In Germany, rehabilitated Microsoft
April 26, 2010 – 11:13 pmpatent by Microsoft at number EP 0618540 , based on U.S. patents № 5,758,352 , describes the mechanism used for the storage of long and short filenames in FAT filesystem support, taking into account the compatibility with previous applications, the newly recognized as valid in Germany, after considering the circumstances of the case in a German court of appeal.
Thus, the Court of Appeal overturned the previous decision of the Federal Patent Court of Germany which decided in March 2007, the patent EP 0618540 as having no legal force in Germany. Then the Federal Patent Court stated that the patent EP 0618540 bears no signs of the invention, since the entire mechanism for storing files, was described in the protocol Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (RRIP), established in 1991, long before the advent of the FAT.
Appellate Court did not agree with the arguments of the Federal Patent Court, pointing out that Microsoft had in this case to solve problems, not specified by the protocol RRIP. For example, if the protocol RRIP stated that “both names are contained in one directory, then the patent is supposed to store the names of two independent directors – one for short names and one for long.
Current solution is a mirror image of the American decision of the Bureau for registration of patents and trademarks (USPTO), adopted in January 2006, regarding patent № 5,758,352.
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Youtube starts showing full-length movies
26.04.2010 [20:24], Vladimir Mironenko
owned corporation Google Personal Video Youtube, celebrated at the end of last week, five-year anniversary from the day show the first video, will soon begin broadcasting full-length feature films and serials.
Cost of watching full-length movie would be $1.99. According to a Web resource TG Daily, exactly the same price-per-view movie is set many of those present in the market of video services services, including Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Sony and Microsoft. I should add that the show has just released movies cost much more – $3.99. Catalog offers films and broadcasts will be on this address , although so far there is no single name. Payment for viewing is made through an electronic online payment processing service Google Checkout. After payment of the film will be available for viewing during the day.
Youtube has not yet officially announced the service, and to judge how he will be in demand, now difficult. Until recently, the site is mainly located short video clips and funny amateur videos.
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In the mobile Google Maps voice search came
26.04.2010 [19:15], Andrew Krupin
Google has released a mobile application Google Maps version 4.1 for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60. A key feature of the new edition of the mapping program was the mechanism of voice search.
Until recently, voice control was available only to owners of Android-and BlackBerry-devices. Voice search obviate the need to type any text on the keyboard of a mobile phone: just click the Call button and clearly pronounce the name or address of the desired location. Currently, Google Maps 4.1 supports voice recognition in English and Chinese (one of the dialects) languages. In order to improve the product, and embedded in a voice recognition technologies in the Preferences window of the program, developers have added a feedback form with the creators of Google Maps.
Mobile, Google Maps 4.1 is free (subject to payment only from live network traffic), but it can be downloaded from the web site developers, browser, typing the address of the portable device m.google.com/maps.
note that recently the largest domestic search engine announced open alpha testing mobile Yandex.Maps for Symbian, also equipped with a voice search. In testing the application of cartographic specialists Yandex intend to test the technology of voice search in their software products. If the experiment proves successful, the company promised to port the Invention on other platforms.
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