Day: June 2, 2014

Patent royalties in Smart Phones < 1/3rd of the end price. Shows again stupidity of patent system

Posted on by Robin Edgar

for such a phone [$400 RRP], the potential patent royalties could exceed US$120 per device. This brings the licensing fees per device close to the cost of components, which on the US$400 phone would be somewhere between US$120 and US$150. "… those costs may be undermining industry profitability—and, in turn, diminishing incentives to invest and Read more about Patent royalties in Smart Phones < 1/3rd of the end price. Shows again stupidity of patent system[…]

UNetbootin – create a USB bootable linux drive

Posted on by Robin Edgar

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you’ve already downloaded Read more about UNetbootin – create a USB bootable linux drive[…]

Google starts to implement right to be forgotten

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union found that certain users can ask search engines to remove results for queries that include their name where those results are inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed. In implementing this decision, Read more about Google starts to implement right to be forgotten[…]