World's largest commercial satellite to provide fast Internet access

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Telesat launches world's largest
commercial communications satellite

Telesat launches world's largest
commercial communications satellite 07/19/2004 03:18 PM

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“Telesat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today the successful launch of the Anik F2 - the world’s largest commercial communications satellite….’With Anik F2 we enter a new frontier in satellite communications - not just for Telesat, but also for the global communications industry,’ said Larry Boisvert, Telesat’s president and CEO….’With Telesat’s Anik F2, North American consumers and businesses will have access to the most advanced broadband services - anywhere and anytime.’…Following in-orbit…

World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London

World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London 02/01/2005 09:28 PM
WSI, worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education Company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant (IC) office to serve the South London area. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

Trend Micro Partners with SINA to
Provide Security Services to Largest
Internet Portal in China

Trend Micro Partners with SINA to
Provide Security Services to Largest
Internet Portal in China 03/28/2005 05:56 AM
Investors Business Daily Mar 28 2005 8:26AM GMT

BANGLADESH: Provide Internet access to
all

BANGLADESH: Provide Internet access to
all 05/25/2004 05:29 AM
Asia Media May 25 2004 9:43AM GMT

Arcor to provide WLAN internet access

Arcor to provide WLAN internet access 09/23/2004 08:42 AM
DMeurope.com Sep 23 2004 1:20PM GMT

Provide Internet access to consumers:
TRAI

Provide Internet access to consumers:
TRAI 12/30/2003 08:37 AM
Manorama Online Dec 30 2003 7:44AM ET

Mobile Internet Access May Get Another
Player: Satellite

Mobile Internet Access May Get Another
Player: Satellite 01/06/2005 02:33 AM
TechWeb Jan 6 2005 6:20AM GMT

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT

Vietnam prepares to provide internet
access to military on Spratlys

Vietnam prepares to provide internet
access to military on Spratlys 05/29/2004 07:44 PM
ABC Online May 29 2004 11:49PM GMT

SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide
Total Solution for HotSpot Internet
Access

SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide
Total Solution for HotSpot Internet
Access 06/24/2004 03:14 AM
SMC® Networks (www.smc.com), leading provider of networking solutions for the SMB/e, the ISP and all the way home, today announced that its is teaming with IP3 Networks™ to provide complete solutions for building wireless hotspots. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

French Employers Who Provide Staff with
Internet Access Are Held to the Same
Data Retention Obligations as ISP

French Employers Who Provide Staff with
Internet Access Are Held to the Same
Data Retention Obligations as ISP 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
Mondaq Mar 29 2005 8:16PM GMT

NextPhase Wireless Helps City of
Fullerton Provide Downtown Visitors Free
Internet Access

NextPhase Wireless Helps City of
Fullerton Provide Downtown Visitors Free
Internet Access 04/04/2005 11:15 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Apr 4, 10:44 am GMT

Get Free Tech Support and "Triple Play"
Service Coming Soon with NetSat
Satellite Internet Access

Get Free Tech Support and "Triple Play"
Service Coming Soon with NetSat
Satellite Internet Access 06/05/2005 11:37 PM
NetSat, from Wholesale-Telecom, is now offering free tier one tech support for it's one-way high speed satellite internet. "Triple Play" services, TV, phone, and internet, will be coming soon at the end of this summer for underserved areas where DSL and cable don't reach. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2005]

Alacer Technologies Announces Successful
Deployment of Caching Appliances in
Cable and Satellite Internet Access
Networks

Alacer Technologies Announces Successful
Deployment of Caching Appliances in
Cable and Satellite Internet Access
Networks 09/16/2004 03:07 AM
A successful greenfield deployment consisting of several networks built using Alacer Technologies internet & cache appliances has been completed. The Alacer product suite provides our network operator partners with a robust network infrastructure & QoS service platform. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004]

"One of the world's largest."

"One of the world's largest." 12/29/2004 03:31 AM

World's Second Largest WAP Gateway

World's Second Largest WAP Gateway 04/27/2004 03:08 AM
3G Apr 27 2004 7:21AM GMT

World's Largest Truck

World's Largest Truck 06/21/2004 10:31 AM

What's huge, slow, and capable of hauling up to 400 tons of bullshit? While my first response would probably be Slashdot, too, in this case we're describing the Liebherr T 282B truck, a 224 ton monster with a massive 3650-horsepower diesel engine. New Scientist has an interview with Liebherr R&D head Francis Bartleby in which he drops a load of tasty T 282B trivia, like the fact that the huge diesel engine actually generates electricity to power two electric drive motors, and the story about the time a driver of one of the big trucks accidentally crushed a normal-sized service truck and didn't even notice.
Read [NewScientist via Piqupaill e]

World's Largest Databases Ranked

World's Largest Databases Ranked 12/12/2003 09:19 AM
prostoalex writes "Winter Corp. has summarized its findings of the annual TopTen competition, where the world's largest and most hard-working (in terms of ...

