Copyright was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks... talk by Richard M. Stallman
Problem:
Easily integrating your Linux host into a Windows environment ...
Solution:
This solution allows one to very easily navigate any number of windows/samba servers and shares with any file management application (and from the shell).
Patent von Yahoo Inc. (Antrag 2008, genehmigt 2011)
System, Apparatus and Method to manage contextual based mobile search including vitality information: location of the mobile device, a time of day, an event, information from the mobile user's calendar, past behavior of the mobile user, weather, social networking data, aggregate behaviors, or even information about proximity of a social contact.
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