Wired ideonexus shears thus: The art gallery is currently exhibiting a 404 room Manuel Palou called ’5 million, a terabyte is a sculpture consisting of a 1 TB external hard drive containing 5,000 worth. $ 000 illegally downloaded files. The hard disk is displayed on a pedestal in the gallery. ideonexus adds: There is a PDF file stored on the unit with links to torrents. I want this to be an exhibition every trial in which damages are claimed for giant copyright infringement.

from: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/08/microsoft-adds-acer-viewsonic-to-patent-licensing-list/:

You can go ahead and add Acer and ViewSonic to the long list of Microsoft’s patent licenses . This morning, Redmond announced a pair of new licensing agreements with both companies, a few months after striking similar agreements with Itronix and Velocity Micro . Details, however, are few and far between, with Microsoft, saying only that it will receive royalties from ViewSonic and the patents in question relate to both companies Android tablets and smartphones. Of course they do . The two press releases await you after the break.

bs0d3 written with an excerpt from an AP article, as worn by NECN.com Missouri senators took a step Wednesday to repeal a controversial law limiting new online conversations between teachers and students, but stirred the opposition of the governor are still trying to mandate schools to adopt their own policies about online discussions and text messages. The action by the Senate Committee on Education has just a few weeks after a judge in Missouri has blocked the new law on Internet communication teachers from taking effect because of concerns that it violates free speech rights  .

An anonymous reader writes A company called Thinkoptics filed a lawsuit against Nintendo for infringement of the motion controller used with the Wii. Apparently, they do a similar product called the Remote Wavit, and they have obtained patents describing its operation. And they chose the parameter most likely to give a victory. The U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Texas Now, this does not mean that Wavit Thinkoptics-maker will get a victory, but the circuit court in particular, tends to favor the patent relates to everything else. The patent in question, U.S. Patent Number 7,796,116, is titled electronic equipment for the vision of pocket absolute basis of the scoring system. Thinkoptics main argument in this case is that Nintendo had prior knowledge that the Wii would be reached based on the Trademark Office rejected claims in some Nintendo-filed patents.

from: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/08/kokuyos-camiapp-brings-paper-back-to-note-taking-video/:

Between Samsung Galaxy Note and the Boogie Board Rip , a mini-trend has emerged at IFA last week, with companies trying to bridge the gap between paper and notebooks digital cameras. Japanese office supplies maker Kokuyo seeking in action, using devices that consumers already have. In August, the company CamiApp was released in IOS, with a version of Android to come later this month. The software scans and digitizes the handwriting, letting users edit, highlight, email, tag and share information with applications like Evernote and Dropbox . Applications are specifically designed to work with the next smartphone-friendly notebook paper company. According Kokuyo, the books have special features that make the digital capture easier. Eight different laptops will be available tomorrow. The company is also working to make laptops available CamiApp abroad.

It looks like Apple patent spat with Samsung has reached the land of the rising sun. Reuters
reports that Cupertino is to take the Korean manufacturer in Japan to court over alleged violations of patents relating to the iPhone and iPad. Japanese Kyodo
News agency reported the news first, citing anonymous insiders who claim that Apple is looking to halt sales of allegedly infringing patents Samsung Galaxy S smartphones, seeking 100 million yen (about $ 1.3 million) damages. According to sources, the first hearing took place in a Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, but a court spokesman declined to comment on the pending case. Neither Samsung nor Apple have commented on the suit and the details of the patents in question are unclear, but we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

FeatherBoa writes Michael Hart, founder and long the driving force behind the Project Gutenberg in 1971 and the inventor of the electronic book died at his home in Urbana Ill, September 6, 2011. Project Gutenberg is recognized as one of the first and longer-lasting online literary projects, gave birth to sister projects in Australia, Canada, Germany and other places to translate the literature of public domain and make it available via the Internet.

There LTE modems and there are LTE modems . Last Marvell is the kind they – the kind you do not see (or lose in your bag), but are happy to have inside your machine. It is also a first, connectivity package for FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, HSPA +, TD-SCDMA and EDGE networks in a single-chip design that promises to reduce the manufacturing cost of these devices . If Marvell has its way, you will also see this particular modem in more than just phones and tablets – the company also sees that it is used in everything from cars to televisions and set-top boxes. Full press release is after the break.