Posts by Shagbag

Is this just a US thing? If so, then I'm not bothered. Just as long as it doesn't escape that Patent 'asylum'.

What would've happened if the sale was not advertised on eBay?

the Court has said that some of Apple’s touch screen patent documents... “provide greater support for Samsung’s defence of non-infringement than they do for Apple’s case on infringement"... A similar statement is made regarding Apple’s heuristics patent

LOL. Says it all.

Still using Office 11

It must be hard for MS to get people excited about ANOTHER release of their office product.

I'm using Office 2003 and I have little need for 50% of its functionality.

Arrested on suspicion. Not (yet?) charged with an actual crime. Police will be searching his house right now.

Macbook Air 11" is shyte

I bought one and I deeply regret it. No 'Delete' key. No '#' key. Instead, multiple finger combos that are a PITA when you're on a train with a cup of coffee in one hand. That an £1300 for a hardward spec that I could get at DELL for £600. That makes it £700 for the 'design'. Yes, I got sucked in by Apple's marketing machine, but once bitten; twice shy. It will take a lot for me to ever be interested again in an Apple device.

As for aluminium: big deal. I've seen and fondled Samsung's 900 series with its lighter, stronger, Duralumin and, you know what, it's actually BETTER than aluminium. So, IMHO, this article is not 'news'.

Really?

I was going to release my own smartphone. It is 2mm thin, has a 4.1" screen and a 10.1 megapixel camera. It had a brushed titanium back plate. It was an "iPhone killer" but it had poor battery life so I decided not to release it to market.

Arab strap.

Another Apple PR Disaster

Apple shoots the messenger.

When someone buys an app from the App Store, 30% of that cash goes straight to Apple.

Someone else points out a problem with that App Store infrastructure, Apple ex-communicates them.

As a well-known Physicist said:

"If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants."

Double Edged

How long before Arms Dealers get their hands on these and start using them against our boys? I hope the answer is 'never' or at least after they've evacuated the 'stans.

Job opportunity

Maybe he could get a job in pron - clubbing someone with his stick or punching them in the ring?

What a load of 5hYt

Anyone who thinks they can predict the future is kidding themselves.

...so Australians will wake up on Monday 19 September and think...

..."Telsta is my favourite brand. We don't need to see his identification. These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along. Move along."

Game on!

I own a MacBook Air and I really regret buying it. Apart from the apoplectic annoyance of no 'Delete' and '#' keys, I paid about £1300 for hardware I could get retail for under £500.

Until prices fall to reasonable levels, I'll never own another Apple appliance (it's the only one I have).

Apple = Shit Scared

I just wish the mass media would get a hold of this one. It bring the whole 'patent troll' thing to the attention of the general public.

Now let's wait for the CPS...

... to see if it does its usual thing and drops the charges announcing "a low prospect of securing a conviction".

Faecal touch

When you're a monopolist, it's pretty hard to increase market share but much easier to lose it. Maybe he should've given the 8.5bn back to the shareholders as a return of capital or special dividend or something. Buying a business with a long-term history of losses and 'waiting for a turn around' (if Skype's management can't do it, why would MS's be any better?) - is not a good way of creating shareholder value. It would be better to give the cash to them and let them go to the Casino.

Forget the tech and follow the money

I'm always surprised why hardly anyone focuses on the non-tech failures of Microsoft. Sure MS makes "record" profits, but the use of that word clouds the aweful truth that, as an investment, MS stock is a poor performer. It's PE ratio is embarrassingly low for a company with the resources it has and it's Market cap is now less than Apple (which has a much lower OS Market share).

That is why Steve Ballmer is being questioned. Shareholder don't give a crap that xbox is supposedly such a "money-spinner" when those profits are being frittered away, time and again, on failed R&D projects. On top of that is the abject failures in market timing. Windows Mobile 7 is a thorn in the side for many investors.

History Repeats

Time and again Microsoft releases a new version of its Windows plarform proudly declaring it "the most secure yet".

Time and again we see exploits appearing shortly thereafter.

Isn't it about time we all recognised and admitted that the proprietary software development model is not superior to the open-source development model?

Any Real Machines?

I've seen a lot of press about ARM vs x86 over the past 12 months and I can't help but think of an analogy to the hype that was WAP in mobile telephony. In particular, I recall the phrase "Where Are the Phones?"

I'm growing impatient reading about "the x86 killer" and am beginning to think 'ARM vs x86' is nothing more than a media myth.