PS3 Games Patent by Carver Tate
Speculations about alleged prohibition of second-hand sales of PS3 games and PS3 consoles have circulated in the past months. These rumors were fueled by market reviews about Xbox 360 consoles beating the Blu-ray-optimized Sony consoles in sales come November. ... Market analysts have agreed that it is rare for an electronics and technology company to patent new technology without the intention of using it in their new products. ... No confirmation nor denial was heard from the Sony camp, but now, the speculations seem true with the technology patent Sony had procured.

What Is Reverse-Engineering by Leon Chaddock
Reverse-engineering is a term that is used for the process of taking apart something to figure out how to use it, basically. In many cases, something new and great has come about. In order to understand how it works or to recreate it, engineers will pull it apart and study it. ... What is important to remember, though, is that the patent is on the functionality of a product, not necessary on the way it is designed. ... In this case, the reverse-engineering will be used to copy other nation’s technology when it comes to military endeavors.

Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit by Jim Edwards
One of the top news stories this week that got virtually no popular press involves the judgment against Microsoft by a small company with a big software patent. University of California and Eolas Technologies, Inc. hold a patent which Microsoft, according to several judges, violated with its... First, they could pay the patent owner and keep things moving along, business as usual (much the way Blackberry did recently when a judge found them guilty of patent infringement). ... Without going into painful technical detail, the patent involves the "ActiveX" technology enabling Web browsers to...

Putting Digital Colors in a Different Hue by Lala C. Ballatan
Nowadays in the digital technology world, consumers are getting more inclined in the digital imaging market. As compared before, digital imaging tools like digital cameras, color printers and color scanners became less expensive, thus more accessible to eager users. ... Ways have been made in order to fully comprehend and tap the great potential of digital color as a new color technology today. ... It could also define the computer technology methods by which colors are stored, manipulated, and reproduced.

Blackberry Patent Woes: A Boon for Pocket PC Gamers? by Damian Julien
Things are looking a bit gloomy for the Blackberry, PDA cousin to the Pocket PC. The latest appeal over a patent dispute has been turned down, making an injunction against selling the Blackberry in the US all the more possible. I've always thought that if you did your research and opted to... Fortunately, Starbucks is mimicking our Second Cup franchise by offering free Wi-Fi access after trundling behind the technology curve for Starbucks locations in the States. ... It's not often that Canada is behind the US technology curve, especially as the greater majority of Canadians are internet...

The History of the MP3 File Format by Jason Cole
If you have listened to music on your computer, then there’s no doubt that you have come into contact with an MP3 file or two. Most people do not know much about MP3s besides that they are files used to store music data on. Basically that’s all they are, a way to store audio data on a computer. ... Fraunhofer was granted a patent to the technology in April 1989. ... The History of the MP3 The MP3 was developed by the German company Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft, and also hold the patent for MP3 technology, which they license out now.

Where does technology come from? by Lance Winslow
Ever wonder where all the cool gadgets come from? Ever wonder who gets to try this stuff out first? Usually the war machine scientists get it first, try it out and find an application by using it for destruction; an obvious outlet for the human species and our desire to blow things up. ... Many things are now being created in private sector and the military is finding great applications for them such as the palm computer technology for Navy Seal Teams, cell phone telemetry tracking. ... Remember in the new age the fast eat the slow.

Computer Phones – Facts and Fallacies by Dee Scrip
The stakes are high when considering security, privacy, and savings, and the old adage, “look before you leap” might be a more judicial approach when searching for a computer phone provider, aka VoIP (voice over internet protocol). FACTS • PC phones (VoIP) can save individuals and businesses up... • Greater than 90% of VoIP solutions providers DO NOT HAVE their own patented technology. ... (There are a few VoIP solutions providers with integrity, security, and patented technology that offer service for dial-up connections, as well as DSL, satellite, cable, and broadband connections).

Heliodisplay --Computer Video With No Screen by Steve Bralovich
Science-Fiction meets reality with this new video display technology. The Heliodisplay includes patented and patent pending technology to transform normal ambient air and display video images into free-space. Some Heliodisplay models are interactive allowing a finger or hand to move images... Interest in this new technology has been so strong, that curious visitors have crashed IO2Technology's website. ... That is, unless of course you have a burning desire to part with some extra cash in hurry.

Xerox - Its Journey with Ink by John Sollars
Chester Carlson inventor of xerography founded the Haloid Company on April 18, 1935. The company manufactured and sold photographic paper! It was based in Rochester New York. In the year 1942 Carlson received U.S. patent No. 2,297,691 on Oct. 6 for electrophotography, later called xerography,... Emulsion Aggregation Toner It is the breakthrough technology developed by Xerox Research Center Canada and patented by Xerox. ... This technology uses a chemical process to grow toner particles with well-defined shapes.