Forgent drops patent claim as part of US$8m settlement.

40,000 new software patents expected in the US during 2006.

Guarantee to open source developers dismissed as 'meaningless'.

NTP seeks to enforce mobile email patent with Treo maker.

Settlement agreement ends fight over portable media player's user interface.

Patent information management and analysis software. This is a software designed to exploit the eur...

Open source licence getting lost in religious battle over DRM.

End of the standards war?

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On the same day Novell and Dell announced a major Linux pact, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent customers a memo touting the benefits of migrating to Windows rather than Linux.

Bluetooth on steroids, the solution for short-range wireless video, or the replacement for USB in computers?

Do-it-yourself kits allegedly violate HP's ink patents.

Current GPL 2 here to stay with Linux holding out on switching to GPL 3.

A US company has claimed "breakthrough" wireless last-mile technology to deliver broadband services via natural gas pipelines.