- Fri Jun 1 2001 U.S. Defense Department awards contract
The U.S. Defense Department has awarded a $108 million contract to the San Diego Supercomputing Center, Mississippi State University and the Ohio Supercomputer Center to improve high-performance computing technology. The consortium, called the Programming Environment and Training (PET) group, was awarded the three-year contract to investigate simulations of fluid flow, climate, weather and the ocean.
Nine other universities also are involved in the consortium. There are five one-year extension options for the contract.
- Thu Dec 4 2003 What's up, Doc? Not the number of science Ph.D.s
A survey shows that the number of doctoral degrees awarded in U.S. science and engineering programs continues to drop. Women, however, are earning a growing share.
- Fri Jun 29 2001 Liquid Audio awarded patent
Online music software and services company Liquid Audio says it was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent Office for its watermark technology used for distributing secure digital music files. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company said the patent convers its technique for embedding and detecting watermark data within an audio signal. Liquid Audio added that the watermark patent is one of several patents that has been granted to the company by the U.S. Patent Office.
The announcement follows shortly after the company laid off 40 percent of its work force, or 78 employees out of its staff of 195, in an effort to stay afloat through the economic downturn.
- Wed Jan 10 2007 IBM wins patent glory, but seeks reform
Big Blue was awarded the most U.S. patents in 2006, but it still wants patent system tweaks.
- Tue Jun 13 2006 Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
U.S. government will give one of its highest scientific awards to one of the figures behind conservation.
- Fri Oct 27 2006 Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent appeal
Case stemming from spat with AT&T could change how damages are awarded for infringement of U.S. patents on software shipped overseas.
- Fri Dec 10 1999 Palm Computing awarded milestone patent
Palm Computing receives the six millionth U.S. patent in a special ceremony, emblematic of Silicon Valley's increasing emphasis on protecting its intellectual property.
- Thu Oct 29 2009 Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit
Judge also finds self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace "willfully violated" court orders and refers the matter to U.S. Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution.
- Fri Aug 10 2007 How filmmaking is like launching a start-up
Software executive-turned filmmaker Charles Ferguson talks about tech's role in his award-winning documentary on the U.S. occupation in Iraq.
- Fri Mar 2 2007 NASA awards supercomputing hours
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