invention

Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet switching technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84.

Tech Flash: "Microsoft Chief Patent Officer Bart Eppenauer notes in a blog post that 2010 will "go down in history as a significant year for creativity and invention at Microsoft.""

Aardvark, the Q&A service that was recently acquired by Google, has filed a patent for “promotional status messages”.

You know when you sign up for a service and it lets you post a message to your friends on Twitter or Facebook inviting them to join?

Yup, Aardark is somehow claiming that this was the company’s own invention..

NY Times: "Nathan Myhrvold, chief of Intellectual Ventures, says patent holders are being treated unfairly."