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BT’s gift to Google: A patent war over ads and Android
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Andrew Orlowski
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It’s open season now. BT is the latest company to sue Google, alleging patent infringement, but this latest barrage extends beyond Google’s Android software – it touches to other Google services too. These include maps, music, social networking and its advertising services, including Adwords, claims BT. … Read More
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The bureaucratic elite and the Google Review. The story continues…
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Andrew Orlowski
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It’s also a stealth project – ECL was omitted from the Executive Summary that only hurried politicians and the media ever read The Business Department BiS has launched a copyright consultation, inviting views on the recommendations raised in the "Google Review", as the "Hargreaves Review into IP and Growth" became known. Hargreaves was tasked with…
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UltraViolet: Hollywood’s giant digital gamble
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Andrew Orlowski
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Hollywood’s big plan to update the industry for the digital era – UltraViolet – comes to the UK on 26 December, the consortium behind it has revealed. It will be an inauspicious start, represented by just one new movie release, but there’s no mistaking the ambition of the project. Three years in the planning, UV…
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Microsoft’s futurologists virtualise the poor
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Andrew Orlowski
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The poor will still be with us in the future, according to a futuristic video by Microsoft’s Office Labs team – but at least technology will be able to keep our distance from them.… Read More
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The fabulous Muvizu
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Andrew Orlowski
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Tech startups that can truly be considered game-changers are rare – especially in Shoreditch. The more hype that the Silicon Roundabout “leisure startup” scene receives, the more painfully apparent it is that the emperor has no clothes – see these comments for example. Which is a pity, for less attention is paid to genuinely creative…
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Synthetic renewable oil: what’s not to like?
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Andrew Orlowski
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“Rely on the sun and the other eco-friendly things that Mother Earth has given us. We need to stop being dependent on the corrupting effect that is oil now!” – HuffPost Super User “ProgressivePicon86” The next energy revolution is coming – and promises the biggest disruption since the industrial revolution. Today we assume that oil…