A federal appeals court partially reversed a lower-court decision that had exposed Microsoft to US$565 million in damages.
Capping a year of patent acrimony, eBay put one legal struggle behind it by settling with plaintiff Tumbleweed Communications
The Web community is rummaging desperately through dusty technology archives, in a bid to overturn a sweeping patent verdict that could force major changes on the Internet's most popular software products.
eBay's patent woes just worsened with a new suit against its PayPal division.
A holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shut down a network of pornography Web sites over the weekend in an ominous sign for mainstream providers of streaming Web content.
A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of hiccups along the way but says Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike.
Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is preferred.
Wipro CEO Vivek Paul ponders the implications of a US that graduates more sports therapists than engineers.
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