tech policy

  1. **SOLVED** Interesting read on Microsoft patents that Android devices stole

    I just downloaded this file through a article Ars Technica discussing how the Chinese government posted a list of Microsoft's mobile device patent's before they agreed to let them buy Nokia's cellphone division. I converted the Chinese language document into English with Word 2013. Here's a copy...
  2. You may not be allowed to give your friend your old Software

    Better read the EULA before you give away or sell an old version of software that you no longer use. According to a recent court ruling, if it is so stated in the EULA that the producer of a piece of software retains ownership and you are only licensed to use it, you can only remove the product...
  3. Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogus

    Link Removed Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number. In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a...