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	When Microsoft co-founder <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/paulallen">Paul Allen</a>, legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan and private spaceflight proponent Elon Musk team up on something, folks are bound to pay attention -- especially when they're promising nothing short of a "revolution in space transportation." At the center of that ambitious goal is a new company backed by Allen, Stratolaunch Systems, and a massive new aircraft to be designed and built by Rutan's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/scaledcomposites">Scaled Composites</a>. If all goes as planned, it will be the size of two 747s (with a wingspan greater than the length of a football field), and it will be able to carry a 120 foot long rocket built by Musk's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/spacex">SpaceX</a> to an altitude suitable for launch into orbit. Stratolaunch hopes to do that for a "fraction" of the cost of current launches, and it intends to eventually send everything from satellites to manned capsules into space.</div>
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As you might expect, however, all of that is still in the early stages. According to <em>Spaceflight Now</em>, Stratolaunch currently employs around 100 people (it says it plans a "significant ramp-up"), and complete details on the aircraft itself remain a bit murky (intentionally so, according to Allen). Flight testing is currently slated for the "2015 timeframe," though, with the first launch expected a year later. What's more, while it's not clear how much Allen plans to invest in the project, he has managed to attract some other big names to the project; former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin has joined as a board member, and Gary Wentz, a former chief engineer at NASA, will serve as President and CEO. Head on past the break for a teaser video of what they have planned.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/13/paul-allen-backed-stratolauch-systems-promises-flexible-low-cos/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Paul Allen-backed Stratolaunch Systems promises flexible, low-cost access to space</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/13/paul-allen-backed-stratolauch-systems-promises-flexible-low-cos/">Paul Allen-backed Stratolaunch Systems promises flexible, low-cost access to space</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:03:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/13/paul-allen-backed-stratolauch-systems-promises-flexible-low-cos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/20127223/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/13/paul-allen-backed-stratolauch-systems-promises-flexible-low-cos/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>allen</category><category>burt rutan</category><category>BurtRutan</category><category>elon musk</category><category>ElonMusk</category><category>launch</category><category>launch vehicle</category><category>LaunchVehicle</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>private</category><category>private spaceflight</category><category>PrivateSpaceflight</category><category>rocket</category><category>rutan</category><category>scaled composites</category><category>ScaledComposites</category><category>space</category><category>spaceflight</category><category>spacex</category><category>stratolaunch</category><category>stratolaunch systems</category><category>StratolaunchSystems</category><category>video</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Melanson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SETI comes back from the financial dead, gets a check from Jodie Foster]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">
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Roswell devotees, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/seti-suspends-search-for-alien-life-e-t-weeps-in-the-silent-da/">dry those tears</a> -- the search for alien <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">overlords</span> frenemies is back on. Four months after going into financial "hibernation," SETI's Allen Telescope Array has been temporarily resuscitated thanks to an infusion of publicly raised funds from the SETIStars program, <em>and</em> Ms. Jodie Foster. The web campaign for <em>those-who-believe</em> raised over $200,000 in just 45 days, enough cash to get the Paul Allen-funded dishes scanning the skies for at least five more months. Tom Pierson, the institute's CEO, is hoping to secure long-term funding for the project from the U.S. Air Force, which could use the array during the daytime "to track orbital objects that otherwise might pose a threat to the International Space Station and other satellites." However Pierson manages to keep the fleet of skyward-facing ears afloat, one thing's for sure -- the truth is out there and tracking it's a hustle.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/">SETI comes back from the financial dead, gets a check from Jodie Foster</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/20015811/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/seti-comes-back-from-the-financial-dead-gets-a-check-from-jodie/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>alien</category><category>alien life</category><category>AlienLife</category><category>aliens</category><category>donations</category><category>e.t.</category><category>Extraterrestrial</category><category>extraterrestrial life</category><category>ExtraterrestrialLife</category><category>funding</category><category>Jodie Foster</category><category>JodieFoster</category><category>life</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>research</category><category>seti</category><category>SETIStars</category><category>space</category><category>space exploration</category><category>SpaceExploration</category><category>Tom Pierson</category><category>TomPierson</category><category>U.S. Air Force</category><category>U.s.AirForce</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Volpe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SETI suspends search for alien life, E.T. weeps in the silent dark of space]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/seti-suspends-search-for-alien-life-e-t-weeps-in-the-silent-da/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/seti-suspends-search-for-alien-life-e-t-weeps-in-the-silent-da/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/seti-suspends-search-for-alien-life-e-t-weeps-in-the-silent-da/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/seti-suspends-search-for-alien-life-e-t-weeps-in-the-silent-da/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/04/t1larg.allen.telescope.seti.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Our progress toward intergalactic fellowship has suffered another blow, as SETI suspended operations of its Allen Telescope Array. Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the array is a collection of radio dishes that scan the skies for signs of life; now it'll be in "hibernation" mode until 2013, when the institute's new round of funding begins. SETI hopes to raise $5 million to bring the Array back online before then, while it continues to use other telescopes around the world, including the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/hubble-telescope-sees-furthest-galaxy-13-2-billion-light-years/">Hubble Space Telescope</a>. The budget woes are especially bitter given the number of recently identified alien planets - NASA's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/19/nasas-discovered-hundreds-of-planets-where-aliens-might-live/">Kepler mission</a> found <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/visualized-1-235-potential-alien-planets/">1,235</a>. If any of them are broadcasting the next Wow! signal, let's hope it doesn't fall on deaf earthling ears.</div>
