Proceedings for patent infringement against Apple

Apple is the subject of a new prosecution. The manufacturer is accused of violating a patent covering technology used by its iPhone to browse the Internet and view Web sites in the small format screens cell. Filed by the property developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors, the patent for this technology was approved in October by the U.S. Patent Office on behalf of the company EMG Technology LLC, a company founded by Los Gottfurcht Angeles. EMG brought to her Monday at the federal court district of Tyler, Texas. Interestingly, EMG thinking not to pursue other companies such as HTC, manufacturer of cellular G1 Google, or Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry. Yet these companies use similar technologies to reformat the content of the Internet and display on the small screen of their product. The lawyer representing EMG stated unequivocally to Reuters that the firm has instead merely to attack the aircraft the most prominent, considering that this target would be sufficient in the context of the popularity of the gadget .

The Auto Show in Detroit dead and buried?

The American channel MSNBC reported yesterday that the Detroit Auto Show, which has long been considered (that is also its official name) the Auto Show North American par excellence, dying. After Ferrari, Porsche, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Rolls Royce and Land Rover, which will all default to the edition of January 2009, now the group announced that Nissan stand down in turn. If someone sought proof that the Motor Town was no longer the epicenter of automotive once here is one that is at least ringing. MSNBC quoted a spokesman for Nissan said that, quite simply, "that since we have no new product to unveil the Detroit Auto Show and Chicago, and in view of current economic conditions, which will affect the effectiveness of marketing these two exhibitions, we decided to cancel any involvement on our part. " Earlier last week, Nissan lifted the veil on its new compact MPV North America, the Cube, the Auto Show in Los Angeles. The Japanese manufacturer - a subsidiary of French group Renault - has also unveiled a convertible version of its G37 coupe (Infiniti) and the next generation Z coupe, renamed the 370Z. Like what Detroit is no longer the Gateway it was essential for anyone wishing to penetrate the North American market ... Look to see if this kind of bad news lurks one or the other of Canadian auto shows. In recent years, Montreal has played the green card, with rooms dedicated to alternative propulsion, whether electric or hybrid engine. Toronto preferred to rely on an annual taken to putting the largest automotive designers on the planet. In the context of the Canadian automotive industry, it is still surprising to see even a manufacturer to withdraw Auto Show in Toronto. Montreal? It is no longer a major national exhibition last few Years ago. But here are more dealers than manufacturers who seem to lead the boat. It will be interesting to see how the financial setbacks of American parent GM, Ford and Chrysler will affect them.

A recruitment exercise at $ 41 000

Even if you live in Montreal and its suburbs, you have been surprised recently to receive a brochure inviting you to subscribe to the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)? You are not alone. Nearly 275 000 households have received such advertising "a wide range of courses presented on DVD by a method unique in Quebec." Cost: 41 000 $ 12 $ 000 to print the leaflets and 29 000 $ for posting in areas where people aged 30 to 39 years, particularly likely to follow university courses distance According UQAT. To recruit more students - and receive more funding from Quebec - universities from moving into the 450. The University of Sherbrooke built a tower of 17 floors underground Longueuil, the University of Quebec in Ottawa provides for a five-storey campus in St. Jerome, even the University of Montreal has seen fit to open branches in Laval and in Lachenaie. With a more modest UQAT hopes to attract workers who do not have time to go to class. "The courses are filmed during their activities, in terms of the student silent at the bottom of the class," says Sylvie Blais, coordinator of Sciences business management UQAT. Why not offer online training? "It's not everyone who has access to high-speed Internet," she claimed. This is the first time this post UQAT advertising for the winter semester, after having done so three times for the fall. Last year, the university has received 700 registrations for management course by DVD. "This is not quite satisfactory, but the marketing professors tell us we need to hammer the shot more than once," says Blais. Notice to interested: it costs $ 409.80 to register for a course by DVD and registrations are accepted until mid-December.

Smoking to lose weight

Listen to the response of the speaker and nutritionist in the smoking cessation clinic to help smokers hospital Laval, Nadine Bonneville. The majority of women who smoke are afraid to fatten if they stop smoking. According to a survey conducted by the Angus Reid firm, 77% of smokers fear of gaining weight crushing. Nearly 10% of respondents, smoking is a way to lose weight or stay thin. In 18% of cases, women have confessed to having started smoking to improve their silhouette.

