Google attorney: When Microsoft's products stop succeeding, it turns to patents

Google attorney: When Microsoft's products stop succeeding, it turns to patents The Seattle Times It hasn't been unusual for tech giants' increasingly heated patent battles to be fought in courtrooms. But now their battles of rhetoric -- fought in the media -- seem to be rising as well. At the center of the war of words is Google, whose Android ... Anonymous retreats from Mexico drug cartel confrontation ... Threats to begin unmasking members of Zetas reined back as cartel rumoured to be hiring own security specialists for physical retaliation – as others question ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../anonymous-zetas-hacking-climbdown Planetary Scientists Hope to Bring Back Mars Moondust Scientific American The Phobos-Grunt mission, which could launch November 8th, will try to grab some Phobos soil and bring it back to Earth. John Matson reports Planetary scientists may soon get the dirt on a Martian moon—literally. A Russian spacecraft will soon depart ... IBM Unites Mainframe, Windows Systems InformationWeek IBM opens zEnterprise mainframes to the world of Windows apps. Until now, IBM only supported Linux or AIX-based blades on zEnterprise. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek IBM unveiled Monday what it hailed as an industry first--technology that combines ... Large Asteroid Zipping Close to Earth on Tuesday ABC News By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and moon on Tuesday — the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years. But scientists say not to worry. It won't hit. ... Adobe Discounts Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements in Mac App Store PC Magazine Adobe has made $79.99 limited versions of its best-selling consumer photo and video editing software available on the Mac App Store. Both Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor and Adobe Premiere Elements lack the Organizer software that comes with the full ... Facebook's Zuckerberg to visit old stomping grounds at Harvard CNN By John D. Sutter, CNN Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to make a recruiting trip to Harvard on Monday afternoon. (CNN) -- Mark Zuckerberg is going back to Harvard for the first time since he dropped out of the prestigious university to found ... VirnetX Filed Infringement Case Vs. Apple With ITC Forbes VirnetX Holding Corp. said it filed patent infringement actions against Apple before the International Trade Commission. The company last week filed a similar action in federal court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. ... Apple faces Germany ban after court no-show Register By Bill Ray • Get more from this author Sales of iPhones and iPads are on the brink of being banned in Germany as a result of a court battle over Apple's alleged infringement of Motorola patents - but the fruity fondleslab maker reckons it can get the ... Recommended: Google wishes scientist Marie Curie a happy 144th birthday msnbc.com By Rosa Golijan Marie Curie was a pioneer in radioactivity research, the first woman ... Mission to scale deep mountains BBC News By Jennifer Carpenter Science reporter, BBC News Scientists are set to begin a six-week mission to explore the Indian Ocean's underwater mountains. Aboard the UK research vessel the RRS James Cook, the team will study animals thousands of metres below ... Gamers await Modern Warfare 3 BBC News The latest addition to one of the world's best selling videogame series goes on sale at midnight. Thousands of gamers are expected to queue at over 500 stores across the UK to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Its predecessor, Call of Duty: Black Ops ... HP TouchSmart 620 3D All-in-One PC is a Multi-Trick Pony Maximum PC Hewlett Packard long ago punched its ticket to ride the 3D bandwagon, but up until now, HP left its all-in-one passengers behind. Not anymore. The new HP TouchSmart 620-1080 3D Edition PC is everything it sounds like -- an AIO system with a 3D display ... Apple top US smartphone manufacturer in last quarter Appolicious Samsung may have eclipsed Apple as the top smartphone manufacturer in the world, but in the US, the iPhone is still the hardware leader in the market. The information comes from Nielsen via TechCrunch, which finds that the Apple commands 28 percent of ... Transformer 2 launch Nov 9, shipping later Fudzilla Don't kill the messenger, but we have some sad news for tablet lovers not based in US. Asus wants to make the new quad-core Transformer Prime, Transformer 2 tablet a US priority product. Since the US market cares about tablets a bit more than the old ... Amazon's Fire: iPad Contender? Manufacturing Business Technology Amazon's Fire Tablet seems clearly positioned as a very real iPad contender because it delivers on both price and ease-of-use in the purchasing and consuming of media. by Andrew Berg, Editor, Wireless Week Let's be honest, people love the iPad (a media ... AT&T to Get Updated Documents From Sprint in T-Mobile Case, Court Rules Bloomberg By Tom Schoenberg - Mon Nov 07 05:01:01 GMT 2011 AT&T Inc. must be provided by Sprint Nextel Corp (S) with updated internal documents relevant to its defense against a US antitrust lawsuit seeking to block its purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. Sprint must ... GAS: 'Burg, state see $3.17 at the pumps digitalBURG.com WARRENSBURG, Mo.--Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 1.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.17 Sunday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.43, according to ... Google considers adding video service to its FTTH service mix FierceTelecom While much of the attention around Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) ambition to wire up places like Kansas City with Fiber to the Home (FTTH) have centered around higher data speeds, it appears that the search engine giant's ambitions could include TV services. ... Panasonic Lumix 3D1 Compact Does 3D Photos And Videos With Two Lenses Popular Photography Magazine By Stan Horaczek on November 7, 2011 Our first glimpse of Panasonic's 3D compact camera came back at the IFA Berlin tradeshow, but now it's officially making its way to store shelves. The aptly-named 3D1 uses a pair of independently-zooming 25mm lenses ... Firefox 8 Available for Download Now Mashable The new major release of Mozilla's web browser, Firefox 8, officially launches November 8. However, as usual, it's available for download on Mozilla's servers a bit early, meaning you can install it right now. The Windows version of Firefox 8 is here, ... Personal finance gets engaging with new iPad app Reuters A woman uses her Apple iPhone 4 