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If Kodak hadn't drawn attention to these patents by trying to extort/sue Apple over them, Apple probably wouldn't ever have noticed them and they could have gone through bankruptcy without any interference. It's their own damned fault. In addition, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pilgrim850 I have a feeling that some of you are OK with censorship, if it is done by an entity you approve of. My point is, the practice can go against you real quick, and as readers we should find Apple's decision to…
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So what if it's commercially motivated censorship? They're a private entity. They're allowed to censor their properties and stores and the content that is sold through it. If they think that books glorifying the Holocaust would hurt their image and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich As I recall, China Mobile has been holding out because they want a cut of App Store sales from Apple. You have to keep in mind that China Mobile is partially owned by the Chinese government.... They want k…
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Quote: Originally Posted by boredumb Over one quarter of European doctors use an iPad at work Really poor journalism here: there is a huge difference between saying that one out of four doctors in Europe use an iPad, and saying that of thos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Nrevitzer I find it totally entertaining that Apple is so sue happy with everyne else, but get really ticked when someone calls them out. You can tell when Apple is ticked? How do you do that? Do you know their lawy…
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Haven't read the whole damned patent, but it sounds like there must be about a few thousand prior art examples.
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That spot was just awful. Looked like it was both conceived and directed by a retarded child on meth.
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Quote: Originally Posted by RBR There is no control of the iPhone when connected to, for example, a car radio via USB. At least my old iPod was able to do that. P.S. People really don't post questions for the special purpose of annoying you. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by chrisdf Hello all, I seem to have a problem with the "new message sound" for the email on my iMac. I have the latest Lion OS X. I don not hear a sound when i get a new email. All other sounds are fine, it just happe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections But Apple is also suing in regular courts, and once it builds up enough wins (especially important ones like this 263 patent), it could sue Google for damages, if Go…
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Quote: Originally Posted by oneaburns I was thinking to myself today...as I often do ...that if we ever got to a phase where textbooks were gone, how might a school manage that? If a grade school student loses a book, it's around $50 to replace.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by a_greer So let me get this straight...they got money from MS because MS locked people down and used their dominance to destroy competition, and are using that money for gear from a company that is proving to be far mor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fjose1929 Baloney.. Samsung refuses to say how many they sold, yet you accept a made up figure from analysts. This is classic, taken from Bezos playbook. If you were fair, you would refuse to put up numbers that. Canno…
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A lot of naïveté in this thread.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Patents used to have a lifetime of 17 years after issuance. This was later (1995, IIRC) changed to 20 years after application to be consistent with most of the rest of the world. I really wish people wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hellacool Tablets are not PCs. At least not yet. In the future the lines between PC and tablet will blur but right now they are not. My phone does everything my iPad does, is it a PC? Anything to boost numbers. Are a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Obviously, someone would buy it if the value of the things being purchased exceed the price. There are estimates that Kodak's IP could be worth up to $3 B. Market cap is less than 1/10 that. So, conceivably, s…
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Kodak just needs to die already. This is clearly a last gasp attempt to wring some value from their patent portfolio before selling what little worth this once great company has left at something slightly higher than fire sale prices.
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Quote: Originally Posted by DaveMcM76 The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in t…