The Lax duty free store carries $35k liquor. Who buys this, or is it only for marketing purposes?

More on software patents: PTO changes standard of patentability with new test

“In its fourth precedential opinion of 2009, an enlarged panel of the BPAI has created a new test for judging whether a claimed machine (or article of manufacture) that takes advantage of a mathematical algorithm falls within the patentable subject matter requirements of 35 U.S.C. Section 101. The two-part test parallels the Federal Circuit’sBilski decision that [...]

Twitter revenue: two points and a question

Twitter has proven a bunch of people wrong by generating significant revenue from the service through data licensing deals with Google and Microsoft.
Twitter Inc., the San Francisco company that has popularized short but free texts known as tweets, is reportedly set to turn a small profit this year thanks to $25 million in Internet search [...]

Score Two Wins Against Software Patents http://goo.gl/fb/muTm
bfeld