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Apples everywhere
Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 06:44 PM EDT
Just watching the opening ceremony of the Paralympic games - currently about
Newton and gravity.

Cheers,
Wol

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  • Apples everywhere - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 07:03 PM EDT
Hedging bets in Berlin
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 07:29 PM EDT
Apple's tantrum at last year's IFA has got everybody twitchy...

SF Gate

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More Dotcom Laundry Aired
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 07:35 PM EDT
NZ Herald

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Google Authenticator and a New Phone – Changing Devices
Authored by: SilverWave on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 07:39 PM EDT
My sister has a new Samsung Galaxcy III and I needed to research how to move Authenticator over to it from her old phone... thought it may be useful info so the quick instructions are below and there are details and screen shots on my blog:

Google Authenticator and a New Phone – Changing Devices.

Under Security, click on Edit in 2-step verification. Under How to receive codes and Mobile application, click on Remove/Replace and follow the instructions.

You will be issued with a new QR code and the sequence for the verification code will be reset. Your Application-specific passwords (if any) will remain unchanged.Remove/Replace and follow the instructions.

Via theverge.com

---
RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions

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A novel approach to solving the prior art mess
Authored by: calris74 on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 11:19 PM EDT
One problem that has been highlighted in the Samsung/Apple
saga is how patents make it through the application process
and get approved despite the existence of prior art. Here's
a novel approach to solve that problem:

- When applying for a patent, the applicant provides a
'Prior Art Bond' - Let's say that it is set at $100k
- When reviewing a patent, the patent office conducts an
extensive prior art search
- If prior art is found by the patent office, the applicant
is informed and given two options:
- Withdraw the patent and get a percentage of the bond
refunded
- Argue the legitimacy of the prior art found by the
patent office. If the argument fails, none of the bond is
refunded
- If no prior art is found (or any that is found is
successfully argued to be invalid), 100% of the bond is
returned
- When the patent office reviews the performance of it's
examiners, they can look at the amount of prior art that the
examiner has uncovered and how many patent applications got
rejected because of that prior art (i.e. how many times that
examiner raised $100k in revenue for the patent office)
- The prior art searches could even be subcontracted out
- Any patent application that fails the prior art test goes
on public record and, thus, becomes prior art itself

One big problem I forsee is the cost to backyard inventors
that don't have the resources to front-up a $100k bond -
haven't figured out how to deal with that...

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Mikko Thinks iOS is Safe, For Now...
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 12:09 AM EDT
Mikko Hypponen of f-secure gives the keynote at Hack in Paris
and says a few other things about cyber-security: Youtube

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OT here
Authored by: UncleVom on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 07:41 AM EDT
htc_ready_to_fight_apple

Maybe not so clear sailing for the purveyor of bitten fruit

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Google reveals in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux
Authored by: Gringo_ on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 10:52 AM EDT

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at ZDNet reports that for the first time, Google has revealed some details about its desktop of choice: Ubuntu...

Goobuntu is simply a light skin over standard Ubuntu. In particular, Google uses the latest long term support (LTS) of Ubuntu. That means that if you download a copy of the latest version of Ubuntu, 12.04.1, you will, for most practical purposes, be running Goobuntu.

Goobuntu use is encouraged and "All our development tools are for Ubuntu." Googlers must ask to use Windows because "Windows is harder because it has 'special' security problems so it requires high-level permission before someone can use it." In addition, "Windows tools tend to be heavy and inflexible."

Google doesn't just use Ubuntu and contribute to its development, Google is a paying customer for Canonical's Ubuntu Advantage support program.

"Our desktop users are all over the map when it comes to their interfaces. Some use GNOME, some use KDE, some use X- Window and X-Terms. Some want Unity because it reminds them of the Mac. We see Mac lovers moving to Unity." There is no default Goobuntu interface.

There are "tens-of-thousands of Goobuntu users. This includes graphic designers, engineers, management, and sales people. It's a very diverse community".

Put it all together: the need for top-of-the-line security, high-end PC performance, and the flexibility to meet the desktop needs of both genius developers and newly- hired sales representatives, and it's no wonder that Google uses Ubuntu for its desktop operating system of choice. To quote, Bushnell, "You'd be a fool to use anything but Linux."

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TPP - The Biggest Threat to Free Speech and Intellectual Property That You’ve Never Heard Of
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 11:31 AM EDT
As we have seen in the failed attempts of SOPA/PIPA, and the floundering Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, intellectual property (“IP”) laws are often poorly constructed, hastily proposed and ultimately both ineffective and potentially abusive.