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/paulallen" target="_blank">Paul Allen</a> doesn't give many interviews, but Microsoft's famously eclectic co-founder recently decided to sit down with 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl, to discuss his juicy <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/" target="_blank">new memoir</a>, <em>The Idea Man</em>. It's a book peppered with old stories of Allen's early days as a programmer, when he and Bill Gates would spend their days searching for discarded code in dumpsters and building software for the original Altair computer. But the memoir's most intriguing (and controversial) revelations revolve around Allen's personal and professional relationship with Gates, whom he described to Stahl as a gifted businessman with a penchant for being a total jerk. According to Allen, Gates would regularly engage in testy shouting matches with his Microsoft brethren, and wouldn't hesitate to sling "personal verbal attacks" against anyone who dared to disagree with him. Allen says he tolerated Gates' explosions, for the most part, even though he desperately wanted to tell him that "working with you is like being in hell." The two hit a particularly rough patch after Gates allegedly plotted to squeeze Allen out of the company, not long after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma -- an incident that spurred Allen to leave Microsoft, shortly thereafter. Gates, for his part, hasn't commented on Allen's tell-all, nor, apparently, has he even discussed it with his former partner. The next time the two men sit down for a chat, however, Allen says he expects a "heated discussion." Naturally. You can watch the interview after the break, along with<span id=":2l1" dir="ltr"> a glimpse at some of Allen's most jaw-dropping toys.</span><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-compares-working-with-bill-gates-to-being-in-hell/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Paul Allen compares working with Bill Gates to 'being in hell' (video)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-compares-working-with-bill-gates-to-being-in-hell/">Paul Allen compares working with Bill Gates to 'being in hell' (video)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:38:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-compares-working-with-bill-gates-to-being-in-hell/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19916167/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-compares-working-with-bill-gates-to-being-in-hell/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>60 Minutes</category><category>60Minutes</category><category>altair</category><category>bill gates</category><category>BillGates</category><category>billionaire</category><category>biography</category><category>books</category><category>interview</category><category>luxury</category><category>memoir</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>pc</category><category>the idea man</category><category>TheIdeaMan</category><category>video</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amar Toor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Idea Man, Paul Allen tells his side of co-founding Microsoft without pulling any punches]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/03/paul-allen-2011-03-30-450.jpg" alt="In Idea Man, Paul Allen tells his side of co-founding Microsoft without pulling any punches" /></a></div>
These days <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/paulallen">Paul Allen</a> is largely known for his ridiculously oversized yacht, his <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/">lawsuits</a>, and his quest for <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/scaledcomposites">commercial space flight</a>, but of course it was co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates that gave him the billions necessary to do all that fun stuff in the first place. Now he's looking back, writing a book called <em>The Idea Man</em> that, according to him, sets the record straight about the past -- starting with the title. Between the covers he alternately praises Bill Gates, saying he's "everything you'd want from a friend, caring and concerned," and lambasts him for his "mercenary opportunism" and for trying to dilute his share in the company, saying Gates was "out to grab as much of the pie as possible and hold on to it." Seems like Mr. Allen may have just burned a few bridges, but when you're worth about $13 billion that's the sort of thing you can get away with.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/">In Idea Man, Paul Allen tells his side of co-founding Microsoft without pulling any punches</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:04:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19897130/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/in-idea-man-paul-allen-tells-his-side-of-co-founding-microsoft/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>biography</category><category>book</category><category>idea man</category><category>IdeaMan</category><category>memoir</category><category>microsoft</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>scaled composites</category><category>ScaledComposites</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Stevens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Allen files amended complaint, points out exactly where patent infringement is hiding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/12-28-10-allenappleexhibit6002.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/">Left with just two weeks</a> to explain exactly how seven of the web's biggest properties (and three office supply chains) <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/">violated his company Interval's patents</a>, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen figured out a plan -- Intervals' lawyers are drawing big, colored boxes around large swaths of the allegedly infringing websites' real estate. In all seriousness, a lot of companies may owe Allen a lot of money if Interval truly has a case, because Interval claims to have patented no less than the ability for a website to take a user-selected piece of content and suggest other related pieces of content that might be of interest. Oh, and it's also apparently patented pop-ups and widgets, as most anything that displays information "in an unobtrusive manner that occupies the peripheral attention of the user" is getting the same treatment. Hilariously, it appears that the co-founder of Microsoft didn't provide his lawyers with basic scanning technology, because the PDF of the exhibits they uploaded to the court's web site is just epically bad -- check out everything they say infringes in the gallery below.<br />
