It seems as though in the most recent version of Google’s mobile operating system, there are 43 instances of copied Java code that has been copied without permission. Google is already having a dispute with Oracle about Java patents and copyright material, and this could very well be a large blow against Google’s case. One [...]
Apple’s mobile operating system is soon to be updated and with that update comes new surprises. After releasing the second version of the beta of iOS 4.3 on Wednesday, developers have been discovering many new little interesting features. A developer by the name of 9to5mac found a file named “Media Stream”. It took a little [...]
Representatives of Microsoft have been making fun of Google’s announced decision to take H.264 video codec support from their Internet browser interface, Google Chrome. Microsoft is criticizing Google for trying to force the industry to move in one direction when it has already decided to move in a contrary direction. Tim Sneath, who writes a [...]
On Thursday, January 14, IBM’s ‘Watson’ AI computer was able to defeat the best two Jeopardy champs in the world during a practice round to showcase artificial intelligence. The research for the project has taken place at the Thomas J. Watson Center for Research, which is located in Westchester County. According to IBM spokesman, Joe [...]
On Wednesday, January 12, Wikipedia announced that they would begin targeting India and Brazil in order to get 1 billion users. The Executive Director of Wikipedia, Sue Gardner, said that Wikipedia is aiming to reach this 1 billion goal before 2016. The online encyclopedia company, based in San Francisco, CA, also intends to keep this [...]
On Tuesday, January 11, Google announced its decision to changeover to WebM from H.264. Google is throwing down the gauntlet for Microsoft and Apple about the patent rights of the video codec. Google’s product manager, Mike Jazayeri, said that this change from H.264 and HTML5 to WebM and Theora represents further evidence of Google’s commitment to [...]
Microsoft made an announcement today informing that they have asked US officials to stop Apple from putting the phrase ‘App Store’ under trademark. Apple made an application in 2008 for trademark rights to the phrase. The BBC news reported that Apple were requesting the rejection of the application from the US Patent and Trademark Office [...]
The two companies Intel and Nvidia are joining forces with each other to share their technology. Intel is paying Nvidia $1.5 billion to gain access to their patent portfolio about graphics processing and Nvidia will also gain access to Intel’s vast patent portfolio. It has been well publicized that the two companies have never been [...]
Kinect, currently for the Xbox 360 platform, will eventually be moved by its owner, Microsoft, to the Windows PC environment, as said by CEO Steve Ballmer. The Xbox version was launched in November and sold over 2.5 million in the 1st month on the market. The system is different from Nintendo Wii in that the [...]
In its first day, the Mac App Store, developed by Apple Inc, as a digital platform for Mac OS X applications reported to receive over 1 million apps downloaded from it. The Mac App Store features over a thousand apps that are both free and fee-based. The revolutionary store is an experience directly for the [...]
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