Addicted to Woot- April 27, 2005 My friend Matt introduced me to woot.com and now I am addicted. This a brief list of this last weeks woot. Wednesday - $29 128MB MP3 players - $135 on Froogle Tuesday - $39 MB Quart Speakers - Retail $150 Crutchfield Monday - $15 for 2 Saitek wireless adapters for PS2 - $38 for 1 on Froogle Plus every once in a while they have $1 Bag O' Crap that can contain anything from a Palm V to CD burners to whatever they have lying around. I love woot!...http://www.rexholmes.com/archives/print_000047.html First to File, Blessing or Nightmare- April 27, 2005 After reading Eric's blog it got me starting to think about the first to file aspect of the new Patent Legislation. A first to file system will get rid of the current first to invent system. Currently if two inventors try to patent similar inventions they go to a interference proceeding where the courts determine who was the first inventor. But with a first to file system you could theoretically steal someone's invention and then patent it before them, and stake your claim. This is if you can...http://www.rexholmes.com/archives/print_000046.html |