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Amazon One-Click Patent Struck Down

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In a recent office action, the USPTO has rejected the claims of the Amazon.com one-click patent following the re-examination request that I filed on 16 Febru…

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Mobibot & Jaiku

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I've implemented basic support for Jaiku posting to the #mobitopia channel in mobibot. Now I just need a dedicated account for [email protected]. Wink. Win…

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Windows Patch Caused Skype Outage

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Skype has announced what was the root cause behind last Thursday's major outage and it was you, Windows users. Nasty. Although it seems like it took an awful…

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Coupon Hacker Faces DMCA Lawsuit

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John Stottlemire is the DVD Jon of coupon-clipping, and it's getting him in trouble. If you thought DMCA was a good thing, think again.

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Skype Outage

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Skype has confirmed it is having software problems on its network, resulting in a lack of connectivity for millions of Skype users. Many users cannot current…

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Cable companies facing big bandwidth crunch

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"The increasing bandwidth demands on cable operators will soon reach crisis stage, yet this is a 'dirty little industry secret' that no one talks about," sai…

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75% of Firefox downloaders don't become active users

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Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox browser, is asking for help. It says: "we need to improve our ability to retain users". Mozilla is discovering h…

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