Tagged: Patent & News
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Will Google self-driving car be future's safety vehicle? (video) News
10.05.2012 This week, Nevada was the first state in the US to grant Google a special licence to test out its self-driving car, essentially a modified Toyota Prius vehicle, on its streets...Categories: Design, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, R&D, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Google self-driving cars to take to Nevada’s roads News
08.05.2012 If you happen to be around Carson City or Las Vegas in Nevada state, you could soon see one of Google’s self-driving cars swish by you. -
Gideon Sundback remembered in Google Doodle News
24.04.2012 Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American engineer who invented the zipper, is being revered in an interactive Google Doodle today to mark what would be his 132nd birthday. -
Yahoo! to hold an organisation reshuffle meeting next Tuesday? News
06.04.2012 Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is apparently planning to brief staff next Tuesday about his long-term vision for the ailing internet company, Reuters reports.Categories: Web, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, In the Workplace, Financial Results, eCommerce -
IPMOD wins Alcatel-Lucent Open Innovation Boot Camp News
09.03.2012 A project that allows telecom providers to pinpoint anomalies that could trigger outages or other issues in networks has won the overall award at the Alcatel-Lucent Open... -
Apple and Google sued over Street View maps News
28.02.2012 Florida-based PanoMap Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google, alleging the companies have infringed on its mapping technology via the Google Maps Street View...Categories: Web 2.0, R&D, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Weekend news roundup: Apple, crime mapped online, EV batteries and teched-up toys News
27.02.2012 A roundup of technology news coverage in some of the weekend's newspapers. -
Apple looking to ban Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US News
13.02.2012 Apple is attempting to get a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US, alleging it infringed four of its patents.Tags: Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy Nexus, Google, Samsung, Lawsuit, Patent, Patents, Smartphone, Mobile, Apple, -
The digital business week News
16.01.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Telecommunications, Networks, Legal, Leadership & Management, Intellectual Property, eCommerce -
LG and Microsoft sign patent agreement News
12.01.2012 Microsoft Corp and LG Electronics have signed a patent agreement that covers Android and Chrome OS-based devices. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. -
TCD scientists discover new vaccine to treat cancer at pre-clinical level News
20.12.2011 Scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) say they have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Kingston Mills, professor of...Tags: Patent, Innovation, Ireland, Technology Transfer, SFI, Cancer, TCD, Science, Science Foundation Ireland -
Google gleans US patent to take self-driving cars to the roads News
16.12.2011 Google has just been awarded a US patent to switch cars from human-controlled mode into driverless mode, so cars can self-drive. Sergey Brin, otherwise known as the...Categories: Sustainability, Search Engines, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Mobility, Internet, Education, Green Tech, Energy, Engineering, Government, Green, Intellectual PropertyTags: Google, IT, GPS, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Lithium Ion Battery, ESB, Transport, Electric Cars, Patent, US, CO2 Emissions, Green Economy, -
Ireland’s €680m localisation sector to spur more jobs News
16.11.2011 Ireland’s localisation sector already employs 15,000 people in an industry that's worth about €680m to the economy annually. Take the SFI-funded CNGL that has been pioneering... -
UCC professor patents biodegradable gum formula News
10.11.2011 Food and nutritional science professor Elke Arendt at University College Cork has come up with a formula (now patented) for creating biodegradable chewing gum.Categories: Green Tech, Bio Tech, Funding, Intellectual Property, Investments, Life Sciences, R&D, Research, Science -
Microsoft, Acer sign patent licence agreement News
08.09.2011 Microsoft Corp. and Acer Inc. have signed a patent licence agreement that includes broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Acer’s tablets and smartphones running... -
Apple injunction upheld: Samsung Galaxy S phones banned in Europe News
24.08.2011 A Dutch court has issued a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy S, the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Ace across Europe, though Samsung could work around it. -
The week in gadgets News
15.08.2011 A look at what's happening in the world of gadgets, as Apple plans for an improved anti-fingerprint screen and McAfee launches an anti-theft iOS app.Tags: Patent, Smartphones, Mobile Security, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple, QR codes, McAfee, iOS, iPhone, Week in gadgets, -
Apple sued over fast booting OS X patent News
08.08.2011 Apple is being sued for OS X’s fast booting operation, a patent which was originally owned by LG Electronics. -
Google and Microsoft’s public patent dispute rages on News
05.08.2011 Google and Microsoft have continued their public patent dispute, as the two tech giants argue over the motivations behind a group partnership to buy Novell patents. -
The digital business week News
02.08.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Consumer Tech, Financial Results, Intellectual Property, Jobs, Legal, Management, Mobility, Phones, SalesTags: Apple, Nokia, China, Research In Motion, RIM, HTC, Patent, Smartphone, Samsung, Sony, Earthquake