Confessions Of The World's Largest
Switcher

Confessions Of The World's Largest
Switcher 10/30/2003 12:35 AM
It's a shame that Apple no longer runs the "Switch" campaign on television. Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan would make an excellent spokesperson for moving to the Mac. "I'm Srinidhi Varadarajan and I build Supercomputers at Virginia Tech." By Daniel H. Steinberg (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu)

World's Largest Book Created

World's Largest Book Created 12/16/2003 01:46 PM
Don't you just hate those books that are just a little too large to fit into your bookshelf? You have to put them on their side, or stick them somewhere else, just because a publisher decided to make the book too damn big. Well, now someone at MIT has made a book so big it's not likely to fit on any bookshelf. It probably won't fit on any coffee table, either. In fact, it's now been certified as the largest book ever created, weighing in at a somewhat stunning 133 pounds. Each of the 112 pages are five feet by seven feet. Apparently, the book costs $2,000 to make, and is being sold for $10,000 complete with a nice display easel to solve the bookshelf problem (they've already sold about two dozen). Money from the sale of the book will go to a charity that is building schools in Cambodia and Bhutan. A more cynical person might note that with all the trees that were needed to make such a book, they probably cleared a nice spot in the field for such schools. And, yes, the book, Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom is available at Amazon (though, currently out of stock).

Problems and Promise in the World's
Largest PKI

Problems and Promise in the World's
Largest PKI 02/19/2004 10:13 AM
Implementing a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) on any scale is a challenging, politically-charged task for an IT professional. Even though a working PKI is an important piece of a complete security package for an organization, the lack of interest, misunderstanding, laziness, and downright paranoia of the typical user population can turn a PKI effort into just another morass of documents for which the contractors have been paid and long ago moved on to some new revenue channel. Given the dismal success rate, it's difficult to imagine a successful PKI, not for hundreds or even thousands of users, but for millions. Yet, that seems to be what the Department of Defense (DoD) has accomplished in their Common Access Card (CAC) project - the new identification cards being issued to all US military personnel. To date, CAC PKI project has issued and manages more than six million digital certificates and corresponding smart cards. As someone who has implemented a PKI for a large, diverse organization, I can say that the IT professionals who worked to make the CAC project a success are entitled to pat themselves on the back, but it's also clear that a few problems remain.

Confessions of the world's largest
Switcher?

Confessions of the world's largest
Switcher? 10/30/2003 12:35 AM
In writing for O'Reilly's MacDevCenter, Daniel Steinberg notes that Dr...

"Confessions of the World's Largest
Switcher"

"Confessions of the World's Largest
Switcher" 10/31/2003 11:45 AM

Com Dev International awarded
$10-million commercial satellite
contract

Com Dev International awarded
$10-million commercial satellite
contract 04/12/2004 07:26 PM
National Post Apr 12 2004 11:19PM GMT

World's largest yacht sets sail

World's largest yacht sets sail 05/30/2004 07:32 AM
The £30m Mirabella V yacht - believed to be the largest and most expensive in the world - leaves Portsmouth.

Using Unicode to Power the World's
Largest Democracy

Using Unicode to Power the World's
Largest Democracy 08/06/2004 06:20 AM
A look at the movement to convert Indian's voter lists to Unicode.

Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught
(AP)

Officials: World's Largest Snake Caught
(AP) 12/29/2003 11:37 PM
AP - Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49.21 feet long and weighs nearly 992.07 pounds, a local official said Monday.

Town Boasts World's Largest Bratwurst
(AP)

Town Boasts World's Largest Bratwurst
(AP) 07/02/2004 09:41 AM
AP - Residents of Campbellsport, Wis., are going for a world record this weekend. They hope to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with a bratwurst nearly 40 feet long.

World's largest yacht hits rocks

World's largest yacht hits rocks 09/17/2004 10:29 AM
The English-built Mirabella V yacht - believed to be the largest and most expensive in the world - runs aground.

