09 Jun 2004
Microsoft Patents The Task List

Just when I thought the Patent Office couldn't get any stupider ...

Better not get too fancy with your grocery list, now that Microsoft has patented a glorified form of the to-do list.' Issued Tuesday, the patent covers the use of a 'task list' generated from 'TODO' comments in source code.

(link) [Slashdot]

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