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Evidently, the process of protecting intellectual property is now a business in and of itself. Companies like IP Innovation, LLC are able to sustain themselves on patents and intellectual property litigation. As it turns out, the virtual desktop metaphore was established in the U.S. Parent No. 5,072,412 and open source products like Linux are in violation. IP Innovation seeks to recoup damages, which basically means they want to pocket some cash since they have no computer operating system products to speak of.

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Rumor has it that Google may be planning to get into the mobile phone market. The idea would be to take advantage of the Google advertising power on a small mobile device. It’s not clear how this would compete with other popular mobile devices like Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile. It does seem certain that Google would attempt to embed additional mobile capabilities in a phone the competition doesn’t already have.

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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, and has the stated goal of providing children everywhere the opportunity to learn. It’s really not intended to be a project about technology, and while many of the laptops are donated the prospect of being able to get a laptop and donate one at the same time for only $200 is extremely appealing.

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