Dubailand: world's largest themepark
EVAR

Dubailand: world's largest themepark
EVAR 06/22/2005 01:50 AM
Cory Doctorow: Dubai, a city that is practically a themepark already, is building the world's largest, most expensive, most luxurious themepark, EVAR, called "Dubailand" (what else?). You can tell from the website alone that this is going to be something: vacuous, content-free Flash site, with all the major info hidden behind PDFs and (ugh-ptui!) a Real video. Now notice the "worlds" of Dubailand: "Downtown," "Eco-Tourism," "Retail and Entertainment," "Attractions and Experience," "Sports and Outdoor" and "Themed Leisure and Vacation." Retail and Entertainment? Now that's some forthright theming! Check out the bumpf, especially the FAQs!

Retail & Entertainment World will provide a critical mass of retail facilities providing a wide variety of global brands but also unique boutiques and discount stores, all within the biggest mall in the world - the Mall of Arabia. Entertainment and dining facilities will complement the retail facilities through encouraging tourists to extend the length of their stay at Dubailand, thereby creating further opportunities for purchases....

How many people would be working at Dubailand when it is fully operational?
Dubailand will seek to employ around 300,000 working individuals by 2018 from the various projects in it.

How many visitors a day are you expecting when fully operational?
At peak operational capacity, we have forecast a footfall of some 200,000 visitors a day.

What kind of per capita spend is projected for visitors?
The rates will be an average of USD 100 per day per person not including hotel stay.

Has any study been done on the environmental impact of such a large project in almost virgin desert?
The masterplan has been based on a philosophy of maintaining as much as possible the environmental integrity of the land designated for Dubailand’s development.

How will you maintain the law and order of large crowds?
Dubailand will be coordinating with Dubai Police on relevant security issues.

Link (Thanks, Neal!)

World's largest computing grid goes live

World's largest computing grid goes live 09/06/2004 06:59 AM
PC Pro Sep 6 2004 11:28AM GMT

World's Largest Working Computing Grid

World's Largest Working Computing Grid 09/05/2004 01:06 PM
PhysOrg.com Sep 5 2004 5:15PM GMT

Philly plans world's largest mesh Wi-Fi
net

Philly plans world's largest mesh Wi-Fi
net 09/21/2004 12:45 PM
VENICE -- The idea sounds good on paper: Build a mesh network of wireless Wi-Fi base stations and let users roam around an entire city instead of providing limited connectivity in a handful of hot spots. But will it work? The City of Philadelphia hopes so.

Brits to demo world's largest computing
grid

Brits to demo world's largest computing
grid 09/03/2004 08:42 AM
Equivalent to 100,000 boy racer PCs

Questia - The World's Largest Online
Library of Books

Questia - The World's Largest Online
Library of Books 09/15/2004 08:01 AM
Questia - The World's Largest Online Library of Books
http://www.questia.com/Index.j sp

Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in the collection. You can read every title cover to cover. This rich, scholarly content -- selected by professional collection development librarians -- is not available elsewhere on the Internet. Undergraduate, high school, graduate students, and Internet users of all ages have found Questia to be an invaluable online resource. Anyone doing research or just interested in topics that touch on the humanities and social sciences will find titles of interest in Questia. To complement the library, Questia offers a range of search, note-taking, and writing tools. These tools help students locate the most relevant information on their topics quickly, quote and cite correctly, and create properly formatted footnotes and bibliographies automatically. Questia provides a comprehensive research environment to meet students' academic needs. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog and Student Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

World's largest Linux migration gets
major boost

World's largest Linux migration gets
major boost 02/05/2005 08:59 PM
Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway, said today that it has successfully migrated all of its 55,000 Lotus Notes users to Linux.

Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot

Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot 09/02/2004 04:06 AM
Philadelphia looks at creating a city-wide WiFi network. Would such a network chase off other broadband providers?

World's largest book unveiled in Seattle
(Reuters)

World's largest book unveiled in Seattle
(Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:41 PM
Reuters - How about a little light reading?

