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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism CEOs calling one another to inform them they are infringing on their IP instead of using lawyers as intermediaries sounds awfully gentlemanly. Good point. I was unaware that Bill Gates went so far as t…

in Sun former CEO: Steve Jobs threatened to sue us over patents too Comment by masstrkiller March 2010

If this article is accurate, I believe that 5 million is to high. 3 Million sounds more accurate. I don't believe apple will even sell 3 million the entire year. Of course I could be wrong.

in Apple to build 5 million iPads during first half of 2010 - report Comment by masstrkiller March 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by columbus From my understanding it was more to do with John Sculley's signing a contract which licensed key parts of the Mac OS to Microsoft for Office development. Indeed. John Sculley can be held accountable for th…

in Google backs HTC in what could be 'long and bloody battle' with Apple Comment by masstrkiller March 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveyJJ Actually, I'll dash off an email right now to Steve J objecting to that very content. Grab those while you can boys, cause I want 'em gone! LOL

in Apple's 'overtly sexual' iPhone crackdown purges 5,000 apps Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Wal-Mart just bought Vudu. Between Netflix, Wal-Mart, Hulu and a host of other options, Apple may need to get more serious about AppleTV soon or they will be pushed off the cliff by the movie industry and …

in Apple exec Tim Cook talks Apple TV, A4 processor, more Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveyJJ Double agree. The problem is not Apple's decision so much, rather their clearly offensive double standard on parade again. If you're taking 5,000+ apps out of the store that are "racy", and leaving Sports Illus…

in Apple's 'overtly sexual' iPhone crackdown purges 5,000 apps Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

How long will this continue? We are all clones living in THX-1138. We will all have iPhones which will keep us from evil thoughts of arousal. I can't wait.

in Apple's 'overtly sexual' iPhone crackdown purges 5,000 apps Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

The question is will Apple license the A4 chip to other technology companies for their devices?

in Custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to be $1 billion investment Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism It currently has 1Ghz Pentium-class CPU. I think the iPad's base HW is ideal for the next AppleTV, though a much better GPU may be required (or at least upping the clock speed) to get high-profile 1080p conte…

in Custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to be $1 billion investment Comment by masstrkiller February 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by reliason The puff piece on Jobs career gloss over many of Jobs' failures. The Apple Lisa The Hiring of Scully NeXT failure to find a niche (it was not started as an OS company, but as a hardware vendor to compete …

in Steve Jobs: Apple tablet "the most importing thing I've ever done" Comment by masstrkiller January 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Galley What about the approx. 20% of my audio tracks not found in the iTunes Store? If the service is free then the cloud service might only allow songs streamed from the iTunes library. Maybe Apple will allow a sma…

in Music exec adds to speculation of Apple's iTunes cloud Comment by masstrkiller January 2010

What I want to know is who the heck is backing this company financially? Sometime ago there were rumors of industry backing, whatever that means is anyone's guess. It just seems so odd that this company keeps clawing back and appealing cases and mak…

in Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar appeals Apple lawsuit Comment by masstrkiller January 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich As chief visionary and the guy who says which way the company is going, Jobs is irreplaceable. If you want someone who can run the company intelligently after he's gone they have the people in place. The d…