August 12, 2009 - Microsoft violates patents!

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1. Today Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling some versions of Microsoft Word due to losing a federal court case against a small Canadian firm which accused them of violating some of it's patents. In 2010 they plan on selling a new version which does not contain the disputed XML technology.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSBNG53920620090813


2. Google has launched some new gadgets to make the iGoogle experience better. These include things like Chess, NPR stream, Social photo sharing, and more.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/170101/first_look_igoogles_new_social_gadgets....


3. The DNS vulnerability in Mac OS X has been quickly fixed by Apple.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Fixes-DNS-Vulnerability-for-Mac-OS-X-...


4. President Obama gave the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor achievable, to 16 people earlier today. Among these people are Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and other so named Agents of Change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/us/politics/13obama.html


5. JetBlue is going to be offering an All-you-can-fly month pass for $599.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/retail/jetblue-offers-fly...


...and that's all the news for today August 12th, 2009, have a great day.

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[shangobah]

I have been a software developer most of my life and generally support open source software etc.. fairly anti-Microsoft...

However XML is a standard technology everyone uses... if the courts actually decided that Microsoft cant use that in Word they are flat out wrong or stacked from the beginning. It would be like if you suddenly decided to patent the use of gas in your competetors new automobile series and then sued them for using gas in it.

[Kaulan1]

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[Puremin0rez515]

Great video, the kitty was my favorite. YOUR VOICE SCARES ME.. damn distortion