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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft taps linguist in 'App Store' trademark spat]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>benjamneee</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has once again filed opposition to Apple's efforts to trademark the phrase &quot;App Store.&quot;In a new reply filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to get Apple's trademark application refused, Microsoft rebutted Apple's rebuttal from earlier this month. This is the same one Microsoft knocked for breaking the rules by being too long and using a smaller font size to get in more of an argument. &quot;The undisputed facts establish that 'app store' means exactly what it says, a store offering apps, and is generic for the retail store services for which Apple seeks registration,&quot; the company wrote in today's filing. &quot;Apple does not contest that its other services are ancillary and incidental to its retail store services. Summary judgment should be entered denying Apple's application in its entirety.&quot;In the nine-page document (PDF), Microsoft takes aim at Apple's defense of the trademark, which made use of testimony from Robert A. Leonard to show that &quot;App Store&quot; was in fact a proper noun and had proven itself to be tied to Apple ahead of competitors.Microsoft struck back in a separate declaration filed today by linguistic expert Ronald R. Butters that attempts to poke holes in Leonard's claims, saying &quot;the compound noun 'app store' means simply 'store at which apps are offered for sale,' which is merely a definition of the thing itself--a generic characterization.&quot;Butters also knocks Leonard's sourcing of online dictionaries that had spelled out Apple's ties to the App Store moniker. &quot;The online 'dictionary' sources Leonard cites were not written by established lexicographers and are without scientific authority,&quot; Butters wrote. &quot;Even so, he included an online source that does, in fact, define app store as a generic term.&quot;Microsoft's legal battle against Apple over the use of the App Store name began in January, with Microsoft filing arguments that the phrase was too generic. Since then the companies have traded blows for and against the 2008 patent filing, with Microsoft attempting to preserve its general use, in part, to keep it from becoming a permanent part of Apple's trademark portfolio.Besides Apple's legal tussle with Microsoft over the controversial trademark filing, the company has gone on the offense against Amazon for calling its new mobile software distribution marketplace the &quot;Appstore,&quot; filing a lawsuit just last week. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Securing the smart grid no small task]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>benjamneee</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO--The road to a secure smart grid is still being built. Can it be finished in time to keep next-generation threats at bayThat question was left largely unanswered during a panel discussion on &quot;securing the smart grid&quot; at the RSA security conference taking place here this week. The smart grid promises to bring a number of benefits to both consumers and utilities in the coming years--things like intelligent off-peak appliance use' real-time metering' and customer education on efficiency and conservation. But bringing that kind of experience to fruition is still a work in progress, with some of the blame being placed on utility companies for not being agile enough when it comes to security, interconnectivity, and the like.According to specialists, the problem is (and continues to be) huge fragmentation among the power companies, something that on its own is issue enough, but as the panelists lamented, the same problem threatens the technologies these companies plan to roll out.&quot;In my experience, utility companies are very siloed,&quot; said Mike Echols, the program manager for critical-infrastructure protection at the Salt River Project in Arizona. &quot;Each of those silos has its own IT groups, and there's a reason for that. They don't want to converge because in typical IT that's considered a risk.&quot;In the electricity industry that risk has become more apparent after what happened last year with Stuxnet, the computer virus that targeted homogenized industrial systems and represents the first in a wave of expected attacks aimed at infrastructure. As the grid gets more intertwined with consumer electronics and home area networks, the likelihood of a wider range of targets is expected to increase. So what would it take to make utilities less fractured from an IT perspective Echols suggested that IT security be put higher on the ladder of the corporate structure of these utility companies, so that important decisions trickled down into the subgroups. &quot;Cybersecurity tends not to be in a leadership position,&quot; he said, while noting that this is beginning to change with increased compliance, which is driving changes in the power industry. Moderator Sam Curry with Gib Sorebo, Mike Echols, and Heath Thompson at RSA 2011.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Another big issue, as noted by panelist Gib Sorebo, chief cybersecurity technologist for SAIC, is that outside security companies looking to do business with the utilities first need to gain a deep understanding of power companies before trying to tackle security challenges.&quot;We have to know how important it is for us to understand how everyone does their jobs, what the concerns are, and what the potential impact is depending upon what kind of events take place--and to show that communication,&quot; Sorebo said. &quot;You see that same kind of thing happening in banking.