The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.
Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.
European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is making a 'final effort' to push through the proposal for an EU-wide patent.
A pilot backed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council to test radio frequency identification technology in distribution networks will kickoff next month.
A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.
Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.
He led the Pentium team, and had a major hand in Centrino... what's next for Anand Chandrasekher?
In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?
Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.
A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.
Hewlett-Packard has made its first new product introductions since merging with Compaq Computer.
The "new HP" is in the midst of sweeping change as it begins sorting out its PC and server product lines, but one thing is constant: the threat posed by Dell Computer.
For this comparison we looked at eight "AV Notebooks"-portables that can both capture video and export it back out. The notebooks we received came in a variety of speeds, the slowest being a Pentium III 750MHz and the fastest a Pentium III 1GHz.
We review some of the fastest desktop PCs around--all with processor running at 1.3GHz or better. Both Intel and AMD PCs are featured, and we take a close look at the role of memory in overall performance.
This is one of our favourite times of the year. The staff at the RMIT IT Test Lab gets to play with the ultimate in multimedia PCs.
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