Educational-Software ; Firm Softchalk is Cited
Posted on: Sunday, 13 November 2005, 06:00 CST
By From wire and staff reports
SoftChalk LLC, a Richmond company that makes educational software, was recognized in an awards program sponsored by Technology & Learning magazine.
The 2005 Awards of Excellence recognize applications that are new or are superior to similar products in the education-technology marketplace, the company said.
Faculty use the SoftChalk LessonBuilder software to create interactive lessons. With the program, teachers create content in a Web format and can include interactive learning games, pop-up notes and self-check questions.
"As a relative newcomer to the education-technology marketplace, [winning the award] is a great validation of the success we have enjoyed since introducing SoftChalk LessonBuilder to educators in both the K-12 and higher-education markets," Susan Evans, partner with SoftChalk, said in a statement. The company was founded in August 2002.
U.S. states its interest in BlackBerry lawsuit
The federal government has inserted itself in a high-stakes patent fight over the BlackBerry device, saying it wants to make sure federal workers won't be cut off from mobile access to their e- mail.
The Justice Department filed a "statement of interest" this week to explain how the U.S. government, with up to 200,000 BlackBerry users, could be harmed if a federal judge in Virginia issues an injunction against Research In Motion Ltd. to stop selling the device and its e-mail service.
The patent dispute with Virginia-based NTP Ltd. has heated with its return this week to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
And RIM may have more reason to be concerned. In a status hearing Wednesday, Judge James R. Spencer appeared impatient to wrap up the suit brought by NTP, which convinced a jury in 2003 that the technology behind the device infringes on its patents.
Spencer said it was unlikely he would delay proceedings to wait for a re-examination NTP's patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which recently issued preliminary rulings questioning their validity.
Source: Richmond Times - Dispatch
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