Microsoft makes good on promise, publishes list of 41K patents
Microsoft today launched a searchable list of its complete patent portfolio as part of its defense of the patent system, particularly software patents.
Microsoft today launched a searchable list of its complete patent portfolio as part of its defense of the patent system, particularly software patents.
Android updates are getting just that little bit easier to push out over the air today, with the release of Version 8 of Red Band Software's vRapid Mobile product.
Based on one market researcher's estimate of a one-month fall in 9.7-inch tablet display shipments, a range of tech news sites and bloggers are announcing, if not trumpeting, the apocalyptic "collapse" of Apple's iPad sales.
Kim Dotcom, creator of Megaupload, plans to launch a new file-sharing site under the New Zealand-based domain Mega.co.nz and will offer 50GB of free storage to all members.
Touchscreens of all sizes and jumbo TVs promise to be a big draw at International CES, including an 84-in. table-top touchscreen demonstrated by 3M Touch Systems.
The next major advance in Wi-Fi, the still-in-draft IEEE 802.11ac standard, seems like a slam-dunk: It promises data rates ranging from 433Mbps to, in some configurations, 1.3Gbps, hence the label "Gigabit Wi-Fi." What's not to like?
The same day it won a $368 million verdict in a patent infringement case against Apple, VirnetX filed a new lawsuit, alleging that the iPad Mini and iPhone 5 violate the same patents, according to court documents.
In a case that hinges on interpretations of software contract language and the respective rights of customers and vendors when it comes to third-party support organizations, 3M wants a court to declare that it doesn't owe Infor millions of dollars in fees.
A while ago I got over-excited about <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/081011-gearhead.html">maps on the iPad</a> and promised more of the same in the future and now, the future has arrived.
3M has developed a see-through film that turns ordinary windows into solar panels. It will go sale next year.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sprint's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031511-4g-breakdown.html">4G</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">wireless</a> service can be used by enterprise customers as an alternative to T-1 lines, a Sprint executive said today.
Next century’s Post-its could be based on combining materials with data processing capability, a 3M innovation leader has said.
IBM and 3M today said they will jointly develop a new line of adhesives they hope will let them make it possible to build commercial microprocessors composed of layers of up to 100 separate chips.
OCZ Wednesday introduced its first hybrid drive, the RevoDrive Hybrid, which combines 100GB of NAND flash memory with a 1TB hard disk drive along with a high-speed PCI Express (PCIe) interface.
Samsung Electronics announced that it is now producing high-performance DDR 2.0 multi-level-cell (MLC) memory chips based on its smallest 20-nanometer (nm) circuitry. The chips boast a performance improvement of three times over the company's current chip technology and have 64 gigabits of capacity, twice what Samsung had been producing with DDR 1.0 technology.