"I got you under my skin"

[Munkey]

I believe Microsoft can now be blamed for a whole range of other "bugs" now if this story is true

http://www.in-sourced.com/article/articleview/1948/1/1/

Looks like we're one step closer to paying for the air we breathe

 

[Dillinja]

Hmm. Maybe Bill Gates really is the devil.

 

[gunner440]

thats ......

how long til those animal testing cruelty people find something else to whine about :x

 

[Sharma]

I give the stupid twats who oppose everything and anything two weeks before they protest outside MS HQ.

 

[Shovel]

I'm curious: It says there that IBM did research into the same thing and produced a working demo. How are Microsoft allowed to patent it?

 

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

So Microsoft are trying to create an army of cyborgs.

 

[Tom]

Thats pretty cool. Just imagine, you could cough over somebody, and quite literally infect them.

 

[Dillinja]

Sort of reminds me of an old comic book, think it was called Virus... also made into a rather crappy film I believe.

 

[nath]

I'm curious: It says there that IBM did research into the same thing and produced a working demo. How are Microsoft allowed to patent it?

If IBM didn't patent it then it's fair game.

 

[Danya]

If IBM didn't patent it then it's fair game.

Depends on the country. Some countries have the concept of "prior art" which prevents people from patenting something that someone else invtented (even if the other person didn't patent it). I don't think america has such a law though.

 

[SawTooTH]

Patent law is different in Uk & Europe. Its not as Global as you might think.