&quot;One question that lingers is whether a system that's simply more secure will be able to handle evolving threats. Heath Thompson, the CTO at Landis &amp; Gyr, said the industry hadn't come to grips with that yet but that there were the beginnings of a foundation for stronger security across the entire ecosystem. To attack new threats head on, however, the systems need to be readily adjustable with things like upgradeable firmware and infrastructure.Ultimately though, making the grid too connected from a technology perspective could do just as much harm as good, which is why the right safeguards have to be put in place. &quot;The smart grid can do a lot of wonderful things in terms of automation and finding events quickly,&quot; Sorebo said. &quot;But it can also automate disaster, and that's something that more and more people obviously need to focus on.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe tackling 'Flash cookie' privacy issue]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>benjamneee</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Adobe Systems is offering assurances that it's adapting Flash Player to make it easier for people to protect their identities online.Since time immemorial, browsers have been able to store small text files called cookies that Web sites have been able to use to track people's identity online--for example when Amazon wants to present product suggestions.That's always raised hackles among those who'd rather not register their identities with any number of servers on the Internet, so for years people have been able to manage cookies, including rejecting them in the first place or deleting them at will.The cookie, though, was only the beginning of a much larger trend toward storing data on a browser's computer. Nowadays, we have or soon will get standards for Application Cache, Local Storage, Indexed DB--and Adobe Systems' Flash Player.Individually, these technologies are useful for various Web chores including identity tracking. Collectively, they make it possible for Web site operators to track identity in a more sophisticated fashion: unless people delete all forms of locally stored data, a Web server could reconstitute a regular cookie with, say, data stored using Flash or the other mechanisms. This idea is known as the &quot;supercookie&quot; for its relative tenaciousness and sometimes a &quot;Flash cookie&quot; for the involvement of Flash.Browser makers are expanding their data-wiping abilities beyond just regular cookies, and at least in some browsers, some new storage technologies ask users' permission before storing data. Now Adobe's Emmy Huang published a blog pointing to progress in getting browsers to be able to control information stored by Flash through a new aspect of the browser plug-in application programming interface (API).&quot;Representatives from several key companies, including Adobe, Mozilla and Google have been working together to define a new browser API (NPAPI ClearSiteData) for clearing local data, which was approved for implementation on January 5, 2011,&quot; Huang said. &quot;Any browser that implements the API will be able to clear local storage for any plug-in that also implements the API,&quot; Huang said.Huang also pointed to support added to Flash Player 10.1 for private-browsing features of Internet Explorer,Safari,Firefox, and Chrome. With that support, Flash Player deletes locally stored information when a private-browsing session ends.More changes are coming, she added:We know the Flash Player Settings Manager could be easier to use, and we're working on a redesign coming in a future release of Flash Player, which will bring together feedback from our users and external privacy advocates. Focused on usability, this redesign will make it simpler for users to understand and manage their Flash Player settings and privacy preferences. In addition, we'll enable you to access the Flash Player Settings Manager directly from your computer's Control Panels or System Preferences on Windows,Mac and Linux, so that they're even easier to locate and use. We expect users will see these enhancements in the first half of the year and we look forward to getting feedback as we continue to improve the Flash Player Settings Manager.         Stephen Shankland     Full Profile E-mail Stephen Shankland   E-mail Stephen Shankland If you have a question or comment for Stephen Shankland, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Box.net looks to keep it simple with new version of cloud storage software]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>benjamneee</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Enterprise cloud storage provider Box.net is launching a new version of its software that includes a front-facing interface built from scratch and additional mobile features, the company announced today.The new Box.net interface is a mash-up of micro-blogging activity streams like FriendFeed and online storage like Dropbox. Box users can drag and drop files from their computer directly onto the site to send files into cloud storage. There are also folders that are synched up directly with the cloud, like Dropbox, that automatically update files as they are changed.Users can preview those files directly within Box.net a4&quot; and the software supports a lot of file formats. Box developer Kim Lockhart showed off the capabilities by opening up Adobe Illustrator files within the web interface and previewing other files from Photoshop and the like. Whenever any file is viewed, commented on or changed, Box.net users get an update on their activity feed.&amp;''This basically kills the software problem,&amp;'' Lockhart said. &amp;''You can view files like illustrator files and pretty much anything else as we move forward without ever having to have the software.