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  • T-Mobile tweaks unlimited One plan in response to complaints, adds One Plus tier

    richdatswhorichdatswho
    TurboPGT said:
    If Apple were a carrier, there would be 1 plan..Unlimited Everything, for $99/mon per device. 
    T-Mobile is offering unlimited everything for $95 a month...
    Darth Sidux

  • Apple invention could lead to glasses-free 3D on mobile devices

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    farmboy said:
    longpath said:
    This is half of the problem with the current patent system, wherein ideas and actual working inventions are equated, to the point where ideas are patented years before any technology exists to actually make an invention, and someone who subsequently builds an actual working invention that uses that idea is held to be infringing on the patent. In reality, patents, if they should be allowed to exist at all (a separate issue that, amongst other things, involves interpretation of the first amendment in the US and equivalent free speech guarantees in other countries) should only apply to actual inventions and the creation of a working invention should automatically supersede any patent on a mere idea. Yes, I acknowledge that a patent on software code blurs that line; but, if the code compiles and executes the claimed function, then it is a working invention, not merely an idea for one.
    There is no such thing as a "patent on a mere idea". Inventions claimed in a patent must be reduced to practice, in other words, an actual functioning device (even if crude) must be created that utilizes the claims in the patent. You can't patent the "idea" of an anti-gravity hover board unless you demonstrate to the USPTO (and all other patent agencies) a functioning anti-gravity hover board as described in your application. I also don't see what the first amendment has to do with anything patent; perhaps you'll enlighten us.
    You can actually patent an idea if you don't have the means to build it yourself. The drawings and instructions must clear and concise enough for someone with the means to build to follow along and execute. That's the key difference. An aero-space engineer may have a new wing design that will reduce fuel consumption. He himself can not build it but, the laws do allow him to file a patent for protection so that while it's being built no one can steal the idea. You can execute some sort of an agreement with a manufacturer but, you still have no tangible proof that says you thought of it first. What you can't say is "I have great idea, wouldn't it be cool to have a phone with 3D capabilities and not need glasses" and think you can patent that...anyone who thinks you can is an idiot.
    jkichline

  • Apple invention could lead to glasses-free 3D on mobile devices

    richdatswhorichdatswho
    HTC had a glasses-free 3d phone in 2011 so you're reaching here with saying this is their invention as if they'll be first to market with something ground breaking. Perhaps they're building on a way to improve upon what HTC did 5 years ago but, they're definitely not first.
    doozydozen

  • "Sleep of Death" bug hits buyers of Microsoft's pricey Surface Book

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    mac'em x said:
    Look, I read Apple Insider because I use Mac's (And Windows).

    Why the writers on the site seem to want to denigrate anything not Apple is ridiculous. Report on AAPL. If I want to read about MSFT, I'll go to Windows Central (Which, by the way,  never mentions either AAPL or GOOG in a derogatory manner.). Grow up!
    Did the article say something factually untrue about its subject? If so, what? And if not, then what is this "denigrate" you speak of?

    P.S. "Mac's"?
    You might want to look up the definition of "denigrate" before attempting to call out the misuse of the word. "Denigrate" doesn't refer to something being false. It's about saying something with the intention to disparage. So while yes, everything was factual, it's presented here with the intent to show how shitty the Surface tablet (Microsoft in general) is.
    singularity

  • "Sleep of Death" bug hits buyers of Microsoft's pricey Surface Book

    richdatswhorichdatswho
    sort of like have a $1000 tablet that will get bricked installing the latest software update. all of them have issues. nothing is infallible.
    singularity