The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

While IP Australia’s updated manual could be favourable to computer-implemented inventions, stakeholders would like to see whether a consistent and reliable standard is followed during actual ...

Engelbart died on Tuesday night, according to an email sent from his daughter, Christiana, to The Computer History Museum in California, where Engelbart had been a fellow since 2005. Ms Engelbart did ...

Hardly a week goes by without the controversial issue of software patenting hitting the news. Particularly controversial are the business-method software patent filings that are inundating the U.S.

SIR Clive Sinclair, the British computer pioneer, has died aged 81. The inventor’s daughter said today he died after a long illness at home in London. Sir Clive became a household name after bringing ...

It's nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days of the computer mouse are numbered. A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.

The ‘Baby ’, built in 1948, was the first stored- program computer. It was the first machine to work like the computers we have today. Show more In June 1948, the ‘Baby’ was invented. It was the first ...

Inventors shape the world we live in with their scientific discoveries and technological innovations. Over the last century they have transformed our lives with inventions ranging from the humble ...