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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 04:36 AM EDT |
| Patentology: There Ain’t No
Such Thing as a Free Video
Codec--Aussie patent
lawyer calls free and open source software "socialist" [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 10:30 AM EDT |
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There should be 0% chance that this would be approved since it's blatantly
obvious and there has to be previous art for it. Unfortunately, knowing the
USPTO...
Link
Last week the US Patent & Trademark
Office published a patent application from Microsoft that reveals their
invention relating to voice-controlled camera operations for a smartphone. The
new feature would be great for self-portraits or for group photos that could
allow you to join in. While it's not as cool as saying "OK Google" take a photo
in a hands free mode, it's still interesting to see that voice commands will be
coming to smartphones to control camera functionality in the future, and
particularly from a Windows Smartphone. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 11:22 AM EDT |
MeeGo is alive and well, and innovating according to
Techcrunch
Furthermore, they have come up with this idea they call
the Other Half, which refers to removable hardware shells
that snap on to the
back of the handset and can be changed
and customised by the user. But the
feature goes further
than interchangeable shells...
Jolla’s
Other Half isn't just decoration but
links to the software on the handset —
using an unconfirmed
bridging technology that sounds to my ear like NFC —
allowing content on the phone to be tied to the addition of
a new shell, or
even for new physical features to be
incorporated and
supported.
Kind of brings to mind the heady days of the
Pocket PC,
where you could buy a plethora of clip-on modules for
everything
from GPS functionality to wall projectors for
your presentations. This concept
is bound to return in some
form or another, but with BlueTooth things don't
have to
physically clip on any more. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: JamesK on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 12:01 PM EDT |
| Under the U.K. Terrorism Act, having any material deemed “likely
to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism” is a
crime.
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The following program contains immature subject matter.
Viewer discretion is advised. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 01:29 PM EDT |
| Fierce Wireless
article
Now that it's owned by T-Mobile US, MetroPCS has decided to drop
its lawsuit against the FCC's net neutrality rules for wireless and wired
networks, leaving Verizon Wireless as the sole challenger to the
rules.
Verizon and MetroPCS have both been vocal opponents of the rules
in court but MetroPCS indicated in a court filing on Friday in the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that it no longer wants to fight the rules.
T-Mobile had not opposed the rules and completed its acquisition of MetroPCS
earlier this month.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 01:44 PM EDT |
| 5 year patent court
battle over (unless it goes to the Supremes of course)
(Reuters) The
U.S. patent appeals court has handed major phone companies a victory in a
five-year patent battle, upholding a lower court's interpretation of telephone
message marketing patents that kept the companies clear of any
infringement.
Mississippi-based Greenville Communications LLC sued
AT&T Mobility LLC, Nextel Operations Inc, T-Mobile USA Inc and Verizon
Wireless in 2007, alleging the companies had infringed its patents.
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| Authored by: SilverWave on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 04:31 PM EDT |
Saw a recommendation to use Nova on a SG4
Review at the
register... best advice ever
:-)
Speedy transitions and no pauses using a SG Note 1.
(4.1.2)
I'm in Android configuration heaven :-)
Its free and no ads
that I can see.
(There is a paid version as well for £2.60).
N
ova Launcher
For setting go to All Apps > settings thingy top
right >
Nova Settings.
Nova Launcher
Review
How
to Set Up Your Android Launcher
The Google SG4
will of course put a stop to all this
TouchWiz related nonsense. ---
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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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 05:06 PM EDT |
A question for Groklaw
www.infoworld.com/print/
218765
I'm sorry, but the clicky pre-pends
groklawstatic.ibiblio.org.
Appears to violate OSD3, OSD5, OSD6 and OSD7.
Looks
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 05:17 PM EDT |
BBC video 13
min.
This gave me mixed feelings: seething with rage at the incompetence
of
governments and companies to secure their networks; and eager to punish
these
young twerps who ignore "No Trespassing" signs, and climb thru open
windows.
But no lack of empathy.
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| Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 07:55 PM EDT |
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Link
Incorporated in 1980, AOI "has no physical presence"
in Ireland "or any other address" and doesn't have any employees, the Senate
report said. Its board meetings have almost always been held in the U.S., and
its assets are managed by an Apple subsidiary in Nevada.
"According to
Apple, AOI's net income made up 30% of Apple's total worldwide net profits from
2009-2011, yet Apple also disclosed to the subcommittee that AOI did not pay any
corporate income tax to any national government during that period," the report
said.
Apple said "it had not determined" whether AOI was managed and
controlled in the U.S., which would make its profits taxable, the report said,
noting that the subsidiary hadn't filed a corporate tax return in the last five
years.
The Senate Hearing tomorrow with Apple CEO Tim
Cook
should be interesting. I'm sure he will argue that
the tax rates should be
lowered.
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 09:11 PM EDT |
| Link
Motion to stay sanctions - Denied.
Kicked
off another case:
Hansmeier is also getting kicked off a case he
was working on that was totally unrelated to Prenda's scheme of making copyright
accusations over alleged pornography downloads. He had a side business in which
he helped his friends and family object to class-action settlements and then
retrieve cash settlements in return for withdrawing their
objections.
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 10:32 PM EDT |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22600984
So why do US authorities go to great lengths to support this company? Relative
to the high end of the scale it is contributing a pittance to the common good.
Probably its sales to the US Govt are greater than its tax contribution ... [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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