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<strong>Disclaimer: </strong>We should note that AOL is among the companies being sued by Allen and Interval, and that Engadget is owned by AOL. So you know, just think about that a bunch, or something.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/">Paul Allen vs. the world: the exhibits</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/#3725568"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/allensuit-gov.uscourts.wawd.169992.153.1page122-rm-eng1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/#3725569"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/allensuit-gov.uscourts.wawd.169992.153.1page124-rm-eng1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/#3725570"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/allensuit-gov.uscourts.wawd.169992.153.1page126-rm-eng1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/#3725573"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/allensuit-gov.uscourts.wawd.169992.153.1page128-rm-eng1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/paul-allen-vs-the-world-the-exhibits/#3725575"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/allensuit-gov.uscourts.wawd.169992.153.1page130-rm-eng1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/">Paul Allen files amended complaint, points out exactly where patent infringement is hiding</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:56:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19779830/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/paul-allen-files-amended-complaint-points-out-exactly-where-pat/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>allen</category><category>aol</category><category>apple</category><category>ebay</category><category>facebook</category><category>google</category><category>intellectual property</category><category>IntellectualProperty</category><category>interval</category><category>interval research</category><category>IntervalResearch</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>microsoft</category><category>netflix</category><category>patent</category><category>patent infringement</category><category>patent infringement lawsuit</category><category>patent violations</category><category>PatentInfringement</category><category>PatentInfringementLawsuit</category><category>patents</category><category>PatentViolations</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>widget</category><category>widgets</category><category>youtube</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilay Patel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge throws out Paul Allen's massive patent suit, Allen plans to continue]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/08/paulallennarrowweb300x4570.jpg" /></a></div>
Remember the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/">massive patent lawsuit</a> leveled at Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, and a number of other companies by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen? Well, it's now hit something of a snag -- a federal judge dismissed the case on Friday, stating that Allen's suit "failed to identify the infringing products or devices with any specificity," and that the court and defendants were basically "left to guess what devices infringe on the four patents." For his part, Allen apparently plans to persevere with the patent fight, and said through a spokesman that the dismissal was merely a "procedural issue," and that "the <span id="articleBody">case is staying on track" -- Allen now has until December 28th to file an amended complaint.<br />
</span><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/">Judge throws out Paul Allen's massive patent suit, Allen plans to continue</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:31:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19758334/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/13/judge-throws-out-paul-allens-massive-patent-suit-allen-plans-t/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>allen</category><category>aol</category><category>apple</category><category>ebay</category><category>facebook</category><category>google</category><category>infringement</category><category>judge</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>netflix</category><category>patent</category><category>patent infringement</category><category>PatentInfringement</category><category>patents</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>suit</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Melanson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, and YouTube over patents]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Microsoft/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/08/paulallennarrowweb300x4570.jpg" alt="" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Microsoft/">Microsoft</a>'s co-founder <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/PaulAllen/">Paul Allen</a> has filed suit against nine companies over patent violations. Through his current firm, Interval Licensing LLC, Allen is suing Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube (which is a subsidiary of Google). The claims involve four separate patents, most of which cover integral parts of how the companies named do business. For example, one patent allows site suggestions for consumers based on things they're currently viewing, while another allows related articles to be delivered while reading news. All in all, it sounds like Allen's patents -- if they're indeed found to cover these technologies -- are seriously vast. The suit, which was filed today, does not name any specific amount of damages he is seeking. Allen, who is one of the richest people in the world with an estimated worth of over $13 billion, recently pledged to donate over half of his wealth to philanthropic causes after Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called on the world's billionaires to do so.