[lfjokes] Micro$oft patent news

[Adam Shand]

From: Kevin Zollinger <kevin at zollinger.org>
Via: jokez <jokez at egroups.com>

Microsoft has acquired a software patent for "1-Click Destruction" the
company reported earlier today in a press release. The patent is for "a
technique that will enable a user with a single mouse click, with no
further interaction, to execute any malicious scripting code in an email
or another document."

Software patents are controversial since they often cover obvious
techniques, but analysts comment that in this case there is no known prior
art and Microsoft truly innovated the technique themselves. 

Apple Computer Inc. has been rumored to be in negotiations to license the
patent, but officials from Apple refused to comment on the matter.