Sanctioned by the courts, Wizzgo suspend its online video

Tuesday severely condemned by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris for illegally copied programs of several television channels, Wizzgo decided Wednesday to suspend its video service online. Tuesday, TGI Paris ruled that the company had committed "acts of infringement by reproducing and communicating to the public, without authorization, programs produced and broadcast by the channels M6, W9, TF1 and NT1 and sentenced to pay nearly half a million euros in damages to the group M6, a conviction that could increase once TF1 and NT1 have assessed their injury. "It appears that beyond a decision in principle which now prohibits the use of a VCR dematerialized, the ruling makes clear the will to put an end to Wizzgo", reacted Wednesday one of the founders of Wizzgo, Cut-Jerome Rousseau. "Amazed" by "the exceptional importance of conviction" that has been imposed, he concludes that "in these circumstances, Wizzgo was forced to suspend today's video service online. Accused of piracy by its detractors, on the contrary Wizzgo believes that "by refusing the natural evolution of conventional VCR in the digital environment, this decision will unfortunately result in concrete blowing on the embers of illegal downloading." The company, which has already garnered 25,000 supporters on the petition it launched, "therefore solemnly appeals to the authorities that built the legal and regulatory framework that would allow 400,000 French households that have already adopted the service to continue to benefit while paying the beneficiaries. "

The security of the Zenn electric car is in doubt

The electric car at low speed Zenn, which will soon be a pilot project in Quebec, would not be safe enough, according to some documents from the federal Department of Transportation obtained by TVA. According to a statement accompanying videos of tests conducted by Transport Canada, the risk to the driver and passenger in the vehicle at low speeds to be injured in collisions in an urban environment is "excessively high compared to the gravity of the collision. " These tests, which introduced VAT images, Monday, indicates that passengers absorb the shock of a collision on a wall at 40 km-h. Last June, the Quebec Minister of Transport, Julie Boulet, has authorized a pilot project that will allow the Zen movement in areas 50 km-h. The pilot project has been delayed, but should be put in motion in the coming days, reported VAT. Under federal law, the low-speed vehicles do not meet the criteria vehicles parkway. The Zenn has seat belts, but no airbags. When registering a Zenn, documents clearly show the driver that this car "is not the safety of a vehicle walk normally," said the head of engineering the Corporation 's automobile insurance in Quebec (SAAQ), Gaetan Bergeron. The president of Zenn Motor Company (ZNN), Ian Clifford, argued Monday that the car company exceeded the standards of Transport Canada for vehicles at low speed. "In the United States, there are 45 000 vehicles at low speed. For 10 years, there have been no deaths, "he argued, noting that the Zen can not exceed the 40 km-h. Zenn Motor Company hopes to sell a hundred of these vehicles in Quebec over the next year.

Software to discover the meteorite craters

Researchers at the University of Alberta announced Tuesday they have developed new software to identify the hundreds of craters created by the impact of meteorites on the Earth's surface but are hidden by the landscape. "This technology can be used to discover the hundreds of craters from meteorites that anywhere in the world, are hidden by trees but were photographed without knowing when aerial reconnaissance," said in a summary of the study Christ Herd , A professor at the University of Alberta. With the new program, the scientist was able to remove trees and foliage on aerial photos taken by a forestry company and confirm the discovery of a small crater near the town of Whitecourt, 200 km west Edmonton (Calgary, western Canada). Once the vegetation removed, these images have revealed a crater bowl-shaped 36 meters in diameter, made 1100 years ago, and now recognized as the youngest crater of Canada. Observations on the Moon and Mars suggests that a meteorite will crash every 10 years on Earth, underlines the study. However, only 175 craters have been listed on the blue planet, five of which have a diameter less A100 meters and less than ten have been trained there are fewer than 10,000 years. "By discovering and analyzing more craters, current theories on the number of meteorites that hit Earth in the past and the frequency of future impacts will change," said Mr. Herd, whose research was published Tuesday in the newspaper Geology.