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Design firm accuses Mozilla of UI plagiarism

A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making.

MetaLab of Victoria, British Columbia, leveled the charges Tuesday when the 11-person firm's founder, Andrew Wilkinson, blogged about the similarities between his company's designs and those ...more
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NY set to replace IT consultants with state workers

In a cost cutting move, New York's state legislature passed legislation could replace IT consultants by adding up to 500 workers to the state payroll.

New York State has embarked on a plan to shift a number of jobs filled by IT contractors and consultants to the state payroll as part of an effort to save millions of dollars.

As many as 500 new state IT ...more
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Bing Bangs Out More Market Share at Yahoo's Expense

The search-engine wars are alive and well -- and Bing is the beneficiary again. Microsoft's so-called decision engine grabbed 11.5 percent of the U.S. search market in February, according to comScore.

Although that's only a slight increase over January, when Bing boasted 11.3 percent of the search market, it's an incremental improvement Microsoft is glad to see for its less-than-a-year-old ...more
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Microsoft Denied Appeal in i4i Word Patent Case

A U.S. appeals court has again ruled in favor of Toronto-based firm i4i in its long running dispute with Microsoft over XML related patents in its Office and Word products.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling handed down last August by Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The Court of Appeals ...more
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Second thoughts about Google Buzz

So it's been a few weeks since Google Buzz launched, and because I'm a good little geek-soldier who eats his own (figurative) dog food, I've invested lots of time to learn how it works and, more importantly, how it can work for me. Although I'm doing my best to be an optimist, I can't seem to warm up to Buzz. Yes, folks, I think I'm falling out of like with Google's new social media darling service.

Or, ...more
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