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/">Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, and YouTube over patents</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:42:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19611468/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>aol</category><category>apple</category><category>breaking news</category><category>BreakingNews</category><category>ebay</category><category>google</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>microsoft</category><category>netflix</category><category>patent</category><category>patent violations</category><category>patents</category><category>PatentViolations</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>youtube</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura June]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, personal computing pioneer, loses battle with pneumonia]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8600493.stm"><img hspace="4" vspace="14" border="1" align="left" alt="Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, personal computing pioneer, loses battle with pneumonia" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/04/henry-roberts-20100402-250.jpg" /></a>Sad news out of Georgia this morning, Dr. Ed Roberts, pioneer of personal computing, has died of pneumonia at the age of 68. Roberts founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970. In 1974 his company released the $395 Altair 8800. It was based on Intel's revolutionary 8080 processor and, after being featured on the cover of <em>Popular Electronics</em> (included after the break), would become the world's first truly popular personal computer. It would be on this machine that the former Micro-Soft would get its start, with Bill Gates and Paul Allen being contracted by Roberts to write Altair BASIC, a version of the simple programming language that Allen delivered by hand on paper tape to the MITS office in Albuquerque.<br />
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Those two are remembering him today with the following statement:<br />
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<div>Ed was willing to take a chance on us -- two young guys interested in computers long before they were commonplace -- and we have always been grateful to him... The day our first untested software worked on his Altair was the start of a lot of great things. We will always have many fond memories of working with Ed in Albuquerque, in the MITS office right on Route 66 -- where so many exciting things happened that none of us could have imagined back then.</div>
</blockquote>Our thoughts go out to the Roberts family this morning.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, personal computing pioneer, loses battle with pneumonia</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/">Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, personal computing pioneer, loses battle with pneumonia</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:37:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19424187/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Altair</category><category>Altair 8800</category><category>Altair8800</category><category>bill gates</category><category>BillGates</category><category>ed roberts</category><category>EdRoberts</category><category>intel</category><category>intel 8080</category><category>Intel8080</category><category>microsoft</category><category>MITS</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>rip</category><category>roberts</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Stevens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digeo purchased by Arris, promises continued Moxi development, sales and support]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.arrisi.com/press_events/press_releases/pressdetail.asp?id=481"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2009/09/moxihddvr_121108.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
After a post-CES "<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/15/digeo-lays-off-half-of-its-employees-replaces-ceo/">streamlining</a>" resulted in layoffs and left highly anticipated products like the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/06/zatz-gets-cozy-with-moxis-forthcoming-dvrs/">Multi-Room HD DMR</a> to never see the light of day the future of Moxi DVR builder <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/digeo/">Digeo</a> has remained in doubt, but that's all behind us as it has been acquired by ARRIS. Promising not only continued support for current Moxi customers but also plans to continue to develop and market the line of products, it appears the communications company sees this as a way to expand its own networking expertise. The cost to snap up Digeo's IP, 75 employees and other assets? A mere $20 million cash - we expect to find out more details via conference call tomorrow, any questions you want answered about the future of Moxi? Let us know in the comments, whether <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/06/22/moxi-hd-dvr-review/">this means the UI will get a makeover</a> is already on our list.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/">Digeo purchased by Arris, promises continued Moxi development, sales and support</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.arrisi.com/press_events/press_releases/pressdetail.asp?id=481>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19170531/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arris</category><category>digeo</category><category>dvr</category><category>moxi</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>set top box</category><category>SetTopBox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lawler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digeo purchased by Arris, promises continued Moxi development, sales and support]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.arrisi.com/press_events/press_releases/pressdetail.asp?id=481"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/moxihddvr_121108.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
After a post-CES "<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/digeo-lays-off-half-of-its-employees-replaces-ceo/">streamlining</a>" resulted in layoffs and left highly anticipated products like the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/zatz-gets-cozy-with-moxis-forthcoming-dvrs/">Multi-Room HD DMR</a> to never see the light of day the future of Moxi DVR builder <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/digeo/">Digeo</a> has remained in doubt, but that's all behind us as it has been acquired by ARRIS. Promising not only continued support for current Moxi customers but also plans to continue to develop and market the line of products, it appears the communications company sees this as a way to expand its own networking expertise. The cost to snap up Digeo's IP, 75 employees and other assets? A mere $20 million cash - we expect to find out more details via conference call tomorrow, any questions you want answered about the future of Moxi? Let us know in the comments, whether <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/22/moxi-hd-dvr-review/">this means the UI will get a makeover</a> is already on our list.