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General Category => News => Topic started by: Josetann on August 29, 2008, 09:11:26 AM

Title: Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
Post by: Josetann on August 29, 2008, 09:11:26 AM

The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments."  Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes.    The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....

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Title: Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
Post by: Snake-Master on September 03, 2008, 01:01:33 AM

What a load of rubbish. Do they not understand that nobody is going to steal Page Up and Page Down (Which I rarely use anyway).

Title: Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
Post by: JB Lee on September 03, 2008, 01:47:01 AM

"paginated"

That is just an awesome word.

Someone should make a movie about Microsoft and get Arnold Schwarzenegger to be "The Paginator".