items tagged with Open Source
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-11-29 04:38:01
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of KSR International v. Teleflex, in which the limits of combination patents and so-called obvious patents are being considered. According to several wire reports, KSR argued that its design for adjustable vehicle accelerator pedals does not violate a patent held by Teleflex for a similar gizmo, because Teleflex did not legitimately invent anything when it combined two existing technologies in an obvious way, and does not, therefore, deserve the patent.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2006-11-29 04:30:43
The MP who brought a motion criticising a government agency over its open-source policy is seeking to level the playing field between proprietary and open-source suppliers.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2006-11-14 07:25:26
Normally when it comes to the ‘free’ software that Microsoft gives away, either on the web, or built into Windows, it’s the bare bones necessary to get the job done, so the third party market can make some money developing decent software. While this might have changed somewhat with some of the ‘free’ software built into Vista, a new report on the anti-phishing capabilities of Firefox and IE7 proves that IE7 has a long way to go.
Read More About Firefox 2.0 Far Better Than IE7 At Anti-Phishing, But Both Still Terrible...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2006-11-14 06:07:25
A publicly funded Linux project which cost UK taxpayers half-a-million pounds has flopped.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-11-14 05:57:58
The open source community is in a state of shock this morning at the news that Microsoft has released a version of popular browser Firefox.
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