I spend a lot of time thinking about IP. No, I’m not talking about Internet Protocol; I’m talking about the other IP. Intellectual Property. Some day before I get too old, I’m going to put my career as a software guy on hold and go to law school to study this stuff more seriously. I […]
I’ve read with great interest about the dirt-cheap PCs that Wal-Mart has been selling. It turns out that these not-so-wimpy internet appliances (128Mb of RAM, 10Gb of disk, and built-in 10/100 Ethernet) are running an new operating system called LindowsOS which is really just Linux + KDE 3.0 and some really easy to use management […]
Does anyone know if there are any Hebrew-English dictionaries available that aren’t encumbered by copyright restrictions? Ideally I’d like to find something in electronic form, but I’ll take a print dictionary if that’s all that’s available.
My first couple of years at Yahoo! I worked on statistical models used for targeted advertising and content recommendation. Last year, we actually got around to submitting one of those systems to the U.S. Patent Office. It hasn’t been granted yet, but hey, “Patent Pending” is cool enough. I’m hopeful that they will grant it, […]