Searching for startup ideas?

Racking your brain trying to think of a worthwhile startup idea to invest your time and energy into? How do you know if your idea is really what the public will want and what VC’s are ready to throw a little cash at?
Y Combinator has set out and created a list of startups they would [...]

Google patent to read text in images and video

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What was the main goal of Google? oh yes, to index the worlds content. Well, of course they are still pushing along with it, and have some interesting patent applications available for public viewing.
Patent applications that were recently made public from July 2007, talk about methods to make computers [...]