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williamh said:I understand that invalidating a patent violates one's sense of fairness. A company applied for a patent in good faith, etc. However, it's not fair to the rest of humanity to have to license something that ought not to have been …
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lkrupp said: revenant said: i understand that apple is using broadcomm but are other companies not using it? are other companies licensing with caltec when they use broadcomm chips? Get with the program will you. Only Apple infr…
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ericthehalfbee said:If it was compatible, then Google would have an easy win for fair use. Google forked Java, which is ironic considering Google's own strict requirements regarding forking Android itself. As long as you don't call your fork …
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nextguy said: Guys, why are you cheering Oracle? Have you so quickly forgotten that Apple's OSX and by extenstion, ios, use POSIX style APIs all the way back from unix, and that Attachmate is the current owner? Oh but Apple took it from BSD …
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Herbivore2 said: If Apple behaved like Google, they would never allow the software on the App Store. Like how Google permits Microsoft's Cortana? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.cortana&hl=en
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genovelle said: curt12 said: Amazon, for one, independently implements some of Google's APIs: "The Amazon Maps API offers interface parity with version 2 of the Google Maps API. Most classes and method calls in your Google Maps app…
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ericthehalfbee said: gatorguy said: Didn't she shut the site down even before the initial judgement from Alsup that favored Google? Her excuse might be lame but running away from Google/Oracle doesn't appear to be the reason, at leas…
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AppleInsider said: Under additional questioning from Oracle attorney Peter Bicks, Schmidt went on to deny that Google requires developers or other interested third parties to obtain such licenses for use of its own APIs. "I'm not a…
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sog35 said: rogifan_new said: Or at least be consistent. If he's going to speak out on social issues in the USA do so in China as well. Cook needs to STFU about privacy, being green, human rights, ect. That's the governments job,…
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sog35 said: curt12 said: You just reinforced the OP's point that a jack of all trades necessarily makes compromises when compared to purpose-built tools. so why the hell do you own an iPhone? The iPhone is a jack of all trades ju…
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sog35 said: larrya said: Despite the smugness on this forum so far, I will play devil's advocate. Between FitBit and Apple Watch, which one "just works"? Which has the less cluttered physical and logical UI? Which provides a GPS opt…
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SpamSandwich said: Apple would be wise to massively increase their lobbying efforts and hire a wide swath of powerful people to influence the garbage that comes out of Washington representatives. Feinstein is NOT representing her constituents…
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bobjohnson said: FB said: If you want the "daylight to dusk" effect, there are apps that do this better than Apple's. One of them is f.lux. The notion that Apple discovered something new, or that their misguided app will help you is la…
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"There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few to protect the privacy of us all." -- Antonin Scalia Arizona v. Hicks (1987)
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msantti said: ibill said: Our government is run by morons. Barrack Hussein Obama. Head MF in chage. You think any of those authoritarian GOP candidates would be any better?
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Back when Yahoo was in the hot seat, the govt threatened exponentially increasing fines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/09/15/you-think-youve-got-bills-government-could-have-fined-yahoo-trillions-of-dollars/
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"There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few to protect the privacy of us all." -- Justice Scalia
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bugsnw said: ...Even with an encryption key safeguarded by the govt./FBI, I would feel like my data was safe from prying eyes.... The US govt doesn't exactly have a great track record of keeping sensitive information out of the wrong hands…
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staticx57 said: lkrupp said: No they did not. Professionals use the 5K Retina iMac these days. That’s what Alex Lindsay, the founder of PixelCorps and former Lucasfilm member, says about the Mac pro market. So many of you techie “w…
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cnocbui said:Failing-safe and falling back on password authentication is equivalent to government backdooring? - R E A C H I N G M U C H ? Falling back on password au…