&amp;''The idea was to remake the front-facing application from scratch because it was becoming too complicated with too many features. Box.net released a new update just about every week last year and added more and more features, and that was clouding up the service and making it too complicated for some end users, said Box.net CEO Aaron Levie. While Box is mainly focused on the enterprise, Levie said Box had plenty of potential in the consumer space a4&quot; to compete with cloud storage providers like Dropbox and the like.The new version of the cloud storage service will also include an app marketplace that includes other cloud-based applications, like NetSuite and Salesforce, that can sync up with Box.net. The idea is to spread the applications virally by including notifications of co-workers adding applications and using them in each activity stream. Box.net is also expanding its relationships with VMWare, NetSuite and other companies to ramp up those applications.Throughout the presentation, one Box.net employee in the crowd was adding photos and documents on the cloud storage provider&amp;'s demonstration account to show off the new mobile features. Box.net wants to focus on tablets a4&quot; specifically Android tablets a4&quot; in the future after seeing some pretty decent success on the iPad, Levie said. The Box.net application was downloaded more than 250,000 times on the iPad. But the company launched the Android application in the fourth quarter last year and already has 70,000 downloads. Box.net is working with Samsung specifically to further develop its application on Android tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab.&amp;''The iPad really opened up the enterprisea4a4s eyes with what was possible with mobile computing and tablet computing,&amp;'' Levie said. &amp;''Ita4a4s not just about email, web applications, ita4a4s actually about getting rich business tools on mobile devices.&amp;''The software will roll out to Box.net&amp;'s customers over the next 30 days and launching today. For the first month, users can switch back and forth between the new and old interface. But after a certain period of time, only the new user interface will be available for Box.net users.Next Story: Game guru Jane McGonigal says &amp;''gamification&amp;'' should make tasks hard, not easy Previous Story: Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin invests in QwikiPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, cloud storage, enterprise cloud computing, enterprise storage, iPhone operating systemCompanies: Box.netPeople: Aaron Levie          Tags: Android, cloud storage, enterprise cloud computing, enterprise storage, iPhone operating systemCompanies: Box.netPeople: Aaron LevieMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Week in review: Eighth grader tops Angry Birds in the App Store]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s our roundup of the weeka4a4s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories published by VentureBeat in the last seven days:Eighth grader knocks Angry Birds out of the top free spot on the App Store &amp;8212' Angry Birds and its variants have dominated the top ranks of iPhone games for the past year. But a game called Bubble Ball just ousted Angry Birds: Seasons from the No. 1 spot on the App Storea4a4s top free apps list.Does Google get games Kongregate mobile arcade banned from Android Marketplace &amp;8212' Whispers of Googlea4a4s social gaming service had gone quiet since Facebook marched to the top of the hill and planted its feet at the front of the social gaming pack. But it might still be alive and in the works. That, or Google just doesna4a4t know what the heck to do with games.Black (Ops) Tuesday: Prepare to get nothing done February 1 &amp;8212' They walk a4&quot; or rather, sit a4&quot; among us. At any given time there are hundreds of thousands of people playing the multiplayer version of the Call of Duty Black Ops combat game. And youa4a4ll know them from their absence from the rest of the world on Tuesday, February 1.iPhone 5, iPad 2 rumors abound: dual-core processors, high-resolution display &amp;8212' Less than a week after the Verizon iPhone was announced, it looks like the tech world was already hungry for Applea4a4s next major products.What makes a great entrepreneur &amp;8212' Attorney Scott Edward Walker tries to answer one of the biggest questions in the startup world.And here are five more posts that we think are important, thought-provoking, fun, or all of the above:Meet Googlea4a4s new CEO, same as the old CEO: Larry Page &amp;8211' One of the longest, most successful runs as chief executive of an Internet company has come to an end: Come April 4, Eric Schmidt will step down as Googlea4a4s CEO, and cofounder Larry Page will resume the position.Facebook confirms $1.5B funding, leaves $500M on the table &amp;8212' For the most part, this just marks the official acknowledgement of what has been reported already, but Facebooka4a4s press release added a couple of suggestive details.Will eBay reveal street artist Banksya4a4s secret identity &amp;8212' Not all things can stay secret in the age of the Internet. An intrepid seller on eBay is offering the identity of the anonymous artist for a cool $1 million.Bloom Energy a4Anot focuseda4 on fuel cells IPO, no plans for a mini-Bloom Box &amp;8212' Bloom Energy is toning down talk of its much-speculated IPO plans this year and looking to expand its reach with a new, more affordable offering that sells electricity generated from its fuel cell-packed Bloom Box.Gamification gets popular, but ita4a4s still finding its feet &amp;8212' Gamification, or using game mechanics in non-game applications, is the new black.Previous Story: Entrepreneur Corner: Boosting collaboration and raising capitalPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, Angry Birds, Bloom Box, Call of Duty Black Ops, gamification, iPad 2, iPhone 5Companies: Apple, Bloom Energy, eBay, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Kongregate, Larry PagePeople: Banksy, Scott Edward Walker          Tags: Android, Android Marketplace, Angry Birds, Bloom Box, Call of Duty Black Ops, gamification, iPad 2, iPhone 5Companies: Apple, Bloom Energy, eBay, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Kongregate, Larry PagePeople: Banksy, Scott Edward WalkerAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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