Something fishy about Google Chrome's Safe Browsing API, lab saysCSOA research firm that measures the security effectiveness of browsers noticed something it thought might be fishy with the way Chrome was doing things. Turns out, there may currently be a privacy concern about Google's use of end user IP addresses as ...and more »
7 February 2012 | 11:15 am
Posted by Tiernan RayBarron's (blog)Today's announcement comes two weeks after IDCC said it had completed a strategic review of its patent holdings but did not announce any sales of patents, as some on the Street had anticipated. Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu this afternoon started coverage of ...and more »
7 February 2012 | 10:59 am
Liquids-Rich Companies Will Weather the Dry Spell: Luc MageauNASDAQWith the winter warmer and drier than previous years, natural gas companies are suffering from depressed prices. However, Raymond James Analyst Luc Mageau identifies liquids-rich companies that can create profits with or without a natural gas price ...and more »
5 February 2012 | 10:08 pm
Liquids-Rich Companies Will Weather the Dry Spell: Luc MageauJutia GroupLM: Some companies are certainly offering good value today and just because gas prices are low right now doesn't mean that there are no investable ideas. This being said, dry gas companies (ie those with liquids infused plays below 20 bbl/MMcf) are ...and more »
2 February 2012 | 3:02 pm
Closing of EX.ua sparks intense cyberwarfareKyiv Post31 bowed to Western pressure and closed down the file-sharing website EX.ua. The controversial website – only accessible to Internet provider addresses in Ukraine – allowed free access to thousands of movies, books and software applications.and more »
2 February 2012 | 1:58 pm
Patently-O Bits & Bytes by Lawrence HigginsPatently-O[Link] Dority & Manning is seeking patent attorneys with 1-4 years of experience and a BSEE or BSME to work at their Greenville, SC office. [Link] The Sughrue Firm is searching for patent agents with 1-2 years of experience and backgrounds in computer ...
23 January 2012 | 6:07 pm
Anonymous tricked people into joining Web site attacksCNETby Elinor Mills January 20, 2012 2:04 PM PST Follow @elinormills The Web pages hosting the denial-of-service attack tools, some of which were in Spanish, redirected the visiting computer to the target site automatically, unless JavaScript was disabled, ...and more »
20 January 2012 | 2:08 pm
SOPA, Spider-Man, Alcatel-Lucent, Cinven, Leydig: Intellectual PropertyBloombergThe San Jose, California-based company provided visitors with a link to a page with online tools for contacting lawmakers to voice opposition to the Hollywood-backed legislation. Rubio said he switched his position on the Senate measure, the Protect IP ...and more »
18 January 2012 | 9:15 pm
Sydney Morning HeraldGoogle plans to use home page to protest SOPACBS NewsGoogle confirmed in a statement that it will join Wikipedia, Reddit and other influential tech firms in staging protests of varying kinds against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are backed by big entertainment and ...SOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest 'Internet Censorship'ABC News (blog)Other Sites Join in Protest of Anti-Piracy LegislationWGRZ-TVSOPA Might Be Bad Policy, But It's Not CensorshipSF Weekly (blog)Search Newzall 11,726 news articles »
17 January 2012 | 10:25 am
BloombergKodak Mines Patents for Cash Copying Texas InstrumentsBloomberg2, 2011. Photo: Heather Ainsworth/Bloomberg Play Video Eastman Kodak Co. (EK), seeking to mine its multibillion-dollar patent portfolio for cash to fund structural changes, is taking a page from strategies used by Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) and ...and more »
13 January 2012 | 9:38 am