Friday, February 27, 2004|
Microsoft mulls extra Windows release before Longhorn. Microsoft Corp. is pondering ways to add functionality to Windows XP after the release of Service Pack 2 later this year. The discussions, under the project name Windows XP Reloaded, could result in an interim release of Windows before Longhorn. [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:02:41 AM 
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Amazon Sued for Patent Infringement
from the but-not-the-one-click dept. theodp writes "Amazon's 10-K SEC filing discloses that the e-tailer has been sued for infringing on Soverain Software patents for Network Sales Systems (5,715,314 & 5,909,492) and Internet Server Access Control and Monitoring Systems (5,708,780), aka the Open Market patents, aka the Divine cashectomy patents, which Soverain obtained in the wake of Divine's bankruptcy sale." [Slashdot] This could be important. Amazon holds the 'one-click purchase' patent and it is being sued by the holder of patent for what is basically a shopping cart system. This should serve to highlight the silliness of software patents and how a gold rush mentality led to the filings in the first place. Of course it will probably be settled quietly in a lawyers office and aside from a brief press release never get the public airing that it needs. 7:02:04 AM
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Amazon Sued for Patent Infringement
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