Three television studios and Dish Network are suing one another over an ad-skipping digital video recorder technology that the satellite TV company debuted earlier this month.
From Engadget: Google pumps cash into UK classrooms, will buy Arduino, Raspberry Pi sets for kids
Eric Schmidt has said that Google will make cash available through its investment into Teach First to buy Raspberry Pi and Arduino units for British schoolchildren. He was at the UK’s Science Museum to talk about Mountain View’s partnership with the charity, which puts top university graduates into schools to teach disadvantaged kids. The Android-maker wrote a cheque to fund over 100 places on the scheme, aiming to get bright computer scientists to reintroduce engineering principles to pupils. Mr. Schmidt hoped that with the right support, kits like the Raspberry Pi would do for this generation what the BBC Micro did three decades ago.
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From Ars Technica: Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found
Illustration by Aurich Lawson
Oracle v. Google
- Oracle v. Google: the road ahead
- Oracle tells jury “clean room” not enough to avoid patent infringement
- Oracle v. Google patent phase wraps up
- Oracle to pursue longshot claim for copyright damages
- Oracle’s copyright win may not amount to much as patent phase unfolds
Oracle Corp.’s long legal crusade to get a cut of Google’s Android revenue is drawing to an unsatisfying close for the company. A ten-person jury found today that Google did not infringe two Java-related patents that Oracle had used to sue the search giant.
That means Oracle isn’t likely to get anything at all from the trial, other than a tiny amount of damages from one copied function. The trial dragged on for nearly six weeks in a San Francisco federal courtroom, and both sides hired some of the nation’s top technology lawyers to try the case.
Judge William Alsup, who oversaw the proceedings, thanked the jurors for their hard work on the case. He noted that the six-week trial was the longest civil trial he had presided over in his judicial career.
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From DailyTech Main News Feed: BitTorrent Sues BitTorrent
U.S. protocol developer accuses German copycat of abusing its trademarks and good-will
From DailyTech Main News Feed: Report: Counterfeit Chinese Electronics in U.S. Military Aircraft Jeopardize National Security
What the… really?! Â How do we let this happen?!
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Counterfeit electronics and military hardware risks American lives
From News: 30-Year Mortgage Rates At Record Low 3.79 Percent
Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.79 percent. The 15-year mortgage, a popular option for refinancing, declined to 3.04 percent.
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