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Done deal. After approval from the EU and US reviewers, was there much doubt that Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility would run aground in China? Now that... Read More »
Cloud computing has been a buzzworthy trend for so long that it's now simply a movement in progress. Our files and apps are rapidly migrating from our hard drives ... Read More »
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Leonard PrietWith better virtualization technology, maybe the drive to miniaturize will find less motivation? Going forward, as long as there's enough room in data centers, our smartphones will only need enough processing capability to get data back-and-forth to the cloud.
May 23, 2012
James Lee PhillipsIt's a fair point about ubiquitous high-speed Internet; I'm especially fascinated by Harald Haas and Fraunhofer's VLC "lightbulb" connectivity. It seems we've been on the verge of real uninterrupted "everywhere" high-speed Internet for some time. Perhaps there's room for a conspiracy theory about wireless data carriers holding back innovation?
Jun 1, 2012
A quiet battle is currently raging over computer memory. The combatants, many of whom are also allies, include Japan and South Korea, DRAM and NAND, solid-state and... Read More »
"But in the decline of the empire, when every principle of health and life had been exhausted, the tardy application of this partial remedy was incapable of... Read More »
YOU are the product. This is the not-so-secret wisdom that accompanies the inevitable question of how some online ventures can become profitable.
Like the 20th... Read More »
The "848" Patent is among seven software-oriented patents in a lot recently auctioned by NASA as part of the ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction. Another lot focused ... Read More »
You know about SIMs, right? Not the Will Wright virtual life kind, but the Subscriber Identity Modules that live in your smartphone. They maintain your basic data and ... Read More »
An authentic representative sample of potential battlefields in microcosm -- that’s the method of an extensive project at the Naval Research Lab. Advancing the... Read More »
In order to better understand the Yahoo vs Facebook lawsuit, let us examine the patents that Yahoo is disputing. Between April 2, 1999, when the patent was... Read More »
We’ve seen countless real-world examples of havoc unleashed upon web sites, databases and other digital systems. However, taking control of the physical... Read More »
Day One, Monday 27 February:
LG showed off some outstanding devices from the Optimus line, but it’s hard to decide whether the Vu or the 4X HD deserves ... Read More »
The PlayStation Vita is, by all accounts, a worthy successor to the PSP, and more evidence of Sony’s unquestionable place in gaming history.
But where... Read More »
As MIT’s Claude Shannon wrote in 1948, communication methods are bound by bandwidth and noise. Simply put, bandwidth is the total range of frequencies that a... Read More »
Barcelona in February means two things: the start of Carnaval, and the yearly Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition and conference. Every major company in the... Read More »
Back in May of 2006, Apple drew up a patent application about a method to improve the way that free song credits were being handled at the iTunes store. Nearly six... Read More »
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Alvin SchaefferApple seems to be up to its usual shenanigans again.
Feb 8, 2012
Intel has entered into a $120 million deal with RealNetworks, with the chipmaker acquiring 190 patents, 170 patent applications and a video codec development team --... Read More »
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Ryan GreyInteresting article. Truly wondering where RealNetworks is heading. I wasn't even sure if they were still around.
Feb 1, 2012
Siri is undoubtedly THE high-profile feature of the iPhone 4s (does S stand for Siri or not?). Before Siri, ‘voice interface’ meant basic text-to-speech... Read More »
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Charlie BucknerI've got to hand it to Apple for doing a great job with SIRI. Of course, it's not perfect, however, I can see it getting close to perfect in future iterations.
Jan 24, 2012
Sofia IzquierdaHmm, that's both comforting and somewhat scary. Reminds me of HAL from Space Odyssey!
Jan 24, 2012
Apple spent a lot of 2011 in court (either directly, or in disguise), attempting to keep competitors’ smartphones and tablets off the market. If patent... Read More »
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Zhi PengApple needs to relax with this, just get over the fact the touchscreen smartphone is way of future.
Jan 27, 2012
Nokia has sold off over 450 patents to Sisvel, a company infamous in tech circles for aggressive action against IP ‘infringers’ -- up to and including... Read More »
No stranger to controversy, Microsoft has found itself at the center of a minor storm of criticism (and some ridicule) over the company’s latest patent: a... Read More »