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Publié: mai 3, 2007, 11:29pm CEST
A long-standing dispute between Google and the Belgian Association of Newspaper Editors (Copiepresse) over Google's right to store archives of Belgian papers' content appears to have either subsided or been settled today, after publishers finally took Google's suggestions and embedded a tag in their pages that prevents archiving.
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Publié: mai 3, 2007, 10:33pm CEST
Last Monday, the US Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings: one which effectively made source code a non-patentable item, and another which protected innovators' rights to improve a patented device. We spoke with analyst Carmi Levy about both the immediate and long-term implications of these rulings on the market, and on our lives going forward.
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Publié: mai 3, 2007, 10:03pm CEST
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied Vonage's request that a patent infringement ruling against it be vacated and the case sent back to the lower court for a retrial. The company can, however, reference the matter in its appeal brief, due next Wednesday.
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Publié: mai 3, 2007, 8:17pm CEST
Michael Dell next week will donate a number of items from his namesake company to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. As one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, Dell will be featured in a special "Treasures of American History" exhibit.
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Publié: mai 3, 2007, 8:12pm CEST
In yet another sign of the ubiquity of broadband, AOL said yesterday it now counts only 12 million subscribers - a far cry from the company's peak of 26.7 million in 2002. AOL is now only the third largest ISP, behind both AT&T and Comcast.