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Wireless Firms, Chipmaker Hit With Bluetooth Patent Suit

Business and Finance, Wireless / ElectroGeek

The Seattle-based Washington Research Foundation has filed a patent lawsuit against Nokia, Samsung and Panasonic, claiming the wireless device makers are using infringing Bluetooth microprocessors made by a UK-based firm. The complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages, as well as an injunction halting the sale of infringing products until a licensing agreement can be worked out. […]

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New Year Worm Makes the Rounds

Security, Software / ElectroGeek

The attachment carried by the Happy New Year worm, when launched, will turn off your antivirus software, then send itself to everyone in your contact list. The worm, also called Luder and Tibs-jy, might also download malicious software and even install itself in your system’s registry, the master database that Windows uses to keep track

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New security hole fixed: Google

Business and Finance, Security, Software / ElectroGeek

Google Inc. on Tuesday said vulnerabilities in its software had been fixed and criticized their revelation online over the holiday weekend. Bloggers who write about the internet search giant had reported security holes that would allow a specially crafted website to obtain the Gmail contact lists of users who have logged into the free e-mail

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Martian robot rovers outlive expectations

Offbeat News, Robots, Science / ElectroGeek

Their 90-day warranties expired long ago. But NASA’s six-wheeled Martian rovers still are going strong. After a bleak winter on the fourth rock from the sun, Spirit and Opportunity are rolling again. Three years ago, when the first of the two rovers bounced to a landing on Mars, scientists hoped one of them might last

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Microsoft woos bloggers with free computers, Vista

Blogging, Business and Finance, Software / ElectroGeek

Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to woo influential bloggers by sending them free computers loaded with the Vista operating system is generating controversy, with some online writers attacking would-be Vista reviewers for taking what were tantamount to bribes, while recipients defend their editorial independence, arguing that journalism-style rules prohibiting such gifts are outdated. Full Story Via Computerworld.com

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