Balandar Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Your Rights Online: Microsoft, Apple Sued Over Software Update Patent Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 21, @12:16PM from the stupid-patent-hurt-the-big-guy-too dept. mark_wilkins writes "Microsoft and Apple have been sued by Teleshuttle Technologies, LLC, alleging that their online software updating technology infringes a patent on providing online updates to software with a menuing system to permit the user to pick the updates. Apparently the work on which the patent is based supposedly goes back to 1990." Abstract A method for distributing information to a plurality of uncoordinated user stations each of which is configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated servers via a non-proprietary network includes steps for providing a distribution service that distributes updates for a plurality of different products, and providing a transporter software component to each of the plurality of uncoordinated user stations, wherein the transporter software component at each user station automatically effects communication sessions with the distribution service via the non-proprietary network for the purpose of obtaining updates for each of at least a subset of the plurality of different products that are installed on that user station. Moreover, a user station, which includes a storage medium, a plurality of different products installed on the storage medium, and transporter software installed on the storage medium for automatically effectuating communication sessions with a distribution service via a non-proprietary network in order to obtain updates for each of the plurality of different products, and a distribution service that distributes updates for a plurality of different products to a plurality of uncoordinated user stations via a non-proprietary network, are also http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/07/21/15392...5&tid=109&tid=3 Science: Mars Had Surface Water for Eons Posted by michael on Tuesday July 20, @01:51PM from the splish-splash-i-was-taking-a-bath dept. LukePieStalker writes "Far from being a one-time event, it now appears that surface water flowed on Mars for eons. Nasa has announced that, after descending down further into the Endurance crater, the Opportunity rover has found a 'razorback'. It is believed that this was formed by 'fracture fill' from the minerals in percolating water. Since this feature extends through several geologic layers, it argues for a long period of wetness near the surface. This would seem to substantially increase the chance that life once existed on the red planet." http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid...tid=134&tid=160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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