PTSC technology has to be in the new cell phones doesn't it?

BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) — This week’s patent deal between Google Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. is a big deal.

Google obtained around 200 patents from IBM that seem to have something to do with mobile-phone and Web technologies. This is going to be a good for Google and not so good for Apple Inc or Microsoft Corp, both of which have been trying to gouge Google and its handset makers over various patent infringements triggered by the Android OS.

A quick look at the description of the patents tells me that these are not just a bunch of defensive plays, but a few offensive ones that might allow Google to begin to sue Apple and Microsoft, since that seems to be the game everyone is playing.

The description was outlined in various reports. Observers appear giddy over U.S. Patent 7,865,592, for “using semantic networks to develop a social network.” Not sure why that is seen as so important, but OK.