smartphone for Web surfing during a photo opportunity on a street in Seoul May 24, 2011. By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Tired of overspending? Confused about where all the money is going? ... Samsung Focus Flash, Focus S up on AT&T Mobiletor.com The Samsung Focus Flash and Samsung Focus S are up for grabs via AT&T right on schedule. Powered by the latest Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, the devices claim to deliver faster web browsing along with speedier uploading and downloading of content via the ... Old Wii remotes may add touch-screen tech Develop by Rob Crossley | Email a friend | Print Nintendo is considering a workaround that allows Wii remotes to be fully functional on the firm's next generation system, the Wii U. The Wii U tablet controller is built on the idea of mixing both touch-screen ... Assassin's Creed Movie 'Will Never Get Made' TheSixthAxis The deal for the Assassins Creed movie has 'shocked Hollywood', according to entertainment website Vulture. Ubisoft are obviously aware of the awful game-to-movies from the past (the recent Prince Of Persia movie hardly set the box office alight) and ... National Sleep Foundation raises awareness about traffic safety with Drowsy ... The Times Herald By KEITH PHUCAS COURTHOUSE — Drowsy drivers cause a significant number of crashes each year yet this practice has not drawn the same degree of scrutiny as drunk or distracted driving. An estimated 16.5 percent (one in six) of fatal crashes, ... Angry Birds completed 500 million downloads: Rovio Entertainment TechBlog (Weblineindia) (blog) Rovio's Angry Birds, the most accepted game especially for iOS and Android platforms now breaks yet one more spot in the entire mobile gaming industry by getting above 500 million downloads. Rovio's official, Peter Vesterbacka said at the Slush 2011 ... HP's Experimental Photon Technology Allows for Giant 3D Displays ... By Adrian Covert Imagine having a 3D display where lighting, viewing angles and distances from the screen were not a concern. HP's Photon technology is a 3D display that remedies all of these issues, and theoretically scales to any size screen you like. Gizmodo Star Wars technology used against Spartak keeper — RT By RT Spartak Moscow goalkeeper Andrey Dikan was assaulted with a laser pen during Saturday's derby against Dynamo, with unknown hooligans directing a green beam into his eyes during the whole 90 minutes of the match. News RSS : Today Cadillac Shows Unique Technology « CBS Detroit By Jeff Gilbert Cadillac seeks to take another step forward in connectivity, with a new system called CUE, Cadillac User Interface. CBS Detroit Ultracapacitor Technology Leading the Way Toward Improved ... By Environmental Leader As fuel prices continue to rise, electrification of transportation is increasingly important. This importance highlights the need for improved energy storage solutions with high performance and low resistance in order to meet consumer and ... Environmental Management & Energy News Ford's MyKey Do Not Disturb Technology Prevents Distracted ... By Ian Lim Ford is set to introduce their MyKey – Do Not Disturb technology into their cars in 2012. This innovative system is a further attempt to reduce the accident rate involving teenagers. Parents can have a special MyKey for their teenagers which. The Gadgeteer Autodesk Acquires GRIP Entertainment Technology Assets | Benzinga By Greg Chalmers Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that it has acquired certain technology-related assets and hired individuals associated with GRIP Entertainment, a privately-held artificial intelligence game middleware company, based in Montreal. ... Benzinga - Stock Market Quotes,... Virtual technology prepares Johns Hopkins University nurses for ... By Jonathan Eichberger Virtual 3-D technology is the latest innovative, state-of-the-art instruction method that will prepare Johns Hopkins nurses to be leaders of tomorrow. The technology, known as Second Life, will provide simulation scenarios allowing faculty and ... Johns Hopkins University - The Gazette Vol. 2, Issue 4 of Contemporary Educational Technology now ... By Tony Bates Contemporary Educational Technology is a relatively new journal from the Anadolu University, Turkey, published in English. The authors are mainly Turkish, although this issue also has authors from the USA and Egypt. With over 800000 ... Tony Bates Hatch Unveils iStartSmart Mobile Educational Technology System ... By shannon@thebloomagency.com Cloud-Based Mobile Solution Provides Core Skill-Building Activities Proven to Increase Early Learner Outcomes & Internet-Accessible Report Management System. eSchool News Chinese Technology Companies support Beijing in intensifying ... By globalthoughtz@gmail.com According to a recent report from the Reuters, China's major technology firms are supporting Beijing's Communist Party in its mission to intensify controls of social media and are pledging to stop the spread of false rumors on the Internet. ... Buzzom The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ... Borsellino Cappelletti, a wire reporter, was pleased to announce the recent news in the gamingtechnology industry. “I'm pleased to report that technological advances by Vath Lotti INC have created a much higher degree of efficieny in ... The Science and Technology of... Still too few women in Science,Technology, Engineering and ... By Lena Still too few women in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics physics around the uk The IOP has responded to a Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) inquiry on women in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ... The Institute of Physics blog Press Release: Veteran Technology Infrastructure Strategist and ... By R "Ray" Wang Topic areas will include technology infrastructure strategy, including data security and privacy, innovation, governance and compliance. As our resident e-Europe specialist, Dr. Fairchild provides insight on best practices in data protection in ... Constellation Research Technology & the Church: Interview with John Dyer | Church ... By Kevin D. Hendricks We sit down with tech guru John Dyer to talk about the intersection of technology and faith. We talk about the not-so neutrality of technology and how it can shape who we are. Church Marketing Sucks DuPont signs technology agreement for large AMOLED television ... By MacDailyNews DuPont announced today that it has signed a technology licensing agreement with a leading Asian manufacturer of Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display products. The agreement will enable process technology ... MacDailyNews

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