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Patent War of Words

by certifiedbug on August 4, 2011

in Technology

Tech Crunch

Earlier today, Google came out swinging. Seemingly sick of being continuously slapped in the face by the patent issue, Google’s SVP and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, wrote a blog post calling out several of Google’s rivals for attempting to use “bogus patents” to destroy Android. Chief among the rivals called out was Microsoft. Drummond noted that the software giant had been getting in bed with other rivals to hurt Google.

Among the accusations was that Microsoft teamed up with Apple to buy Novell’s old patents, implying that they did so in order to keep them away from Google.

Microsoft didn’t take too kindly to that remark.

Google Threw A Punch, Microsoft Fires Back With A Missile

Ina Fried
Google Fires Back in Android Patent War of Words

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Firefox-waiting on 3.5.1

by certifiedbug on July 6, 2009

in Browser

Apprantly Mozilla intends to release Firefox 3.5.1 sometime in July. I didn’t upgrade to FireFox 3.5 as it quickly became apparent from reports that there were bugs, including the dreaded ‘crash-a-lot’ syndrome. Stellar.

TG Daily: Firefox, IE. Tech journalists are a disgrace

Firefox BugDay – Catch Missed Blocker, Critical, and Major 3.5 bugs!
http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2009/jun/30/firefox-bugday-catch-missed-blocker-critical-and-major-35-bugs

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Been awhile

by certifiedbug on March 9, 2009

in Microsoft

1,500 Global Tech Professionals Take Center Stage at 2009 Microsoft MVP Global Summit

That’s where I was March 1–4. Learned a lot, had fun, little sleep and made the most of an enjoyable week in Seattle.

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The History of Microsoft

by certifiedbug on February 5, 2009

in Microsoft

Microsoft’s Channel 9 presents a new series kicking off with an archival interview with Bill Gates.

Travel with us back in time as we discover the roots of one of the world’s most important technology companies. Using rare video and photos we bring you the heart of Microsoft’s struggles and successes. Year by Year. Every Thursday we will air a brand new episode beginning with 1975 where “The History of Microsoft” all began.

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1975/

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Your site is dangerous Google glitch

January 31, 2009

The bug was fixed within the hour but quite a few people did freak. Oddly enough my site went down around the same time, maybe my host thought it was true. From Stopbadware. Google glitch causes confusion This morning, an apparent glitch at Google caused nearly every [update 11:44 am] search listing to carry the [...]

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Congratulations America

November 5, 2008
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My local pet store bit the dust

June 2, 2008

Perhaps another small business victim of Walmart’s low prices in a small town. Now there is nowhere to take the baby hamsters, the birds, buy crickets and fish; no animal store to receive one on one service with friendly banter and hear pet stories that make your day. Just an ugly box in town with [...]

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Experts Exchange, Google and pay sites

April 25, 2008

Having considered the expert in Experts Exchange to equate with picking up subscribers, I was interested in Corrine’s post at The Security Garden. Bah! Experts Exchange = Scam Artists Last week when I read Ed Bott’s Dear Google: Please take pay sites out of search results, I was pleased to see that I am not [...]

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The goddamn batman rides again

February 16, 2008

Paperghost: Bad enough that this idiot cut and pasted the above text from another, entirely unrelated hacking sites’ mailshot – even worse that he thought it’d be a good idea to send it to me. If I had to sum up the potential for extreme mischief that such a mail could generate, I think this [...]

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Canon Files for Iris Watermark Registration

February 14, 2008

I like my digital point and shoot camera, but for Professional Photographers the latest invention may be a boon against Image Theft. . . . to provide an imaging apparatus that makes it possible to protect the copyright of photographic images by reliably acquiring biological information of a photographer . . . – US Patent [...]

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