Now, the latest threat to free speech in guise of IP reform is a multilateral trade agreement currently being negotiated (in secret) by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”). That agreement—the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or “TPP”—would reportedly include dramatic changes to intellectual property laws, changes that could potentially permit the patenting to plants, animals, and medical procedures.

 And, while some of the proposed changes run contrary to enacted federal law, the USTR is not only pushing for TPP, it is doing its best to avoid congressional oversight. 

Sandra Fulton, ACLU

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Has Groklaw - looked at jury foreman's software patent (is it affected by prior art)?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 11:49 AM EDT
Has anyone looked at jury foreman's software patent, to see if it has
"prior art" exposure?

If someone has examined the software patent, then please provide a link to the
patent, and explain how it could be challenged by prior art, etc?

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Apple vs. Samsung: $ 1 Bn in 5 Cent coins ;-)
Authored by: BJ on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 04:20 PM EDT
Story here.

bjd


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Imagine if (a thought on design patents)
Authored by: calris74 on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 07:12 PM EDT
The design of the iPhone / iPad casing is an artistic
expression.

Imagine design patents / trade dress were applied to the
following:
- Art Deco
- Impressionism Art
- Surrealism Art
- Psychedelic Music
- Electronic Music
- Dub Step Music
- Trance Music
- Blues Music
- Rock Music
- Heavy Metal

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  • Oh yes! - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 10:37 PM EDT
    • Oh No! - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 08:49 AM EDT
Potential News Pick--Pinch to Zoom Not Infringed
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 09:16 PM EDT
The Verge has a clarifying story: Link

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So, when does Samsung sue Apple over LTE?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 11:21 PM EDT
Doesn't Samsung have a lot of LTE patents? Are they waiting to see if iPhone 5
has LTE?

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Real Canadian Crime - maple syrup heist worth up to $30-million
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 01:18 AM EDT
Quebec police are on the hunt for a sticky-fingered thief
after millions of dollars of maple syrup vanished from a
Quebec warehouse.

The theft was discovered during a routine inventory check
last week at the St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse, where the
syrup is being held temporarily. The Federation of Quebec
Maple Syrup Producers, which is responsible for the global
strategic maple syrup reserve [Quebec produces between 70
and 80 per cent of the world’s maple syrup], initially kept
the news quiet, hoping it would help police solve the crime
quickly.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article4510740.
ece

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Jury foreman justifies $1bn verdict
Authored by: eamacnaghten on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 04:05 AM EDT
Sorry if this has been posted before. On the BBC: Jury foreman justifies $1bn verdict

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Nokia, Microsoft head for "Last Chance Saloon"
Authored by: Gringo_ on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 12:30 PM EDT

Nokia's Day of Reckoning is fast upon us. Their big launch of the new Windows 8 phones is just 5 days away. I predict all smoke and no fire, as Microsoft ramps up the campaign with the media it controls. We will hear all kinds of wonderful news about how the new Nokias are taking the world by storm, maybe in far off places where we can't easily verify, but in the end when the smoke clears, the statistics will show flat, uninspired sales.

I make that prediction without even having seen their latest phones, because whatever they are, they run an unlovely OS, and they are too late. People have already invested in apps and content for their iPhones and Androids. They are not going to switch now.

Below I paste quotes from the Reuter's story in a shameless mashup that tells the story I want to tell instead...

Nokia is expected to launch two new Lumia phones on September 5, on the same day that phone maker Motorola, now owned by Google, also unveils a new product.

It kicks off a busy fortnight for mobile devices, with Amazon.com Inc expected to introduce new Kindle tablets on September 6. Apple is seen unveiling the newest iPhone on September 12.

Windows phones have only captured 3.7 percent of the global smartphone market, according to Strategy Analytics. Android phones have 68 percent, while Apple has 17 percent.

If the new Lumia phones do not appeal to consumers when they are unveiled next Wednesday, it could mean the end for Nokia, and a serious blow to Microsoft's attempts to regain its footing in the mobile market, analysts and investors said.

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YOGA - Bikram Choudhury squares off for a copyright showdown
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 06:25 PM EDT
The "hot yoga" kingpin isn't in the yoga business or the money business, he's in the empire business, and he's suing his former apprentice and right-hand-dude Greg Gumucio for intellectual property infringement.

But now, the US Copyright office says it may have issued all protection related to yoga sequences in error, including the one Choudhury's suing over.

Random tech world connection: Choudhury was introduced to his now-nemesis by John McAfee, the software billionaire turned yoga teacher.

Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing

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