Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
JURIST - Paper Chase: Federal Circuit rules against business methods patentability
JURIST - Paper Chase: Federal Circuit rules against business methods patentability: "Federal Circuit rules against business methods patentability"
[JURIST] In a landmark intellectual property decision Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] 9-3 that a business concept for hedging risk in the field of commodities trading was too vague for patent protection. The case on an application by Bernard Bilski, the CEO of a company called Weatherwise, could affect the validity of thousands of patents, particularly in the financial services and software industries. Relying on the "machine-or-transformation test" established in the 1972 Supreme Court case Gottschalk v. Benson [text] and reaffirmed in the 1981 case Diamond v. Diehr [text], the court ruled that business methods do not meet the standard for patentability under US law. The majority concluded that Bilski's patent application did not meet the definition of "process" under 35 U.S.C. 101 [text] because it did not involve a machine and did not physically transform anything. The New York Times has more.
[JURIST] In a landmark intellectual property decision Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] 9-3 that a business concept for hedging risk in the field of commodities trading was too vague for patent protection. The case on an application by Bernard Bilski, the CEO of a company called Weatherwise, could affect the validity of thousands of patents, particularly in the financial services and software industries. Relying on the "machine-or-transformation test" established in the 1972 Supreme Court case Gottschalk v. Benson [text] and reaffirmed in the 1981 case Diamond v. Diehr [text], the court ruled that business methods do not meet the standard for patentability under US law. The majority concluded that Bilski's patent application did not meet the definition of "process" under 35 U.S.C. 101 [text] because it did not involve a machine and did not physically transform anything. The New York Times has more.
Friday, October 31, 2008
ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Installation Guide
ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Installation Guide
ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Installation Guide
Updated: October 27, 2008
The Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" (ILM "2") Installation Guide enables IT professionals to install ILM "2". An ILM "2" deployment has two major component groups, the server-side and the client-side.
ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Installation Guide
Updated: October 27, 2008
The Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" (ILM "2") Installation Guide enables IT professionals to install ILM "2". An ILM "2" deployment has two major component groups, the server-side and the client-side.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
RatproxyDoc - ratproxy - Google Code - Project documentation
RatproxyDoc - ratproxy - Google Code - Project documentation
Ratproxy is a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool. It is meant to complement active crawlers and manual proxies more commonly used for this task, and is optimized specifically for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments. The approach taken with ratproxy offers several important advantages over more traditional methods:
Ratproxy is a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool. It is meant to complement active crawlers and manual proxies more commonly used for this task, and is optimized specifically for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments. The approach taken with ratproxy offers several important advantages over more traditional methods:
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Managing Product Development » multitasking
Managing Product Development » multitasking
Managing Product Development
Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Monday, May 05, 2008
Zude's Social Mix: The Greater Communicator - Fritz Nelson's Instigator - InformationWeek
Zude's Social Mix: The Greater Communicator - Fritz Nelson's Instigator - InformationWeek
Zude is a clever company. It has managed to create a platform where you can build a more personalized social network environment whether you're a nontechnical user or a developer (see our video below). But now it is taking the platform further, perhaps even into the dangerous (but fun) waters of data portability.
Zude's Social Mix: The Greater Communicator
Zude is a clever company. It has managed to create a platform where you can build a more personalized social network environment whether you're a nontechnical user or a developer (see our video below). But now it is taking the platform further, perhaps even into the dangerous (but fun) waters of data portability.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Identity Management ROI Tool
Identity Management ROI Tool
An ROI calculator for Identity Management initiatives from Sun Microsystems.
An ROI calculator for Identity Management initiatives from Sun Microsystems.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog » THE LAWS OF IDENTITY
Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog » THE LAWS OF IDENTITY
Understand the dynamics causing digital identity systems to succeed or fail in various contexts, expressed as the Laws of Identity. Together these laws define a unifying identity metasystem that can offer the Internet the identity layer it needs.
Understand the dynamics causing digital identity systems to succeed or fail in various contexts, expressed as the Laws of Identity. Together these laws define a unifying identity metasystem that can offer the Internet the identity layer it needs.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
ThoughtWorks: A software socialist's crusade - Mar. 14, 2008
ThoughtWorks: A software socialist's crusade - Mar. 14, 2008
Here is something you don't see everyday! Way left leaders in the corporate world, who'd a thunk it. I've met Martin Fowler before and he sure fits the mold. These guys are real agilists!
Here is something you don't see everyday! Way left leaders in the corporate world, who'd a thunk it. I've met Martin Fowler before and he sure fits the mold. These guys are real agilists!
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Getting Started With Ruby On Rails | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
Getting Started With Ruby On Rails | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials:
"Generally there are 3 installations: OSX, Windows and Linux, and the latter is the most easy one."
"Generally there are 3 installations: OSX, Windows and Linux, and the latter is the most easy one."
Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure
Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure
Simple
Mozy offers enterprise-level features at consumer-friendly prices.
Automatic
With Mozy's "set-it-and-forget-it" design, you'll have more time to spend on other important matters.
Secure
Enjoy peace of mind in knowing that your data is encrypted and stored in a safe, remote location.
Likewise Extends Active Directory`s Embrace to Mac and Linux
Likewise Extends Active Directory`s Embrace to Mac and Linux
Likewise Enterprise and its open-source sibling, Likewise Open, enable administrators to manage Linux, Macintosh and Unix machines through Microsoft's Active Directory and Group Policy.
Likewise Enterprise and its open-source sibling, Likewise Open, enable administrators to manage Linux, Macintosh and Unix machines through Microsoft's Active Directory and Group Policy.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
This is one great looking product, and at 299 breaks the price-performance barrier.
This is one great looking product, and at 299 breaks the price-performance barrier.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
MIIS Information
For information on MIIS 2003 features and functionality, see the following documents:
· For an overview of identity integration and how MIIS 2003 fills this role, see MIIS 2003 Overview (MIIS_Overview.doc) in the Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Technical Reference (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30737).
· For a list of the management agents in MIIS 2003 and the features supported by them, see MIIS 2003 Management Agent Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=75311).
· For more information about MIIS 2003 concepts, and to sample basic MIIS 2003 features, see the Getting Started with MIIS 2003 Walkthrough (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83357).
· For a description of MIIS 2003 documentation, see Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Documentation Roadmap (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82465).
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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