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2 Years Later, HP's Botched Palm Acquisition Still Stings

If the creative force behind webOS still regrets turning over his brainchild to HP, imagine how bad HP must feel over having squandered more than a billion dollars. "I agree with Rubinstein -- HP killed a very good OS and one that was very forward-looking for its time," said tech analyst Trip Chowdhry. "WebOS offered many of the features that came later in iOS and Android.
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Patenting Future Cures - or Not

A troubling aspect of the Myriad ruling is the Court's adamant position that all of the efforts of discovery were meaningless. In some areas of technology, the extensive research and development costs expended to discover a genetic correlation -- such as in this case, for an insidious cancer -- may be enormous, with great cost and great risk.
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		Re: Will Fewer Wireless Carriers Mean Fewer Price Cuts?	2	Maddock	2009-09-21 08:05:03
		Re: Can All the Tech Giants Put Newspapers Back Together Again?	3	m_stanis1	2009-09-20 13:55:29
		Re: Bush Wins Warrantless Wiretapping War	2	giannini	2009-09-19 15:08:30
		Re: How to Keep Online Shopping Carts On Target	3	Mdemay	2009-09-18 10:48:51
		Re: Selling Friends, Followers and Fans Online: Crafty or Shady?	2	gkriv	2009-09-18 07:40:25
		Re: Speaking the Right Language Online	3	Evelyna	2009-09-14 15:35:53
		Re: New Sprint Plan Creates Giant Calling Circle	2	RickThom	2009-09-12 16:02:46
		Re: Getting Ready for the Google Generation	2	elanier	2009-09-11 12:16:56
		Re: Cloud Computing, or Everything as a Service	3	ssarull	2009-09-05 05:30:52
		Re: Big-League ISPs Press FCC to Lower Bar on 'Broadband'	2	tony4life	2009-09-04 12:22:30
		Re: Blinders May Help When You're Tooling Around Travelocity	2	mitchr	2009-09-04 11:42:11
		Re: EC's Long, Hard Look at Sun-Oracle Deal Gets Longer, Harder	2	Runaway1956	2009-09-03 15:00:41
		Re: Amazon Savages Google Book Settlement in Court Brief	2	web20lawyer	2009-09-03 12:24:20
		Re: I-Marketing Interview: Orbitz	2	christofer	2009-09-03 12:02:41
		Re: Walmart.com Opens College Bookstore	5	johngardner	2009-08-27 12:05:34
		Re: Out-of-Band Authentication Protects Online Financial Data	2	pbouldin	2009-08-25 14:45:32
		Re: Security Showdown: Cloud Computing vs. On-Premise IT	2	mevolution	2009-08-25 07:09:31
		Re: Comcast Enters Video On-Demand Sweepstakes With Fancast	2	MPace	2009-08-21 07:53:40
		Re: GM May Trade In Clunky Sales Model if eBay Gamble Works	3	NYM_Arts	2009-08-16 04:40:12
		Re: IBM Capitalizes the 'I' in IT	2	Stephen-Lee	2009-08-14 08:57:54