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The Supreme Court of the United States has just handed down two important patent rulings that could be especially relevant for software and technology companies. In a ruling that alters the analysis of when a patent is obvious the Supreme Court found that lower courts had too rigidly interpreted the requirements for finding a [...]
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Five years ago today, on Dec. 12, 2000, I created an account with the SETI@Home project and signed up my computer(s) to help analyze radio signals from the Aricebo telescope in search of signs of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. SETI@Home, while not the first volunteer distributed computing (DC) project, is certainly the most [...]
Reuters reports that IBM and top scientific research organizations are joining forces in a humanitarian effort to tap the unused power of millions of computers and help solve complex social problems. Following the example of SETI@home, the project, dubbed The World Community Grid, will seek to tap the vast underutilized power of computers belonging to [...]
I just learned there will be a total lunar eclipse tonight! Scroll down on that linked page to see the chart that shows what time it starts in your area. In Pacific Time, the partial eclipse begins at 7:03 pm, and total eclipse begins at 8:14 pm. Total eclipse is over by 9:07 and [...]
For now anyway, I’m calling this blog “Share Alike”. What’s that supposed to mean? Well, it comes from the common bit of advice, “Share and share alike”. When people say this, they mean two things. The first part of that phrase is an imperative. It, like your kindergarten teacher, is saying: Share. The second [...]
The BBC has an article discussing some photographs of Mars that scientists say are evidence of flowing water on Mars. There’s also a Slashdot discussion. Strangely, this news is nearly three years old, but I sure don’t recall hearing about it. See higher-resolution pictures here.
That’s no typo. Apparently Jupiter has a Great Dark Spot near its north pole that is larger than its more famous Great Red Spot (where “larger” means twice the size of Earth-kinda-big!) It turns out that this spot is more ephemeral. Check it out at NASA where you will also find some amazing images. There’s [...]
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