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A NICTA-developed robotic clarinet player has bagged a top European technology prize.

Klausner Technologies filed a voicemail patent lawsuit against Google Verizon Communications, LG Electronics Inc Comverse technology, Citrix Systems, and Embarq in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. Judah Klausner claims infringements on patents in various countries for visual voicemail. Klausner previously sued and won settlements from Time Warner's AOL and Vonage. - SAN FRANCISCO - Emboldened by settlements with Apple Incand AT amp;T Inc, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patentlawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc, Verizon Communications Inc andothers.The inventor's company, Klausner Technologies Inc, also named asdefendants LG Electronics In...

Ericsson (ERIC) announced the launch of its self-developed TD-SCDMA NodeB product in a technology exhibition held in Beijing, making it the first foreign company that launched a base station with the Chinese-made TD-SCDMA technology.At the same time, it makes Ericsson the only multinational telecommunications manufacturer that can provide end-to-end solutions, including core network, radio network [...]

At the IFA fair in Berlin, the world's largest consumer electronics event, organizers of the fair say they are moving with the times as retail chains selling electronics replace specialist retailers and companies such as Philips, Samsung and LG no longer limit their products to electronic entertainment. Developers are also trying to use technology to make domestic appliances even more useful, such as a dryer that includes an ironing function or a washing machine that can be turned on via the Internet. - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - More than 60 years after its debut, one of theworld's oldest consumer electronics fairs is venturing into newterritory this week by making room to showcase washers, dryers, stovesand other household appliances.At the IFA fair in Berlin -- where former German Chancellor ...

The start date comes nearly 10 months after MLB general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology

The National Medal of technology and Innovation is the nation's highest honor for technological achievement.

MessageLabs has purchased a provider of image analysis technology to improve its e-mail security offerings. The company says technology from Fortium ICA will help secure e-mail by preventing unauthorized images from entering or leaving enterprise networks. - MessageLabs has acquired United Kingdom-based Fortium ICA Limited in a bid to broaden its ability to enforce e-mail security policies using image composition analysis. The acquisition, made for an undisclosed sum, is intended to strengthen MessageLabs' position as a provider of SAAS (software-as-...

Now open-source, the Conde Nast-owned company has opted to allow developers to co-opt its technology for fully functional third-party sites. It might not push it up to rival Digg's level, but it's a nice move.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes 'The database used by the government to generate lists like the No-Fly List is 'crippled by technical flaws,' according to the chairman of a House technology oversight subcommittee. And the upgrade may be worse than the original. Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) says that 'if actually deployed, [the upgrade] will leave our country more vulnerable than the existing yet flawed system in operation today.' It seems that the current database doesn't have any easy way to do plain-text matching, forcing users to enter SQL queries. That might not sound so bad until you learn that the database contains 463 poorly indexed tables. How long until there's a terrorist named Robert'); DROP DATABASE; —?' of this story at Slashdot.

Anonymous Cow writes 'The world's first international fuel-cell powered motor racing series kicked off in Rotterdam over the weekend. The organisers hope that 'Formula Zero,' like Forumula 1, can become a forum for competing technology as much as anything else, helping green consumer cars to become better.' of this story at Slashdot.