Microsoft declares its rights to FAT32 file system.

Microsoft corporation submits the judicial claim against the TomTom - manufacturer of navigating devices, accusing the last in infringement of a series of patents. In the claim asserts, that some TomTom products including that work on Linux, violate the right to use of FAT32 file system. The lawsuit lists concrete models of automobile and portable devices where, in opinion Microsoft, contains an infringements. However, independent observers speak, that the TomTom company has been chosen almost casually from the list as many manufacturers of portable devices use FAT32 file system, moreover support of FAT32 has been introduced in Linux operational system, that possible to consider as infringement of the patent. The base occasion for the claim is two patents with numbers 5 579 517 and 5 758 352 which describe system of storage and namings of files on the removable or stationary drives. In practice in two patents is described the technology FAT32, and also the return compatibility DOS files is used names system 8+3 (8 letters on the name and 3 on expansion of a file), and Windows where the 8-alphabetic limit has been removed(has been taken off). In TomTom declare, that they do not agree with the claim of Microsoft and "will resolutely protect" the interests in court. According to Danish company representatives some development were used at creation of a program stuffing for navigating devices, but all of them have been licensed on GPL and in this is not present the fault of the company. Apparently, in court will be define is this program, which source codes free accessible, break the Microsoft rights or not. It is necessary to note, that precisely the same approach has been used in Amazon Kindle devices, smartphones on the basis of Google Android, Nokia Maemo mobile platform and other devices. Experts mark, that if the software giant as a result will transfer the claim on Linux OS in business will entered OIN - Open Invention Network which will respond to Microsoft with a series counterclaims about patents. In 2006 Microsoft has informed, that Linux breaks more than 200 patents, the rights on which belong to the company. However then further statements and threats business is not has gone also claims against Linux has not followed. Besides the patents concern with FAT32 file system, Microsoft also accuses TomTom in infringement of two more patents concerning interfaces of navigators.

Google patents own slider smartphone.

Ambitions Google in mobile sphere grow and grow. First OS Android 1.0, next year is planned release of Android 3.0. And now Google patents the own device. The name of patent is « The Electronic device with the swivel mechanism ». Possibly all salt in the mechanism, as externally the device does not specifically differ and reminds T-Mobile G1. In considering, that the patent has been filled in August, 2007, by the moment of realease a smartphone its design and opportunities will have some number of changes.

Nokia can enter on a notebooks market.

Nokia head, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, has declared during interview the Finnish telechannel YLE, that his company considers an opportunity of an entering on notebook market. Considering all the changes which have occured last years, this decision Nokia company if it will be finally accepted, doesn't become such surprising. " That we now calls mobile phones, and that we named personal computers five years ago, at the moment not too strongly differ from each other " - has told Kallasvuo. In spite of that fact that Nokia looks like a little bit late visitor on this party, it have chances to win some share of this market. It is expected, that Nokia notebooks will differs from the products presented today on market, especially if to consider that fact, that the company for certain will add in the devices some communication modules . Also it is necessary to recollect, that in past Nokia already declared, that its mobile phones actually are computers. While it is possible only abstractly to argue what a notebooks Nokia will release. But if to consider all factors, there is a sensation, that it will be absolutely not similar devices than what we were accustomed by modern manufacturers of portable computers. With all this sensation around Google Android, портированной in нетбуки, very probably also, that Nokia can develop for the notebooks a new version of Symbian OS, however at the moment all this is no more than the assumption.