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Quote: Patent number: 7348935 Filing date: May 5, 2004 Issue date: Mar 25, 2008 Application number: 10/840,670 1. A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device of an apparatus, comprising: a co…
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Man... If I had a nickel for every time I heard a waiter say "Might I suggest..." Hmmm takin any best thats where Troll Paul got his 'idea'.
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Quote: The technology behind one patent allows a site to offer suggestions to consumers for items related to what they're currently viewing, or related to online activities of others in the case of social networking sites. A second, among other …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Free for the life of the license (which is essentially the life of the patents). Okay... but I'd just like to see what the 'life of this license' is... Since the PREVIOUS h.264 license expires in 2015. If t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NormM Since patents only last for 20 years, indefinitely means that MPEGLA won't charge for any free internet broadcast using h264 for that long. After that, they can't charge. Look, on 9/11/2001 air travel was HAL…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shadash You're playing with words. Kind of like what the meaning of the word "is" is. They'd have some pretty pissed off people if said this and then later charged. "not clearly defined or determined; not precise …
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Quote: The MPEG Licensing Authority has announced that it will indefinitely extend royalty-free Internet broadcasting licensing of its H.264 video codec to end users, erasing a key advantage of Google's WebM rival and cementing Apple's preferred H.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland And you think all these apps will get made for iTV with zero resistance? Are you saying Apple (Steve) would block apps from the likes of those recently announced by HBO and FiOS because they are still being …
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Quote: Originally Posted by akhomerun i.e., big media needs to stop thinking in the past, but inspiration from the past can be helpful. if all media were available in all stores, just like the record stores of the past, it would only aid the big …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook Cable boxes are mpeg2, and while there is no precise h.264 to MPEG2 equivalency when it comes to bit rate, a 4:1 ratio is probably more or less fair. If I rip a DVD, I use. 2500 Kbps rate to keep the qualit…
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Okay here's my (latest) spin on this whole concept.... 1080p I WANT IT TOO!!! That being said... I've got a question to all those who are screaming the same song. Q: Who streams 1080p movies over the internet? - iTunes (nope) - Netflix …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SendMe Not really. People spend $130/month on cable. That is enough to buy more than 4 TV shows every day, with no waste like cable has.. Just let me know when Apple sends the same QUALITY that my cable provider o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carmissimo Most of us spend a small fortune on TV content these says. I grew up in an era when you put up a antenna on a tower and you got what you got. No monthly charges, thanks. Movies were even free then because th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by scotskev if iTv offered me access to my set of TV channels through the internet wouldn't my provider get a bit narked when i cancel my TV subscriptions not sure how you resolve this conundrum Yep... in most of the U…
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Quote: Originally Posted by 2992 wonder how this will work on the intl market... In short... It won't. Sorry but the painful truth is this, between the ancient and convoluted licensing agreements content owner have with other countries AND …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 First off the Newton was a bit of a succcess! It was killed in part to save the company! QFT! Little story... A friend who was an adamant Apple hater (mocked me whenever he could)... Anyway, this was …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bettieblue People are so cocksure of the iPad and its future. It will be a sucsess however the iPad will have less time before its "Android" starts out selling it. Android?!?! What are you talking about... last I h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bettieblue "50 attorneys equipped with iPads, and plans to issue them as an alternative to laptops next year" Really begs the question....did they ever really need a computer? Attorneys have to do a lot of document…
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See this is what I can't seem to understand when it comes to the behavior of other players in the mobile market... Google... Android on cellular and Chrome on the desktop and Chromdroid on the tablet perhaps... lol Microsoft... Who knows on th…