Hitachi to sponsor world's largest PC
gaming league

Hitachi to sponsor world's largest PC
gaming league 05/22/2004 12:43 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer May 22 2004 4:33PM GMT
Grok Description matches for World's largest commercial satellite to provide fast Internet access
GrokA matches for World's largest commercial satellite to provide fast Internet access

DoCoMo Shows Path from 384 Kbps to 1
Gbps

DoCoMo Shows Path from 384 Kbps to 1
Gbps 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
DoCoMo hits 1 Gbps with new acronyms: Just when WNN (that's Nancy and myself) are deciphering the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) third-generation (3G) cellular standard that will top out a 14 Mbps, DoCoMo throws us a 1 Gbps 4G set of letters: VSF-Spread OFDM with MIMO. Oy. The HSDPA standard is the next step from a few hundred Kbps download and much less upload speed found on DoCoMo and other 3G networks around the world. HSDPA should appear starting next year with a peak of 14 Mbps in both directions. The 4G network--in which IP rules the entire network from end to end--will feature speeds up to 1 Gbps by 2010, apparently, using Variable Spreading Factor Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing with Multiple-In/Multiple-Out antennas. OFDM is used in 802.11a, 802.11g, and the MBOA's flavor of UWB, among other purposes. While the 1 Gbps speed involved four antennas and a short distance, DoCoMo has shown other impressive demonstrations of their coming 4G flavor: Earlier this year, the company demonstrated a maximum downstream data rate of 300Mbps with an average rate of 135Mbps. The data rate was achieved during a field experiment in a car running at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour at distances between 800 meters and 1 kilometer from 4G wireless base stations....

Of the total 5 billion video streams
served during the first half of 2004,
79.1% were at broadband (100 kbps and
above) rates, with an average length of
view of 30 minutes per unique user per
month per site

Of the total 5 billion video streams
served during the first half of 2004,
79.1% were at broadband (100 kbps and
above) rates, with an average length of
view of 30 minutes per unique user per
month per site 08/28/2004 02:47 AM
[PRWEB Aug 28, 2004]

US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent

US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

Chinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent

Chinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent 12/28/2004 11:11 PM
ChinaTechNews.com Dec 29 2004 3:10AM GMT

World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent

World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent 10/30/2003 12:34 AM
World Wide Web Consortium Presents the US Patent Office with Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent .. se ha presentado en las oficinas de patentes y marcas de los Estados Unidos .. Read the briefing .. News release

w3.org/2003/10/28-906-briefing
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U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio

U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio 06/17/2005 04:27 PM
Investors Business Daily Jun 16 2005 1:56PM GMT

Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office

Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office 03/08/2004 11:08 PM
The US Patent and Trademark Office has now stepped in and invalidated the Eolas patent. The decision, if it is upheld, will clear Microsoft of charges of wrong-doing.

Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent

Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent 11/12/2003 01:35 PM
The latest in the Eolas patent saga is that someone at the Patent Office has finally agreed to review the patent based on stacks and stacks of prior art that people have been finding. Amazingly, the Patent Office appears to have responded quickly (though, they don't say how long it will take for a new decision on the patent) to the requests for a re-examination of the patent. There's a quote from the USPTO's deputy commissioner for patent examination policy saying that this was an "extraordinary situation" which necessitated the quick response. The problem with this statement is that it's not an extraordinary situation. In fact, it's an increasingly common situation, where silly patents are getting the stamp of approval every day - and then used to hold other companies up for extortion, rather than for encouraging innovation.

CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re

CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re 04/12/2004 07:26 PM
AVN Online Apr 12 2004 11:05PM GMT

Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent

Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent 07/08/2004 05:05 PM
I think it's about time we came up with a new topic/icon for stupid patents. There are just so many of them these days. The latest is that Adobe, who is no stranger to abusing intellectual property rules, is now being hit with a patent over their PDF technology. The patent is for a method of extracting network information via hyperlinks. Reading through the patent, they're basically describing a system for clicking on a hyperlinking and having the system not only download the page in question, but all locally related pages linked from that page as well. Perhaps a useful system, but it seems like this sort of technology was around well before the patent was granted, and it's unclear what it has to do with PDF files.

Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent

Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent 11/13/2003 03:09 AM
BeSpacific Nov 13 2003 1:29AM ET

Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent

Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent 04/15/2004 05:09 PM
Write open source software - and go to jail

Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection

Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection 02/01/2005 09:16 PM
PatentCafe's Natural Language Based OSS Patent Search Engine™ Accelerates Software Developers' Use of IBM's 500 Pledged Patents. Freely accessible by the entire OSS community, PatentCafe's Open Source Software Patent Search Engine adds significant value to IBM's contribution by accelerating the integration of IBM's patented technology into the marketplace, helping to foster worldwide interoperability standards. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent

Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent 11/12/2003 01:14 PM

Eolas patent defended before US patent
office

Eolas patent defended before US patent
office 05/13/2004 07:48 AM
Computer Weekly May 13 2004 12:23PM GMT

The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent

The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent 11/13/2003 08:53 AM

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Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent

Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent 11/14/2003 04:41 AM
BizReport.com Nov 14 2003 4:18AM ET

