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East Texas Jury Invalidates Eolas Patents

After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas Technologies — named after the Irish word for knowledge — may be finished. An eight-member federal jury in East Texas deliberated Thursday for just a few hours...

Sopa Type Bills Are Still in The Works

There is another bill called ACTA which has been worked on behind closed doors and is set to assault everyone even more than SOPA.  I have said SOPA was a misdirection and it was.  Whether ACTA is the real beast or another deception remains to be seen.  This bill...

Not on Autopay? Vz is Going to Charge You to Pay Your Bill

It should read...you WILL see a HIGHER chance of billings errors if you go on autopay.  Every time we have tried it there's ALWAYS been a major error and getting it fixed is worse than pulling teeth.   Verizon says users wont have to pay the fee if they enroll in...

Hard Disk Warranties Getting Chopped

Not too long after the market punished the Hard Disk industry for dropping warranties before the industry is now moving to cratering hard disk warranties again.  I bet they are going to be introducing a new technology for manufacturing hard disks and they are dropping...

Saw This One Coming In Regards to Verizon

    Verizon had started selling off it's landline business years ago.  they have also begun divesting some FIOS markets as well.  I had been thinking VZ would concentrate on their LTE wireless infrastructure and that has been proven true.  They'll hang onto...

Time to Kill “Protect IP”

The so-called PROTECT IP act, sequel to the much-criticized COICA, is under fire again as it enters the process of becoming law. We’ve talked about it on this blog before and no doubt the discussion will continue after it passes or is rejected, but it’s important at...

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