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How Apple and Microsoft intend to destroy Android
“Groklaw nails it: “In other words, [Apple and Microsoft] want to disarm the companies that got there first, built the standards, and created the field, while the come-later types clean up on patents on things like slide to unlock or a tablet shap…
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Newest U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy: Trolling | Danger Room
via wired.com “The program, called Viral Peace, seeks to occupy the virtual space that extremists fill, one thread or Twitter exchange at a time. Shahed Amanullah, a senior technology adviser to the State Department and Viral Peace???s creator, tell…
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Google Launches Gmail SMS, Starting With Africa
via thenextweb.com “Google has rolled out a new service in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya that lets Gmail users send and receive emails using the built-in SMS features of their mobile phones. The implications of this are pretty big, as it means mobile I…
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Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief
via dealbook.nytimes.com “Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next C.E.O. of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America.”
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DARPA Creates Machine Which Extinguishes Fires With Sound – Slashdot
DARPA has made a interesting advancement in the field of fire suppression. Using two speakers arranged on either side of an open liquid fuel flame, an acoustic field was emitted and engulfed the fire. ‘The sound increases air velocity, which then …
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Groklaw – Patent Trolls – A New Study and a Survey ~ mw
via groklaw.net “Bessen/Meurer paper. Here are some of the highlights: The number of defendants in NPE patent suits doubled from 2009 (approximately 2,700) to 2011 (more than 5,800). Direct costs of patent assertions by NPEs are costing our nation…