U.S. companies shouldn't be able to get patents on abstract ideas when they combine those ideas with a computer process, a lawyer argued in an appeals court Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should invalidate four ...
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UK’s Oxford University researchers have tested a new robotic technology on Nissan Leaf electric car that allows the vehicle drive itself on long routes. The move is aimed at developing everyday vehicles that can offer 'auto drive' ...
The technological increases that smartphones and tablets are making coupled with the never ending surge in popularity of social media is beginning to show in slower to change car manufacturers. Car manufacturers like Chevrolet, BMW, ...
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With speculation swirling that Google is preparing to come out with what's been called the Google X phone and a Google X tablet this spring, analysts say the company is pushing the hardware envelope. For the past month or so, there have ...
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Google isn't the only one developing a self-driving car. At the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Audi is showing off their autonomous vehicle technology and their vision for the future. The technology for the car to drive ...
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German carmaker Audi has received the approval to test the autonomous vehicles on the state's public roads in Nevada in the US. The company tested the self-driving car's technology including the piloted parking and piloted driving on the ...
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Japanese carmaker Toyota and German car manufacturer Audi are planning to unveil their respective driverless cars at the upcoming 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas, US, during 08-11 January 2013. ...
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IDG News Service - Move over, big-screen TVs, cell phones and tablets, because cars might steal the show at next week's International CES. As preparations for the annual electronics show approach their climax here, two of the most awaited ...
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With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
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Want to use Google Maps when you're in the middle of a road trip? Kia Motors America wants to help you do that. Google and Kia jointly announced Wednesday a deal to integrate Google Maps and Google Places into Kia automobiles. Kia's 2014 ...
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CIO - There's no question, we're at an inflection point in the digitization of our world. In every domain and dimension, the substitution of digital for analog is racing ahead. A couple recent examples illustrate the power of this trend. ...
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Intel CTO Justin Rattner predicts that driverless cars will be available within 10 years and that buyers by then will increasingly be more interested in a vehicle's internal technology than the quality of its engine. Intel, the world's ...
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California has signed a new bill that will bring across self-driving (driverless) cars in the state. California Governor Jerry Brown said that the state is looking at science-fiction becoming tomorrow's reality. "Anyone who gets inside ...
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MIT is aiming for a leadership position in mobile technology with the launch on Thursday of its latest research center, Wireless@MIT. Also known more formally as the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, the new ...
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FUTURIST and inventor Raymond Kurzweil said he was going to work as director of engineering at Google to help "turn the next decade's 'unrealistic' visions into reality". Kurzweil, an author whose books include "The Age of Spiritual ...
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