Pointed this out elsewhere but there could trouble brewing over the use of WiFi -- it was invented by CSIRO in Oz and they want their money http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24224/1023/
>>CSIRO Takes HP to Cleaners Over Wi-Fi Patent - Next!
by Stan Beer
Friday, 03 April 2009
The largest IT company in the world, Hewlett-Packard, has been humbled by Australia?s national science agency CSIRO and agreed to settle for an undisclosed sum over a long running Wi-Fi patent infringement suit. The win against the Silicon Valley colossus has given CSIRO ammunition to continue pursuing 13 other technology giants for millions of dollars in licensing fees. ?<<
Where does leave Apple? (Hopeful sign is that last time I was there (in the chem labs at least) the place was chockers full of networked Macs.)
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Does this mean Flux capacitors are now obsolete?
>>CSIRO Takes HP to Cleaners Over Wi-Fi Patent - Next!
by Stan Beer
Friday, 03 April 2009
The largest IT company in the world, Hewlett-Packard, has been humbled by Australia?s national science agency CSIRO and agreed to settle for an undisclosed sum over a long running Wi-Fi patent infringement suit. The win against the Silicon Valley colossus has given CSIRO ammunition to continue pursuing 13 other technology giants for millions of dollars in licensing fees. ?<<
Where does leave Apple? (Hopeful sign is that last time I was there (in the chem labs at least) the place was chockers full of networked Macs.)