OSNews reports Microsoft Posts Tablet PC Fix. “On Tuesday, Microsoft posted a patch to its web site designed to prevent the problem, known as a memory leak. This error has plagued Microsoft’s Tablet PC operating system for a long time. In addition, the software giant has promised not to charge for security fixes, but will [...]
Slashdot reports EU Says No To Software Patents. “Moggie68 writes “European parliament has struck down the proposal for a directive that would have brought US-style software patents into EU.”
This sounds good. From my layman’s point of view, I think patents are not healthy in the software industry. Others disagree, and I’ll try to dig [...]
eWeek reports: “Published reports that Microsoft is in discussions to purchase high-profile adware vendor Claria for as much as $500 million have set tongues wagging in the security sector, with analysts and vendors questioning the software giant’s motives and whether the deal will actually occur.”
Wow. What can you say? I suppose Claria is one of [...]
