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Microsoft patent application hints at pay-as-you-go PCs
engadget.com - 1/1/2009
Microsoft patent application hints at pay-as-you-go PCs
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Heavily subsidized computers are hardly a new idea, as evidenced by the number of carriers now offering " free " netbooks , but a recently revealed patent application indicates that Microsoft might be thinking about taking the idea a few steps further. Apparently, the company is at least ...
appft1.uspto.gov - 12/29/2008
U.S. Patent Application: Metered Pay-As-You-Go Computing Experience
— appft1.uspto.gov — A computer with scalable performance level components and selectable software and service options has a user interface... that allows individual performance levels to be selected. The scalable performance level components may include a processor, memory, ... (more) U.S. Patent Application: Metered Pay-As-You-Go Computing ...
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Nokia patent hints at future Communicator!
cellpassion.mobi - 12/26/2008
Nokia patent hints at future Communicator!
— cellpassion.mobi — Patent Application 20080313857 filed with the USPTO hints at a future Nokia Communicator that will be much... more 'brick-ier' than the existing ones. And part of the blame would go to its mind bogling four-way folding form factor! Yup, it has got no ... (more) Nokia patent hints at future Communicator!

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MS pay-per-use PC patent already rejected
electronista.com - 1/2/2009
MS pay-per-use PC patent already rejected
— electronista.com — Microsoft's patent application for a usage-based PC model has already been rebuffed by the US Patent Office,... according to a letter disclosed today. Given to Microsoft a few days before the requested patent became public, the notice rejects ... (more) MS pay-per-use PC patent already rejected
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Microsoft pay-as-you-go PCs?
Ployer — ... Microsoft is looking at offering a computer with "scalable performance level components" and selectable software, which sounds somewhat similar to the "managed PC" that Microsoft developed with Korea's KT telecom , Engadget reports. That would let users only pay for the features that they used, with some added graphics performance or storage space. To prevent "unlocking" the PC, each computer would also come equipped with a security module and metering agent. ...

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