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/dvrs/" rel="tag">DVRs</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/">Digeo purchased by Arris, promises continued Moxi development, sales and support</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.arrisi.com/press_events/press_releases/pressdetail.asp?id=481>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19170502/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/digeo-purchased-by-arris-promises-continued-moxi-development-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arris</category><category>digeo</category><category>dvr</category><category>hd</category><category>moxi</category><category>others</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>set top box</category><category>SetTopBox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lawler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sells LTE spectrum to AT&amp;T]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/32884177"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/paul-allen-thum1b.jpg" alt="" /></a>Here's one straight from the depths of left field. If you'll recall, Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen was <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/">considering buying</a> a bit of spectrum from the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/700mhz/">700MHz auction</a> after founding Vulcan Spectrum LLC. Evidently, the guy's bid ended in a win, but he's obviously not so keen on getting in on the flagging <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/mvnos/">MVNO business</a>. According to a document filed with the FCC, Allen has agreed to sell the licenses he owns -- which cover sections of Oregon and Washington -- to AT&amp;T, though the carrier isn't disclosing financial terms. According to AT&amp;T spokesman Michael Coe, the company is making the purchase to "meet customer demand and to support its transition to LTE." Unfortunately, Mr. Allen wasn't available to say what he was planning to do with the proceeds, though we did hear that one Kayne West was available to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/clearwire-eyes-global-wimax-roaming-agreement-kanye-blurts-out/">reiterate his belief</a> that LTE was the best of all time.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=4846">phonescoop</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/">Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sells LTE spectrum to AT&amp;T</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.cnbc.com/id/32884177>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19164917/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>4g</category><category>700mhz</category><category>atandt</category><category>ATT</category><category>fcc</category><category>license</category><category>lte</category><category>microsoft</category><category>mobile</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>spectrum</category><category>vulcan spectrum</category><category>VulcanSpectrum</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sells LTE spectrum to AT&amp;T]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/32884177"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/paul-allen-thum1b.jpg" /></a>Here's one straight from the depths of left field. If you'll recall, Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen was <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/">considering buying</a> a bit of spectrum from the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/700mhz/">700MHz auction</a> after founding Vulcan Spectrum LLC. Evidently, the guy's bid ended in a win, but he's obviously not so keen on getting in on the flagging <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/mvnos/">MVNO business</a>. According to a document filed with the FCC, Allen has agreed to sell the licenses he owns -- which cover sections of Oregon and Washington -- to AT&amp;T, though the carrier isn't disclosing financial terms. According to AT&amp;T spokesman Michael Coe, the company is making the purchase to "meet customer demand and to support its transition to LTE." Unfortunately, Mr. Allen wasn't available to say what he was planning to do with the proceeds, though we did hear that one Kayne West was available to <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/09/14/clearwire-eyes-global-wimax-roaming-agreement-kanye-blurts-out/">reiterate his belief</a> that LTE was the best of all time.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=4846">phonescoop</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/wireless/" rel="tag">Wireless</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/">Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sells LTE spectrum to AT&amp;T</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.cnbc.com/id/32884177>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19164885/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sells-lte-spectrum-to-atandt-in-da/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>4g</category><category>700mhz</category><category>ATT</category><category>fcc</category><category>license</category><category>lte</category><category>microsoft</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>spectrum</category><category>vulcan spectrum</category><category>VulcanSpectrum</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder, 700MHz auction candidate]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1854781120071219?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=10003"><img width="217" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="171" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/12/allen_gates.jpg" alt="" /></a>When you're the co-founder of Microsoft there's always that nagging question of what to do with your <strike>millions</strike> billions. How 'bout bidding for some of that hot <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/700mhz">700MHz</a> action in the sweetspot of US spectrum? Seems that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=paul%20allen">Paul Allen</a> has filed to bid in the FCC auction with an entity called Vulcan Spectrum LLC -- an investment company. Hint: Allen is also the majority shareholder of cable operator Charter Communications. Other notables on the list include Google and Verizon Wireless, naturally, as well as Qualcomm -- the protector of patents and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/mediaflo">MediaFLO</a> mogul. Remember, Qualcomm already holds 700MHz licenses obtained in a June 2003 FCC auction. It all goes down on January 24th when the bidding begins.<br /><br />[Thanks, Grant G.]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/wireless/" rel="tag">Wireless</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/">Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder, 700MHz auction candidate</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:14:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1854781120071219?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=10003>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1066485/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-700mhz-auction-candidate/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>700mhz</category><category>auction</category><category>charter communications</category><category>CharterCommunications</category><category>fcc</category><category>paul allen</category><category>PaulAllen</category><category>vulcan spectrum</category><category>VulcanSpectrum</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:14:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
