The increase in litigation on hypothetical infringements of patents has begun to worry the big technology companies, some of whom are the major actors in the battles against copyrights violations. Apple, after forwarding a letter to ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute of Telecommunications) last year, called this month to opposed to blocking patents on essential […]
Feb 14 2012 | Posted in
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In contrast, he welcomed the move by Microsoft. “No waiver of patent rights charges, but the company will seek a ban on the sale of the product.” Mueller stressed in his article that these movements affected patents on standard calls, affecting basic functions. The standards prescribe specific solutions for certain functions. According to analysts, the […]
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Standard & Poor (S&P) released its updated ratings of the European countries last month, which were disappointing. Now Moody’s has unleashed its ratings that are even more hurting. The reason rating agencies believe is the incipient recession and the slow response of the European leaders to erode the solvency due to the public debt in […]
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If you are thinking to buy a new tablet and the one thing stuck in your mind is Apple then what my advice to you will be to have patience. The new iPad 2, the latest edition of the Apple tablet to date, is available for $499, 16 GB and refurbished is $50 cheaper, give […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
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The economic crisis in Europe affected at all levels of consumption in the continent, including mobile telephony. The handset sales in 2011 registered its first significant drop since the start of the recession, a decline in sales of 10% over the previous year. But the proportion of so-called smartphones or high-end phones increased by 30%, […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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Neuroethology group Cajal Institute, CSIC has launched a Facebook application to study visual intelligence. This is an application that offers a series of games, all based on the estimated number of pencils that appear in images. The game asks to spend just three minutes to the users. Polavieja Gonzalo Garcia, who runs the studio with […]
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The Eurozone is attracting opprobrium from every side. On the top, public is raising questions on the economic prosperity of the region, the sides are being attacked by the shortfall of internal consumption and Euro is losing its value at the bottom. However, the Euro countries have recently been attacked at the front by Standard […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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France came down from AAA rating to AA+ while Italy and Spain’s ratings were down two notches, reading even worst news from France. Austria was cut to AA+ from AAA; Cyprus to BB+ from BBB; Italy to BBB+ from A; Malta to A- from A; Portugal to BB from BBB-; the Slovak Republic to A […]
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