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		<title>Insane Microsoft patents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Nairobi, Kenya]THIS IS crazy! How on earth did the US Patents Office issue Microsoft with a patent for &#8220;page up&#8221; and &#8220;page down&#8221; functionality? What are they smoking over there? Most importantly, what qualifications does one need to work for &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://maxtheitpro.com/insane-microsoft-patents">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://maxtheitpro.com/insane-microsoft-patents' addthis:title='Insane Microsoft patents '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:arial;">[Nairobi, Kenya]<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >THIS IS</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> crazy! How on earth did the US Patents Office issue Microsoft with a patent for &#8220;page up&#8221; and &#8220;page down&#8221; functionality? What are they smoking over there? Most importantly, what qualifications does one need to work for this particular US government department? <img src='http://maxtheitpro.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-218626.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft patents &#8216;Page Up&#8217; and &#8216;Page Down&#8217;</span></a></div>
<p> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br />Been there, done that&#8230;</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Surely these peeps must know that <span style="font-weight: bold;">page up</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">page down</span> functionality has been in existence for a looong time. Right? Just check the original IBM PC back in the late-70s/early-80s to see my point. And didn&#8217;t <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories">Wang La</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories">boratories</a> have page up and page down in their original word processors 30 years ago.</p>
<p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ebGi_GFXurg/SMVTljiAHAI/AAAAAAAAAGY/fDwr_lRlrW0/s1600-h/blue-screen-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[433]"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 421px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ebGi_GFXurg/SMVTljiAHAI/AAAAAAAAAGY/fDwr_lRlrW0/s320/blue-screen-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243689245800930306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Great forum comment&#8230;</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This dude name </span><span style="font-family:arial;">rossasaurus</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> in the above ZD Net Talkback <a href="http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&amp;threadID=51389&amp;messageID=971539">said it </a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&amp;threadID=51389&amp;messageID=971539">best</a>:</span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Patently Absurd</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Maybe they should patent a system for demonstrating computer failure by displaying a predominantly blue screen with little else upon it and no response from any interactive input; and while they&#8217;re at it, maybe they should Trademark the term &#8220;Blue Screen of Death&#8221; <img src='http://maxtheitpro.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span> </p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;">Ha ha ha. I couldn&#8217;t agree more. Yo, Mr. Ballmer, why don&#8217;t you request a patent on your infamous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death">BSOD</a>? After all, it&#8217;s a &#8220;100% original&#8221; Microsoft invention. <img src='http://maxtheitpro.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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