Tesla Open-Sources Its Patents Nick Kolakowski, June 13, 2014 3 min read Most tech companies devote considerable time, money, and effort to enforcing their patents. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has...
Coffee Maker Uses DRM to Block Competition Kevin Fogarty, March 3, 2014 6 min read DRM will keep customers from using unlicensed coffee pods in Keurig machines. Leading high-end single-serve...
Google’s Pay-Per-Gaze Intriguing, But Needs Foundation C.S. Magor, November 4, 2013 8 min read Not long ago, Google filed a patent for pay-per-gaze technology. The technology, which allows Google to assign...
Is Hadoop THE Answer for Big Data? R. Emmett O'Ryan, October 7, 2013 4 min read Are companies and Big Data professionals who embrace Hadoop putting themselves at risk by being at the mercy of...
Obama’s ITC Veto Could Spark New Debate Over Patents Nick Kolakowski, August 5, 2013 3 min read The Obama administration has reversed a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling that would have banned...
Was Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake? Nick Kolakowski, April 26, 2013 5 min read At least Motorola produces some nifty ads for its Droid phones. Did Google make a mistake when it purchased...
Facebook Is Sued Over ‘Like’ Button Functionality Dice Administrator, February 14, 2013 3 min read It's another lawsuit for Facebook, this time over the way its "Like" button works. Supposedly, a Dutch programmer,...
Microsoft Rages Over FTC’s Google Decision Nick Kolakowski, January 4, 2013 5 min read Champagne corks must have popped at Google headquarters when the Federal Trade Commission announced it wouldn’t push...
Google’s Schmidt: Patent Wars Harm Startups Nick Kolakowski, December 5, 2012 3 min read Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (seen here at the Mobile World Congress 2012) discussed the state of competition with...
Linus Torvalds: Patents and Copyrights Problematic in Current Form Nick Kolakowski, October 11, 2012 3 min read The past few years have seen a gradual acceleration in the “Patent Wars” between Samsung, Apple, Microsoft,...
