Google's former top patent lawyer has been put in charge of America's patent and trademark office (USPTO).
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| Ms Lee worked as Google's top patent attorney until June 2012 |
Former Google lawyer Michelle Lee to run US patent office
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Copycat ransomware demands cash to unscramble files
Malicious programs that demand a ransom to restore files that they have encrypted are starting to proliferate.
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| Cryptolocker's sophisticated use of encryption has made it hard to defeat |
Amazon's Jeff Bezos loses Nasa launch pad protest
A space company run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has lost a protest over Nasa's plans to lease out a launch pad.
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| The space shuttle Atlantis was launched from the pad that Blue Origin is looking to use |
Southampton University supercomputer goes live
A £3.2m supercomputer, one of the most powerful in the UK, has been installed at the University of Southampton.
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| The supercomputer will allow academics to work on more projects at faster speeds |
Twitter backtracks on blocking changes
Friday, December 13, 2013
Twitter has reversed changes it made to how people block other users, less than a day after they were introduced.
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| There have been concerns over the rise in the number of cases of trolling on Twitter |
Bots now 'account for 61% of web traffic'
If you are visiting this page the chances are that you are not a human, at least according to research.
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| The study suggests humans only account for 38.5% of internet traffic |
Instagram adds direct messaging to take on rivals
Photo and video sharing app Instagram has added direct messaging to its service in a nod to the success of rivals such as Whatsapp and Snapchat.
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| Messages can be sent, privately, to up to 15 recipients at once |
