It’s pretty basic language, but this video from Alcatel Lucent actually does a pretty good job of explaining to the general populous why we need a National Broadband Network. Although personally, I’m waiting for those holographic technologies they mention towards the end of the video to be unleashed… “Help us National Broadband Network – you’re our only hope!”
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Ideas like this have been tossed around for some time now, but Alcatel-Lucent’s “tikitag” unveiled at the DemoFall conference may finally make the idea of everyday RFID tagging possible. For example, you could put tikitags on business cards and connect that card to online personal or social networking info. After that, the data could be retrieved easily by swiping the card over a tikitag reader.
At least some of you are reading this article because of the word “Playboy” in the headline, but unfortunately, the product isn’t all that provocative. By Alcatel, the Playboy-branded OT-V770A features a 1.3MP camera, 10MB of on-board memory, microSD support and, here’s the kicker, a Playboy bunny logo.
The dubious $1.52 billion judgment delivered against Microsoft for infringing on Alcatel-Lucent’s MP3 patents back in February was set aside by a federal judge. In a 43-page judgment that would probably take longer to read than The Deathly Hallows, Judge Rudi Brewster said that “the jury’s verdict of infringement was against the clear weight of evidence,” as Microsoft didn’t infringe on one of the two patents in question, while ownership of the other one is “questionable.” More »
