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Novell - Microsoft deal extended
Who would have thought the Novell-Microsoft deal would lsat this long? It originally seemed to be Novell inviting its customers to cave in to Microsoft's unsubstantiated patent... More
Transys comment speculation
I've been pondering why it's so difficult to get any official comment out of any of the organisations involved when it comes to what is happening with Transys. Transys is the consortium... More
IDF: Intel announces TV platform, chan...
I'm in a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, and Intel has just announced two major iniatives in combining IT and TV. In conjunction with Yahoo, Intel has created the Widget Channel,... More
Featured Talkback
Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?
By: J.A. Watson
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Annoying software: a rogues' gallery
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Can you imagine what would have happened if the great philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists and writers had patented their ideas so that nobody else could use them without paying. We today wouldn't be able to have a conversation without violating somebodies intellectual property. The arguement of the free software community is that software should be treated in the same manner, copyrightable but not patentable.
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Microsoft exec talks patent politics
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Check this out: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7...spx Its an official blog "Engineering Windows 7" Nothing. That's what is revealed. Until there is real... More
Microsoft's Mojave just a desert vista
It didn't seem fair to wade into Microsoft's “Mojave Experiment” advert quite so soon after the flat earth incident. But The Economist has no such qualms: in this week's issue, it wonders... More
... But Still a Few Things Amiss (with...
It's not all roses with Vista, of course. I had my first BSOD over the weekend, when I was turning the laptop back on after suspending it. They typical long blurb about "If this is... More