US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation’s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester

US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation’s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester 09/27/2004 03:30 AM
Richard C. Jaworski announces that the US Patent Office has granted his “Petition to Make Special” on his System of Testing the Upstream Cable Modem Channel (TUCMC) patent application. The petition to the US Patent Office alleged infringement of his technology by Acterna Corporation in their DSAM 2500 Cable Modem Test Instrument. Mr. Jaworski has written evidence that Acterna knew of the patent and the technology prior to releasing the feature in the DSAM 2500. According to patent law, triple damages are applicable for prior knowledge infringement as soon as the patent issues. Due to its special status, Jaworski expects the patent to issue in the immediate future. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]

Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?

Whose Patent Is It, Anyway? 03/14/2005 06:16 PM
In one sector after another, companies warn that China's swift industrial rise is being greased by brazen and increasingly sophisticated theft of intellectual property.

Who Says You Can't Patent Watching TV?

Who Says You Can't Patent Watching TV? 07/21/2004 08:22 PM
theodp writes "EFF attorney Jason Schultz offers his take on Microsoft's new patent for encouraging viewers to watch television programs." Another day, another weird TV related patent from Microsoft. This one seems to focus on some sort of weird incentive program for getting people to watch more TV. Why is this patentable?

Patent poser

Patent poser 11/02/2003 05:25 PM
CNET Asia Nov 2 2003 4:29PM ET

Google gets patent

Google gets patent 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
News.com: Google lands Web search patent. "The patent, which Google filed on Jan. 30, 2001, and was granted Tuesday, governs methodology for parsing through Web documents to deliver Web surfers the most relevant pages for their queries. Specifically, it deals with "an improved search engine that refines a document's relevance score based on interconnectivity of the document within a set of relevant documents," according to a summary of the patent."...

Web Patent Invalidated

Web Patent Invalidated 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
Reuters reports that the infamous Eolas patent has been invalidated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It's a preliminary...

EU patent law not to proceed after all?

EU patent law not to proceed after all? 05/15/2004 08:25 AM

Junk patent

Junk patent 05/06/2004 12:17 AM
USA Today May 6 2004 4:19AM GMT

Eolas Patent Taken Away

Eolas Patent Taken Away 03/06/2004 02:05 AM
The patent office finally got one right (though, it took quite a while). Despite tons of prior art, and a patent that was far from "non-obvious", Eolas convinced a judge to award them over half a billion dollars from Microsoft for using embedded applications within IE. Microsoft started talking about changing the browser in a way that would have broken many web sites. After quite a bit of outcry from many different places, the patent office finally agreed to review the patent, and on second thought, are now rejecting the Eolas patent. Did it really need to take this much time, this many lawyers and this much outcry just to get a single bad patent reviewed and rejected? Isn't it about time we fixed the patent system?

On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse?

On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse? 09/21/2004 02:41 AM
theodp writes "The IHT reports on BTG's use of purchased patents to sue Amazon and Barnes & Noble over technology that tracks consumer purchases, raising the question of whether we're one step closer to an all-out patent war in which every patentholder seeks to exercise its rights, bringing the software industry to a standstill and leaving lawyers as the only winners." We wrote about this patent lawsuit last week, but it's good that others are finally realizing that the current patent situation is a disaster waiting to happen for the tech industry.

VLC in Patent Trouble?

VLC in Patent Trouble? 04/07/2005 03:22 PM
It appears that Video Lan Client (VLC) has run into legal trouble due to various patent issues. VLC is a popular media player for Mac OS X as well as...

Patent popourri

Patent popourri 04/12/2004 02:14 PM
Microsoft cuts another big check, this time to InterTrust, while AMD settles with Integraph. Patent disputes have become so commonplace that there are even firms that specialize in licensing intellectual property for the sole purpose of litigation.

The Patent Mess

The Patent Mess 05/03/2004 12:08 PM
MSNBC is running yet another article that looks at problems with the patent system, focusing on the problem we most discuss around here: small intellectual property houses that buy up perfectly obvious patents, or those with prior art, and then go around threatening small sites to get them to pay up rather than fight the ridiculous patent. In most cases, the patent is for taking some sort of obvious action and moving it onto the internet. Even a strong defender of patent rights admits in the article that the "pendulum may have swung too far." No one is saying their shouldn't be patents, but there are way too many cases where these sorts of patents are clearly being used to hold back innovation - which is against the very point of the patent system.

World's largest commercial satellite to provide fast Internet access

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