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Feds Enter Blackberry Fray

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the say-it-ain't-so dept.

Rick Zeman writes "Blackberry addicted US Feds have entered into the patent dispute between Canadian company Research in Motion and US patent-holders NTP. From the article: 'The Justice Department has filed a legal brief in a patent dispute, asking a federal court to delay any immediate shutdown of the popular wireless e-mail system to ensure that state and federal workers can continue to use their devices.' Apparently 10% of US Blackberry users are government users."

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  1. wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    amazing! noone gives a shit! go do something productive with your lives you worthless geeks!

  2. Government Spending by mysqlrocks · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apparently 10% of US Blackberry users are government users.

    Good to see our tax payer dollars spent on overpriced technology.

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  3. Re:I've written on this before by TubeSteak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Before anyone resurrects the asshat response that Solandri (704621) gave you, I think its important to point out that your #1 point states that the patent includes the idea of a wireless handheld. Not just accessing e-mail from wherever. "There is nothing innovative nor original about losing the wires or shrinking the the computer down to the size of a handheld as it pertains to email." umm... yes there is. Up till that point, I assume no one had bothered to create such a device. Hence the innovation.

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  4. Cheney Wants His Blackberry Back by Bushido+Hacks · · Score: -1, Troll

    Satan's phone number is linked to his pacemaker.

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