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Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Netflix Granted Patent on DVD Subscription Rentals

Netflix Granted Patent on DVD Subscription Rentals

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 24, @11:27AM
from the almost-as-bad-as-one-click dept.
A few folks noted a new patent showing up from netflix. They apparently now have a patent on their model of subscribing to rentals- where instead of being charged per disc, you are charged a monthly fee and can keep the rentals indefinitely without late fees. You can patent anything! Get on the bus!

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12:45:25 PM

Press release: SOAP 1.2. [Scripting News]
12:43:54 PM

Novell Debuts First Linux Product. Novell on Tuesday will announce Nterprise Linux Services, the first product in the upcoming Novell Nterprise Linux suite. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]
11:52:45 AM

InformationWeek > Intellectual Property > SCO Group Eases Its Customers' Worries > June 23, 2003 - But SCO customers don't have to worry. SCO Group has assured its Linux customers that any company that's paying for Linux software and services from SCO Group is already paying for SCO's intellectual property.
8:35:24 AM

Maxtor Ships 300-Gbyte Hard Drive. Maxtor Corporation said it had begun shipping a 300-Gbyte parallel ATA drive to retailers. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

Getting closer to putting a terabyte of storage on your desktop for less than $1000...

8:09:46 AM

Congress Online: Much Sizzle, Little Steak. Almost every representative and every senator in Congress has a Web site offering virtually everything except what becomes legends most: their voting records. By Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Technology]
8:06:20 AM

Doing It All with OpenSSH, Part 2. Keys, keys and more keys. [Linux Journal]
8:02:35 AM