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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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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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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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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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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Well-known American inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is joining Google. The 64-year-old, whose work includes computer and machine intelligence, neuroscience and virtual reality, revealed the move on his blog on Friday. Kurzweil said ...
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The 64-year-old, whose work includes computer and machine intelligence, neuroscience and virtual reality, revealed the move on his blog on Friday. Kurzweil said his work at Google would focus on new projects involving machine learning and ...
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WOODWORKING is a tricky skill to master. Students learn to measure carefully before they reach for a saw, and to cut as true to the design as hand and eye allow. But, even so, precise cutting is a painstaking job, full of pitfalls and ...
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Google is known for setting ambitious targets for itself,and it's apparently making no exception for self-driving cars.Such"autonomous vehicles"will be a reality for"ordinary people"in less than five years,Google CEO Sergey Brin said on ...
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