Archive for June 1st, 2007





Loki becomes friendlier

Jun 1st, 2007 | By Jesse

In light of the poll results over at SlashGeo I will continue on with my day of Mac posts. So the folks building the Loki wifi positioning system rolled out a Mac version of their toolbar this week along with one for mobile devices. I enjoyed playing with it when I was running [...]



More on the Encyclopedia Britannica mapping patent suit

Jun 1st, 2007 | By Sue

Not a whole lot more has come out in the news this morning, but I have looked up Encyclopedia Britannica’s patents listed on Patent Monkey website, and the main one in question would seem to be US Patent No. 7,051,018 B2, which was awarded on May 23, 2006, and states that:
“The invention claimed is:
1. A [...]



3D Windows apps coming to Mac

Jun 1st, 2007 | By Jesse

For those of you who have been switching over to the Mac, but are tired of booting into Windows whenever you want to run anything graphics ‘heavy’ from Windows Live 3D to the latest first person shooter, a solution is on the horizon. Parallels, the virtualization software, has announced their 3.0 upgrade which may [...]



TomTom and Magellan sued by Encyclopedia Britannica

Jun 1st, 2007 | By Sue

In that twisty-turny world of patents, it seems that Encyclopedia Britannica is going after TomTom and Magellan for infringement of patents it holds for a “computerized mapping system.” The suit was filed in Wisconsin and also includes a retail store, American TV & Appliance of Madison Inc., with no explanation as to why they were [...]