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iPhone couldn’t be created just anywhere - CNET News.com
CNET News.com’s Charles Cooper rankled readers for suggesting that Silicon Valley is the only logical origin for the iPhone. The debate rages on. read more | digg story
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Microsoft Tries to Spit Out the GPLv3 Hook
As I have previously blogged, “Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe.” The latest turn in the saga of MS vs. innovation continues. This
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Answering iPhone’s call
It may not have been the ringtone heard ’round the world, but there sure was a lot of fuss over a phone Friday. At 6 p.m., the Apple iPhone went on sale. “I’m hoping it will make me cool,” Ryan Petty, 37, joked of the phone, which he
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D5: Gates and Jobs together
At this years All Things Digital Conference D5, hosted by the Wall Street Journal, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were on stage together in a “fireside” interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. This coming together was billed as one of the great events of all the D: conferences and
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D5: Stephen Colbert introduces Philippe Dauman
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Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft deal
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal – Network World The patent agreement between the two companies seems to make it clear that Novell does not accept any of Microsoft’s patent claims. Section 3.4 says, “Nothing in this Agreement shall imply, or be construed as an admission
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Microsoft Patent Claims Hint at Internal Issues
PC World – Microsoft Patent Claims Hint at Internal Issues In a follow up to Microsoft takes on the free world, PC World has an article today which points to internal issues as Microsoft that may be driving their recent “behavior” vis-a-vis patents. Microsoft’s claims that it will
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Microsoft takes on the free world
Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Folks, it is time to take a stand. Yes, everyone is
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Is a $200 Billion Suit Headed Microsoft and Apple’s Way?
Is a $200 Billion Suit Headed Microsoft and Apple’s Way? All I can say, for fear of being sued, or should I say it, for fear of being sued for NOT saying it??? We have sunk to a new low… With the rise of intellectual property (whether it be
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Big Paychecks - Forbes.com
Big Paychecks – Forbes.com The chief executives of America’s 500 biggest companies got a collective 38% pay raise last year, to $7.5 billion. That’s an average $15.2 million apiece. Exercised stock options again account for the main component of pay, 48%. The average stock gain was
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Set-top Boxes Open Up
Set-top Boxes Open Up “However, many assert that it’s Microsoft Corp. –which doesn’t make STBs and is often accused of attempting to lock in users to its own priority technologies %u2013 that has done the most to advance the role of the set-top box. “ I always
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Sometimes Steve Ballmer Just Takes Your Breath Away
InformationWeek Blog | Sometimes Steve Ballmer Just Takes Your Breath Away Very insightful article which helps blow past the Ballmer spin machine. Of course, Ballmer has such an “historic” perspective on Microsoft’s success. In a USA Today interview Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is asked if he wishes consumers would get