Sunday | 6 July, 2008
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Data shuffling: Safer way to analyze confidential data? 24/06/2008 09:48:57
Oklahoma State University's Technology Business Assessment Group recently announced it will fund research on an approach to information protection called data shuffling. The project is led by Professor Rathindra Sarathy of OSU's Department of Management Science and Information Systems, who explains to us just what data shuffling is and why it could be coming to your network soon. - +
Bush team voices concerns on US patent reform bill 07/04/2008 08:57:54
US Senate negotiators are getting closer to hammering out disagreements that are holding up a patent system overhaul, but President George Bush's administration still has concerns about the bill, an administration official said. - +
Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft 13/03/2008 09:43:59
Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products and services for the Apache Web server. Zemlin has also been a keynote speaker at industry and financial conferences including Gartner's Open Source Conference and Linux World. - +
Former OLPC CTO predicts a $75 laptop by 2010 18/02/2008 10:03:24
Mary Lou Jepsen stirred up a controversy when she left the struggling One Laptop Per Child nonprofit effort in December to start her own for-profit company, Pixel Qi, with the goal to create a US$75 laptop using technologies she invented at OLPC. - +
Licensing organization files patent suit against Intel 08/02/2008 07:09:29
Intel was hit with a lawsuit by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation this week, alleging that the chip maker used a WARF invention in its processor architectures, including the popular Core 2 Duo. - +
Apple, AT&T, 31 others sued for smart phone patent violation 30/01/2008 08:07:16
Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent to Minerva Industries, a Los Angeles-based patent-holding firm. On the same day it received the patent, Minerva proceeded to sue 33 companies for patent infringement. - +
CES - Former OLPC CTO aims to create US$75 laptop 10/01/2008 10:00:01
A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliver on its promises. - +
Could an OLED-based keyboard be in Apple's future? 07/01/2008 08:32:40
Apple has filed a patent application for a keyboard that could display an infinite number of symbols on the key tops using organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), according to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Web site. - +
Apple patent reveals docking station for ultramobile PC 04/01/2008 08:19:06
A U.S. patent granted to Apple on Thursday seems to support reports that the company is working on an ultramobile PC to compete with Microsoft and its hardware partners in that market. - +
Apple files patent for WGA-style anti-piracy tech 24/12/2007 07:04:28
Apple has filed an updated application with the US Patent & Trademark Office for a product activation and anti-piracy technology that would give the company the same kind of control over its software as the oft-criticized Windows Genuine Advantage platform provides its rival, Microsoft. - +
Apple seeks patent for system that protects storage devices 13/12/2007 08:32:02
The US Patent and Trademark Office Tuesday published an Apple request for a patent of a system designed to protect falling storage devices by enabling sensors within the devices to enact a temporary safety protocol if any subtle change in gravity or acceleration is detected.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
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This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
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This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
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Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future. - +
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