Moment of sanity at the Patent Office
As previously noted, Dell has been trying to trademark the term “Cloud Computing”. The US Patent and Trademark Office has now made an initial ruling that Dell can’t trademark “Cloud Computing” because it’s already being generally used. MacWorld reports:
In denying Dell’s application, the USPTO included dozens of news stories and other material supporting its [...]
Another clueless government agency
I have railed before about how the US Patent and Trademark Office has allowed numerous really stupid technology patents and here comes another example. Dell is trademarking “cloud computing”. The Wall Street Journal notes:
“Cloud computing” is the buzz-word du jour in the tech world. Its practitioners include Amazon.com, Google, H-P and as of this [...]
Is the desktop dying?
It began as a trickle of statements that the Web would replace the desktop. The browser would be the platform, some began to say. Now more and more voices are joining that chorus. Even Microsoft has a major program of Web applications. Is the desktop really going to be replaced by the “cloud”? No one [...]
Some jargon explained
The computing world is full of jargon and phrases du jour. The “cloud”, Web 2.0, SaaS- what does it all mean? An article at InfoWorld sheds some light.