September 12th, 2007
Alex Wolfe (InformationWeek) writes about a new patent just awarded to the folks in Redmond.
Graphical User Interface For A Screen Telephone (U.S. Patent 7,225,409) is for:
A graphical user interface for a web telephone [which] provides a unique combination of display elements that provide information and enable the user to access functionality of the device.
More potential worries for Apple since the patent isn’t just for a phone, but for the underlying software, and the patent document even includes a helpful flowchart.
Although the patent was awarded on May 29, 2007, it was originally filed in 1999, which presumably means Microsoft could claim it had the idea first.
Steve Jobs, call your lawyer?
September 12th, 2007
Propelled by growth in services and manufacturing sectors, coupled with an appreciating rupee, India’s economy has swelled to a trillion dollars - making it only the 12th nation to reach this milestone.
India’s GDP crossed the $1.01 trillion mark at current market prices on Wednesday, becoming the world’s 12th economy to surge past that defining milestone. The historic moment was orchestrated when the rupee rose over the 41 level in relation to the US dollar, touching its highest value in nine years.
According to government data, India’s economy at market prices stood at Rs 41,25,724 crore at the end of fiscal 2006-07, which equals nearly $1,010 billion at the current foreign exchange rate of the rupee.
Only the US, Japan, Germany, China, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia have breached the trillion-dollar GDP level in the past.