| More than half of U.S. patents awarded to foreign companies in 2008, report finds Foreign companies earned the majority of patents issued by the United States in 2008, although a U.S. company - IBM - remained the top individual patent winner. IBM retains slim lead among patent-winners; Samsung, Microsoft gain ground IBM secured 3,148 patents in 2007, besting all other competitors for the 15th consecutive year, but Big Blue's lead is getting slimmer and Microsoft charged into the top 10 with 1,637 patents, according to an analysis that will be released Monday. Lotus Notes gets a makeover, Symphony beta released IBM has introduced at Macworld Expo Lotus Notes 8.5, now featuring integration with social calendaring Web sites. The company also released a beta version of Lotus Symphony, a free productivity software suite that includes document, presentation, and spreadsheet capabilities. Slideshow: 2009's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries 1984: A go-go year for geekdom: From the Mac's legendary Super Bowl debut to less flamboyant births of Cisco, Dell, RIM and the future founder of Facebook, 1984 provided a bounty of technological achievement and geeky infamy. Mobile Evolution Helping to Redefine 'Workplace' This year, for the first time ever, more people in the world will have a mobile phone than a land line. Mobile devices outnumber personal computers by three to one, credit cards by two to one and TVs by two to one (although not at my house!). IBM's Institute for Business Value predicted the number of mobile Internet users will grow 191 percent from 2006 to 2011, to reach a billion. USB has yet to win nod from monitor makers or Microsoft Two video connectors can be found on nearly every PC, monitor or graphics card in use today. Developed 21 years ago by IBM , the analog VGA (Video Graphics Array) clings on, despite the rise of the (DVI) Digital Visual ... January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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