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Chutzpah: Google also wants 2.25% of every iPhone sale

by Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Feb 9, 2012 • No Comments

It's not enough that Google borrowed the phone's look and feel to make Android?

From Google's IEEE letter. Source: FOSS Patents. Click to enlarge.

It took a Techmeme news cycle for the import of Google's (GOOG) letter to the IEEE -- the nonprofit organization that sets technical standards for everything from AC/DC converters to Wi-Fi networks --...

ArsTechnica / Publishers

Microsoft, Google, and Apple talk up "fair and reasonable" patent license fees

by Jon Brodkin on Feb 8, 2012 • No Comments
Microsoft today issued a brief statement promising to make "essential patents" available to competitors at fair and reasonable licensing rates, and promised not to sue companies making products that infringe these patents. The ac...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming February 29th

by Peter Bright on Feb 8, 2012 • No Comments
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview—notably it's not being called a "beta"—will be launched on February 29th. Microsoft will launch it at an event it's hosting in Barcelona to coincide with Mobile World Congress. Tak...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Feature: Don’t panic? Windows 8 and the "ribbonification" of Explorer

by Peter Bright on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments
When Microsoft first revealed that the Explorer file manager would be outfitted with a ribbon-style toolbar in Windows 8, responses were loud, passionate, and frequently negative. The company recently described changes that it h...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

The three patents Microsoft is hammering the Nook with—and why they may be invalid

by Jon Brodkin on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments
Microsoft's complaint against Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook devices has been narrowed down to just three patents, with the US International Trade Commission having to decide whether Nook devices infringe on severa...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

ITC lawyers argue that Barnes & Noble didn’t infringe Microsoft’s patents

by Peter Bright on Feb 6, 2012 • No Comments
Barnes & Noble received a boost in its patent infringement case against Microsoft after staff attorneys at the US International Trade Commission recommended that ITC Judge Theodore Essex find that the book company had not inf...
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Microsoft’s $21B in quarterly revenue is nice, but it’s no iPhone

by Michael Rose on Feb 6, 2012 • No Comments
When you think Microsoft, you think "big." Especially from the perspective of Apple's long-time customers and loyalists -- those who remember the rough times in the 1990s, when Microsoft's US$150 million investment helped keep the company from fiscal ...
9 to 5 Mac / Publishers

Microsoft promises native Dynamics CRM client for iPad, iPhone in 2012

by Christian Zibreg on Feb 6, 2012 • No Comments
Software giant Microsoft will release in the second quarter a high-profile productivity tool for iPad-toting business professionals, it’s been revealed. Accompanying Microsoft’s CRM Dynamics 2012 platform update is this preview guide which specifically mentions iPad support, as noted by ZDnet. The document also includes a screenshot depicting Dynamics CRM mobile client for iPad, as seen above....
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Microsoft publishes fancy-pants heterogeneous parallel GPGPU C++ AMP specification

by Peter Bright on Feb 5, 2012 • No Comments
Microsoft has published the specification for C++ AMP (Accelerated Massive Parallelism), its new system for heterogeneous parallel processing in C++. When Microsoft first announced C++ AMP in June last year, it said that it...
CultOfMac / Publishers

Windows Phone Is Finally Getting Ready For Business, But Can It Beat The iPhone?

by Ryan Faas on Feb 3, 2012 • No Comments
iPhone vs. Windows PhoneWindows Phone 7 hasn’t been the runaway blockbuster that Microsoft probably envisioned when it launched nearly a year and a half ago. Despite advertising campaigns and a strategic alliance with Nokia, Windows Phone use still ranks well below iOS, Android, and...
CultOfMac / Publishers

As Certified IT Pro Salaries Slide, Apple Certifications Gain Value

by Ryan Faas on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments
White WiFi 32GB  Every major tech company offers training and certification programs for their solutions, including Apple. For years, it’s been common advice to pursue certifications if you’re looking to get a job in IT for the first time or to if you want...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Leaked Windows Phone 8 vid: Windows 8 kernel and integration, multiple cores

by Peter Bright on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments
Windows Phone 8 will be based on the same kernel as Windows 8, and will support multicore processors, NFC, and full device encryption according to a leaked video seen by PocketNow. This in turn inspired...

