In what could be described as a classic ‘David vs. Goliath’ court case, Microsoft’s Goliath has lost out toi4i‘s David in a long-running patent case. Asreportedin Reuters today, the Supreme Court has thrown out Microsoft’s appeal and found that it did in fact infringe on the small Canadian firm’s software patent. This was the final course of action for Microsoft, having lost in two other lower courts over the past few years....
It doesn’t matter if you are a Windows, Mac or Linux user, you will have undoubtedly used the built-in calculator to solve a few sums. If you found the calculator limited or are someone that needs a little more power to work out more complex equations, Microsoft’s decision to make itsMicrosoft Mathematics applicationfree might be of interest to you. Microsoft Mathematics provides users with a number of different mathematical tools that can help students and those interested in maths, get their work done quickly and easily....
The following image may be a brief glimpse of what Windows 8’s normal user interface, the non-tablet side of the operating system, will look like. WinRumorsspotted the imagein a video released by Microsoft’s Windows Enterprise group. You can watch the cliphere. TNW Microsoft has reached out to the company for comment on the image. This post will be updated when we hear back from Microsoft. If this is truly an image of Windows 8, the taskbar in the next version of Windows will enjoy a facelift....
Microsoft released the technical preview of its ‘Daytona’ project last Friday, and has made new waves today bystating to ZDNetthat it may open source the project, pending community feedback. Daytona is an “iterative MapReduce runtime” that runs on Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing system. The project was developed by the company’s eXtreme Computing Group. The company’s official description of the software reads as follows: “Project Daytona is designed to support a wide class of data analytics and machine learning algorithms....
Fresh off of contrived controversy surrounding whether Microsoft is trying tosuppress open-sourceon its Windows Phone 7 platform, the Redmond giant has opened the door to even greater support for open-source licenses. Yesterday, across many online developer communities, a false story ran entitled “Microsoft Bans Open Source From the Windows Market.” It drew both ire and fire, from Microsoft detractors and its supporters. It turned out, after an old-fashioned nerd brawl, that Microsoft only blocks a very specific of open-source licenses due to a concept called “anti-Tivoization....
