Microsoft Loses Big In MP3 Patent Dispute With Alcatel-Lucent

A Federal jury in California ordered Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion for infringing on two Alcatel-Lucent MP3 audio code technology patents. Microsoft violated Alcatel-Lucent’s patents by using their MP3 technology in its Windows Media Player. Microsoft argued that it licensed the technology from the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany for $16 million. Fraunhofer and the former Bell Laboratories co-developed MP3 technology. Lucent,...

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PCDJ Readies Reflex Pro DJ Software For Spring Release

PCDJ has released some new specs on their new Reflex DJ software, designed by by Jorgen Hedberg, who was the original founder of PCDJ in 1998. Hedberg’s 1200sl software was the first dual player software program to be sold commercially. Hedberg has been working on this new high-performance PC/MAC pro DJ mixing software for the past 5 years. Reflex boasts more than 100 new features not found in the company’s popular PCDJ...

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