plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices. Not a surprise though.
The services are like Search for a restaurant via portal, and then dial from one click, get a map, or use Google GPS for direction. Keywords, maps, GPS coordinates, use same results in a different location [...]

 29May2007 | Sanketh | 0 comments | Continued
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Quick Links 11-03-07

Something to read with the Sunday papers (does anyone still do this?):

New browser-free Web version of Trillian is coming (video below)
Vonage loses phone patent dispute
Timesearch: New search engine that lets you filter by year. Great for if you are working on a school project
Blogfux Introduces Uptime Tracker: Great if you don’t have a [...]

 11Mar2007 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Judge Revokes Microsoft MP3 Ruling

There were a lot of relieved companies yesterday after a Federal jury dismissed all 19 of the claims made by Alcatel-Lucent, declaring that Microsoft didn’t infringe their patents. The previous ruling was made against Microsoft who were ordered to pay a whopping $1.5bn.
Glad to see that common sense prevails sometimes.
More: Zdnet

 6Mar2007 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued