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Quote: Originally Posted by jdavy Google is a rival to Apple. A trojan horse should not surprise anyone. Google no longer pushes there mail service to the iOS mail app on our i-devices. Funny as these things have been done before. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta That's a pretty stupid comment - even for you. There is nothing illegal about leaving the money off shore. There is something illegal about driving 200 mph in I95 (not to mention, of cour…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna You forget a detail. Much of the money held overseas was earned from sales overseas and appropriately taxed by the area in question. So being taxed to bring it back to the US would be double d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Speeding is illegal. Keeping $$$ offshore isn't. So I guess you don't take any deductions or tax credits when you did your taxes. Speeding is very marginally illegal, and speeding regu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur Do us a favor and don't take the stupid route on this. You are polluting the thread and you know better. Others don't. Why don't you do us a favor and explain what the heck you are talking…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JCC This is dumb. Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave. Unless they feel that they can repatriate that cash at a lower tax rate later, they have not only NOT save $9.4 bil but they've also just wasted hun…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TBell It is allowed. It just doesn't want to pay the tax. In the same way as it is allowed for me to go 200mph on I95, if I am willing to pay a massive fine.
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Ain't the US financial system grand! Apple is not allowed to repatriate its cash, instead it: 1. Still collects 1% a year on its offshore cash. 2. Pays 2% on its debt. 3. Pays underwriting fees to the investment banks. 4. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by KDarling Remember, Google is just using the iOS API that watches for relatively major location changes via cell / hotspot, Watching for cell id changes is normally virtually free. The phone is co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Why do this if the App is not draining the battery? If any app is on it will be using the battery. "draining" indicates a higher level of usage -- I have no idea whether this is approp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SCProfessor Aahhh. trolls have no meaning. Come check out some of my car forums. Douchebag will be the nicest thing you can be called. Well, I can imagine that the car guys are earthy shade tree me…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Of course it works for trolls like you! It would be surprising if it didn't.... Ah, civil discourse. There has actually been a lot more of it lately, but you seem to have missed th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky You're right, Jobs gave away his money VERY privately. Yes, to Mrs Jobs.
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot There is no mention of Microsoft's Surface in their report. On the other hand, IDC has Windows RT with a market share of 0.4% for the quarter. I wouldn't call that "not bad" My mistake…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Lol! To want honest numbers is FUD? You know, I was willing to cut you some some slack, and sometimes give you the benefit of doubt. Unfortunately, you're just another cheap troll p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips As I recall things like that happened well after the fact and the horse had already left the stable. No putting the genie back in the bottle the damage was done. KInd of the oldf 'forgivenes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil /s You're too smart to be saying this seriously. Mostly seriously, here is a very well reasoned post by a LorenK from macrumors on the subject: Focusing solely on the dollar …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie Well, certainly failed when looking at their launch with its failed PSU's. Successful as a product.... but they didn't try to pry Windows into it, unlike their WindowsCE... for phones ¡ …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tribalogical So, you've decided to just ignore the "shipping like gangbusters" disconnect that producers create trying to make a product appear popular? Microsoft "shipped" a much larger percentage of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tribalogical History. A pattern of deception. And you believe IDC why? Show me this pattern. As for me, I don't take it as gospel, and there are certainly issues, but it is quite clear…