[OT] browser plugin patents - warning!

[Alex Rice]

Just in:
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml? 
type=technologyNews&storyID=4244611&section=news>

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Thursday that the  
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may come to its rescue and cancel a  
patent that could force the world's biggest software company to rejig  
its most popular product.

Microsoft, of Redmond, Washington, said it was suspending plans to make  
changes to its Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web  
browser, sparing users headaches caused by tweaking how  
mini-applications run on its software. ...



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