Posts by old-wiz

East Texas is patent troll heaven.  Sometimes I wonder if the reason the trolls are so successful is that they slip money under the table to the judges and juries.  The trolls know that East Texas gives trolls favorable...

Guess that's the end of Sparrow.  This is what happens to small companies that develop good and innovative software; they get bought by larger companies, either to simply acquire the tech team or to kill the product.  This is...

Considering the high costs of data, the carriers would absolutely love for all tablets and probably laptops to include cellular radios; they would be rolling in dough.

Ha.  He's probably upset because Apple did not slip him enough money for his campaign.  The 1% and corporations sidestep huge amounts of taxes.  The Senator himself probably pays very little taxes himself.  

The county government people are probably looking for some money under the table from Apple.  It never ceases to amaze me that governments complain that companies won't bring in jobs, but when there is an opportunity for more...

Quote: Originally Posted by rain ... because nobody is running Lion - nobody. I run Lion on 3 Macs.

I hope to God they fix the d**n wi-fi dropping issue that started with 10.7.3. My 10.7.3 MBP keeps dropping wi-fi, and I had it for almost a year with zero wi-fi problems and then 10.7.3 came along and it's a royal pain in the tushie. ...

Considering how much cash Apple has, why don't they just be a good citizen and pay the taxes? Yes they are bringing something in, but they don't need the tax break.

must be quaking in their boots! Obviously once the ultrabooks are out, sales of MBAs and iPads will drop like a stone and investors will dump Apple stock and the price of Apple stock will fall to $10 per share. People now owning MBAs...

why streaming video is not going to work that well; it's not a technological issue, it's the cost of the streaming. With low caps, streaming is simply too expensive unless you are on wi-fi. This is also going to hit people trying to...