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A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i. The patent relates to the use of XML, a programming language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs. XML is integral to Microsoft’s flagship word processing software Word. [...]

Who Invented the computers? The question of who invented the computer cannot be answered with a single name. Throughout history, numerous people have created devices that helped to lead to development of this valuable machine. These go far back into time and many date the first important invention to the fourth century BCE when the [...]