Tag Archives: Google

Google flogging a dead horse with Motorola pager patent

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

For those who follow patent matters, the spat between Google and Microsoft revolving around whether Exchange ActiveSync infringes a Motorola pager patent dating from August 1995 has moved on to Germany, where an associated case is being heard in Mannheim. … Continue reading →

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Google loses ActiveSync patent case in London

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

On December 23, 2011 Microsoft sued Motorola Mobility in the High Court in London in an action (reference HC11C04536) that eventually came before Mr Justice Arnold on December 3, 2012. I first heard about the case in May when I … Continue reading →

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Google and Microsoft spat over ActiveSync: Hardly a war, more like a skirmish

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

January 30 Update: Just on the deadline, it seems like Google has acceded to a request from Microsoft to extend its support for ActiveSync connections to Gmail until July 31, 2013. The step simply makes sense as it reduces the … Continue reading →

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Searching, iFilters, and attachments

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Ireland in October is definitely different to Florida in September. Although I didn’t see much of the outside weather during last week’s MEC in Orlando, heat and humidity has been replaced with Dublin’s ongoing mixture of rain and wind. Some … Continue reading →

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Sanity slowing coming into focus in patent wars

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

Patents have been a lucrative source of highly profitable income for the technology companies that have accumulated sizable portfolios over the years. Companies earn income by licensing their patents to other companies or by prosecuting others who are felt to … Continue reading →

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November posts on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

I know that many of the readers of this fine blog don’t have the chance or the time to keep up to date with the “Exchange Unwashed” blog that I contribute to on WindowsITPro.com (of course, you could subscribe to … Continue reading →

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Gmail shows Office 365 how to meet a 99.9%+ SLA

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

The really bad thing about the Office 365 outages in August and September is that the accumulated 330 minutes of downtime means that Microsoft cannot meet its published Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.9%. To their credit, Microsoft has already … Continue reading →

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Offline Gmail returns but doesn’t make Microsoft quiver (too much)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Yesterday Google relaunched offline access for Gmail, Calendar, and Docs. The new HTML5-based capability replaces the previous functionality built using Google Gears. Gmail is the first application to get an upgrade in the form of a Chrome application that can … Continue reading →

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G-Mailman video from Microsoft

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

In my post about the positioning and marketing wars between Microsoft Office 365 and Google Apps, I discussed the fact that the battle between Microsoft and Google is likely to be a tad dirty at times. I therefore wasn’t surprised … Continue reading →

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Some odd Google search results

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

One of my ex-colleagues at HP was doing some research into how Exchange 2010 performs replication. He plugged in a search request into Google and got some interesting results back, which he just had to share with me (below). I … Continue reading →

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