Archive | May, 2010
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Continue reading...Disputing Jobs’ claim of a gathering patent pool to go after OGG
3. May 2010
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In a recent email, Steve Jobs tried to clear up a misconception over open source software and technology governed by open standards. His reply stated: All video codecs are covered by patents. A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other “open source” codecs now. Unfortunately, just because something is open source, […]
Continue reading...Microsoft cancels Courier project, world yawns
3. May 2010
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Calling this news might be a stretch, but Microsoft axed in-house support for the Courier tablet that generated a swarm of intrigue and speculation a few months back. In the Fall of 2009, a number of concept sketches and videos of Microsoft Courier sprung up on the web. As a quick refresher, the Courier notebook consisted […]
Continue reading...HP’s acquisition of Palm has more than a tinge of Apple inspiration
3. May 2010
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HP made a big power move last week when it announced its intention to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion. The driving force behind HP’s move was Palm’s WebOS, which now gives HP the resources to release devices where they can control both the hardware and software. Sound familiar? In an interview conducted shortly after the […]
Continue reading...Apple faces federal antitrust inquiry in light of its anti-Flash stance
3. May 2010
According to a recent report in the New York Post, Apple for the first time may find itself on the wrong side of a federal anti-trust investigation. Citing a person familiar with the matter, the paper reports that the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are currently in negotiations to figure out which regulatory body […]
Continue reading...Why Apple prefers to control its own destiny
3. May 2010
Apple’s been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism in light of its updated developer agreement which prohibits the use of cross platform compilers such as the Flash-to-iPhone compiler found in the recently released CS 5. Apple’s actions have been labeled anti-competitive, with some calling Apple downright evil, and their latest moves have […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 1 million iPads in 28 days
3. May 2010
In the first month since going on sale, Apple confirmed today that it had already sold 1 million units of the iPad. In a press release issued earlier this morning, Apple announced that it took them just 28 days to hit the 1 million mark, while pointing out that iPad users have already downloaded over […]
Continue reading...How Wired tracked down Brian Hogan
3. May 2010
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Brian X. Chen on how Wired was able to track down the guy who, on one fateful night, left a bar with Gray Powell’s iPhone 4G in tow. It all started with a Facebook comment. The day Gizmodo published its 4G iPhone bombshell, our former intern Rose Roark saw a suspicious-looking note posted by Hogan […]
Continue reading...Battery life on the iPad 3G still impressive
2. May 2010
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iLounge did some preliminary battery testing on the newly released iPad 3G this weekend and the results were almost as good as the battery life on the wi-fi model. Refreshing a large webpage every 60 seconds via 3G, with the screen set to 50% brightness, the iPad 3G lasted for 8 hours and 38 minutes […]
Continue reading...Old Apple Ad – The Internet
2. May 2010
An old Apple ad about changing the world that has the 1990’s written all over it. Back then, it was still called the “Macintosh.”
Continue reading...Another Steve Jobs email, this time about open standards and open source
1. May 2010
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After reading Steve Jobs’ thoughts on Flash (i.e why Flash sucks), Hugy Roy of Berlin emailed Jobs the following: Dear Steve Jobs, Having read your Thoughts on Flash, I could not agree with you more. Flash is not the Web, and I am glad Apple seizes the opportunity of open standards to build better products for […]
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3. May 2010
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