New EU-Wide Patent System Approved
Dupple writes "There's a two page article over on IT World detailing a new patent system passed by the European Parliament that will unify the patent process across most countries in the EU. Quoting: 'Parliament adopted all three proposed regulations needed to form the new patent system on Tuesday: the regulation on a Unitary Patent, the language regime and the formation of a new unified patent court system. Not all European Union member states want a part in the new system: Italy and Spain refused to participate, although they may join at any time. The new system will cut the cost of obtaining a patent in the participating countries by up to 80 percent, the Parliament said. The patents will be made available in English, French and German and applications will have to be made in one of those three languages. Not everyone was pleased with the newly adopted regulation though. MEPs opposing the adopted text are concerned the new system is going to be bad for innovation and business, and by ...
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Data Visualisation Startup Qunb Wins LeWeb Paris 2012 Startup Competition
Data visualisation startup Qunb just won the LeWeb Paris 2012 Startup Competition. Second placed was data-over-2G mobile startup Be-Bound, and third place went to mobile app Recommend. The judges were skeptical about Recommend’s business model, while they thought Be-Bound has “huge global potential” — if indeed they can make a business of what they do. Of the three, though, Qunb’s data visualisation technology and potential market stood out as the most promising. That said, the judges conceded they did not understand all of Qunb’s technology — and noted that they were not involved in the competition’s shortlisting process. The competition started with a list of sixteen finalists that pitched their products in front of a group of venture capitalists, journalists and successful startup founders. The top three companies from these sixteen finalists then got a chance to present their companies on the main LeWeb stage this afternoon. All three finalists are French startups. Here ...
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Translation is UX
Je ne suis pas monsieur Lebowski. C’est vous monsieur Lebowski. Moi, je suis le Duc. — The Big Lebowski , French version There is a world where Harry Potter’s arch enemy is “Du-weißt-schon-wer,” Facebook users click the “Me gusta” button, and the Dude is named “le Duc.” This world is a translated world. We—the people who make websites—now study almost every aspect of our trade, from content and usability to art direction and typography. Our attention to detail has never been greater as we strive to provide the best possible experience. Yet many users still experience products that lack personality or are difficult to understand. They are users of a translated version. When we pledge to embrace the adaptable nature of the web—to make our websites responsive and even future-ready—we’re typically talking about diversity of devices. But the web’s diversity also comes in the form of different languages and cultures. Translation affects users’ experiences—and ...
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French hacker captures €500,000 with smartphone trojan
A 20-year-old French hacker has reportedly defrauded over 17,000 people with a trojan disguised as several popular smartphone applications, mostly on Android
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