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  • What The FBI Had On Steve Jobs - Digits - WSJ
    You’ve heard about things going on your permanent record? Steve Jobs had one, too. Associated PressSteve Jobs, in 1993The Federal Bureau of Investigation just made public its background check on the Apple co-founder. The agency assembled the investigation in 1991 because Jobs was being considered for a presidential appointment by George H.W. Bush to the Pres […]
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    RT @CrisValerio: Want to look through Steve Jobs CIA file? Check it out for yourself: http://t.co/QajCrn5Q What do you find most interes ...0 comments […]
  • Apple announcing iPad 3 first week of March? Anonymous sources think so -- Engadget
    Is the long, treacherous wait for the iPad 3 nearly at an end? That's what anonymous sources tell All Things D. The site caught wind that an Apple event next month will host the announcement of the company's latest tablet. The event is said to be slated for the first week of March at that popular Apple haunt, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in […]
  • Report: Apple To Announce The iPad 3 The First Week Of March | TechCrunch
    Shocking news of the day: Apple is preparing to announce the iPad 3. Crazy news, I know. That announcement, if AllThingsD is to be believed, should come in the first week of March. The next-gen tablet itself is reportedly an upgraded version of the iPad 2, featuring a dual-core CPU and a higher-resolution display. But then again, that’s to be expected. Of co […]
  • Report: Apple to unveil next iPad in March
    Report: Apple to unveil next iPad in March http://t.co/0C3yc6f20 comments […]
  • Google Wants a 2.25% Cut of Every iPhone Sale
    Looking to earn back some of the $12.5 billion it’s spending to buy Motorola Mobility, Google sent a letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers looking for a maximum 2.25% cut of sales for phones that use Motorola’s technology, including Apple‘s iPhone.The letter, which went out to the IEEE on Wednesday, outlines Google’s position on Mot […]
  • Apple to Introduce iPad 3 in First Week of March - Mac Rumors
    AllThingsD, which has an accurate track record in revealing Apple's new product media events, is reporting that Apple will hold an event to launch the iPad 3 in the first week of March.Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be […]
  • Apple said to hold 'iPad 3' event first week in March
    Apple will reportedly hold a media event the first week in March in San Francisco to unveil its third-generation iPad, which is expected to go on sale soon after it is unveiled.0 comments […]
  • Apple reportedly to announce iPad 3 in first week of March - The Next Web
    Apple will announce its next-generation iPad in the first week of March, a new report from AllThingsD suggests.Citing sources close to the matter, Apple will likely choose San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to unveil the successor to the iPad 2, coming almost exactly year after the company announced its current tablet model.Specifications of the […]
  • Apple to Announce iPad 3 First Week in March - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD
    Apple’s not holding an event in February. But it is holding one in March — to launch its next iPad.Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s preferred […]
  • Alleged Apple iPad 3 photo sparks rumours - Telegraph
    A photo that appears to show the back of an iPad 3 has ignited rumours about Apple's next tablet.0 comments […]
  • Leaked photo allegedly shows outside back cover of Apple's next iPad
    On the heels of an earlier purported leak of the back panel of the third-generation iPad, new leaked photos have emerged showing an external view of the back panel of the rumored device, as well as magnets for an "iPad 3" Smart Cover.0 comments […]
  • Alleged Foxconn hack allowed bogus orders to be placed for vendors
    A "Greyhat" hacking group announced this week that it had successfully hacked contract manufacturer Foxconn and released usernames and passwords for vendors that could be used to place fraudulent orders for companies like Apple and Microsoft.0 comments […]
  • Stealing Your Address Book by Dustin Curtis
    It's not really a secret, per se, but there's a quiet understanding among many iOS app developers that it is acceptable to send a user's entire address book, without their permission, to remote servers and then store it for future reference. It's common practice, and many companies likely have your address book stored in their database. O […]
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