IBM has lodged a patent for a DVD system which places television-like advertisement breaks on DVDs
IBM has called for tighter regulation of patents and a review of intellectual property ownership issues in collaborative software development.
IBM is set to announce the creation of an Eco-Patents Commons -- shared innovations geared at environmental sustainability -- with the participation of Sony, Nokia and Pitney Bowes.
IBM's decision to allow open source developers to freely use hundreds of software patents was criticised as hypocritical by some anti-patent campaigners on Tuesday.
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.
Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
The patent system is supposed to encourage technological innovation. Instead, it rewards those who have the knowledge and resources to work it to their advantage.
The software giant's recent XML-related patent applications highlight the struggle between open and proprietary.
The company has officially entered the networking business with the launch of switches from its Nauticus acquisition but competitors and analysts agree that it won't be a slam dunk for the server company.
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.
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IBM researchers have created a storage device that holds up to a trillion bits of information, or about 25 million textbook pages in a postage stamp-size area.
The latest lawsuit against Intel could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and eventually have an impact on every PC maker that uses Pentium processors.
Next month, Intel will bring its hyperthreading technology to desktops, another advance in the chip world that can be traced to Digital Equipment Corp.
Complacency is not a strategy for long-term growth. Thus, according to Bill O'Brien, Intel is keeping watch as AMD's hammer technology makes inroads into the server market.
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