Basically, Microsoft managed to file (in 2005 no less...) AND got awarded the patent to the Page Up & Down Keys ( on 18th Aug This year 2008). What will they think of next... they must have a department just randomly trying to patent stuff.. The full article here : http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mi... Does Microsoft just look for things to patent? I mean, seriously what was the point of this; just so keyboard companies have to pay royalties to Microsoft just so that we the consumer will have to pay higher prices the next time we want to buy a keyboard????????? If it's broke, then blow that sucka up!

Cobra, Bewildering... if MS are in a race to take over the world they are coming second to google in my opinion. I can't profess to understand the reasoning behind patenting the keys or the key's functionality, but to me it's all a game of chess. I believe to the all omnipotent of the IT world you take the pawns first, the most important pieces in the game, and the rest will fall? *Shrugs*.... I don't know but it definitely reeks. You have the shoes but I have the patent on the laces............

I need to patent the any key. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

too bad i didn't get my legal claws into the "ctrl-alt-del" key combo before Microsoft made it big...

Click HERE to see the real Ctrl+Alt+del. Don't miss reading the following story ... Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents i_Xp/VistaUser

C'mon Cobra, You should know better. The patent in question is not explicitly for the Page Up & Down Keys. In the political realm, what you just did would be akin to waging a smear campaign aka swiftboating ... LOL Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!

There is no swiftboating about it they patent the functions of these keys. "Microsoft has just patented the functions of two keys that" If it's broke, then blow that sucka up!