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Mobile broadband speeds explained
3 called a bunch of journos over to the Groucho this morning for a breakfast briefing about mobile broadband speeds, why 3 takes the right approach in advertising these, and why Vodafone... More
Office for the Mac vs OpenOffice 3 for...
What a coincidence. Just as OpenOffice.org prepares to release the latest version of its open source productivity app which for the first time features native support for OS X, Microsoft... More
EU says ICT is key to cutting carbon e...
I am planning a more considered news story on this but the first pass is that the EU seems have bought into the mantra that the IT industry has been banging on about of late. As well... More
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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
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Its the applications and device drivers that run on windows that cement its dominance. How many people would fork out hundreds of pounds for Vista if Linux ran all the software and kit they wanted to use.
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Windows' dominance stifles demand for Linux





