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Stupid, Slashdot.

http://dailytech.com/Mounting+Evidence+Casts+Doubt+on+Driver+in+Recent+Runaway+Prius+Incident/article17892.htm

The anecdotes from places like Coding Horror are just that: anecdotes. Were early SSD failure rates higher up to 2011 than regular drives? I think they've gotten better as years pass. What about now though? Even the 2011 survey from Tom's Hardware already put SSD reliability as already higher than regular drives.

I've had plenty of spinning drives that didn't last more than a hundred days too. Hard drive controllers fail with no warning, just like SSD ones do. I think this is emphasized as more associated with SSD failures because it's the only way SSDs die.

In the middle of 2011 Intel raised warranties to 5 years on the main SSD I use in my systems. In late 2011 Seagate dropped warranties to a year. If you don't care about high capacity, it's possible for a SSD to cost less per year than a mechanical drive now. That's not a glowing statement about the manufacturers thinking SSD is more likely to fail either.

Interesting. According to this more recent article:

http://www.dailytech.com/UPS+to+Use+40+New+Hydraulic+Hybrid+Vehicles+in+Baltimore+Atlanta+/article27846.htm

it appears to have worked out well enough to expand the experiment.

The Supreme Court more or less removed the FCC's authority in June 2012; see America, F**k Yeah! Supreme Court Axes FCC's TV Obscenity Rules.

Or put another way

Windows 8 Usage Sinks Below Vista Levels
Windows 7 had more than 10 times the usage at this point in its lifecycle

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+8+Usage+Sinks+Below+Vista+Levels/article29546.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/American+Airlines+Wins+FAA+Approval+to+Use+iPad+in+Cockpit+During+All+Phases+of+Flight/article27646.htm

Android is proprietary system

No it isn't, it is free and open, you can download the source, build it, modify it, recompile & run it, distribute it, etc. You don't know the meaning of the term "proprietary system", so you should refrain from commenting on things you clearly know nothing about.

If there are hundreds of packages of half-assed malware out there that could theoretically infect my android phone but in practice dont and cant, why should that bother me?

Again, refrain from commenting on things you clearly know nothing about:
Devices infected with active or dormant malware
SMSZombie infections
700% increase in Android malware

Every big country wants to be top dog, or a superpower.

China has wanted this for some time.

They fought a number of proxy wars against the USA, including the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In the former, Chinese troops met American troops in combat. In the latter, China provided weapons, equipment, aid and advisors to the North Vietnamese communist armies.

China is now building F-22 clones for its airforce, has a new carrier for its Navy, is waging constant and active cyber warfare against the US, and is expanding its trade strategy to dominate the US.

The war is cold now, but eventually it will be hot. Hold onto your hats.

I suspect ...it runs much faster than win7 on lower end hardware really means it boots faster, since Win8 doesn't routinely boot at all - just reloads a pre-booted memory image. Still, that probably makes it feel like it runs faster, since the main 'slowness' of Windows is that it seems to be ready to work when it really hasn't finished booting.

No, Windows 8 also run faster and uses less memory while doing so. Text rendering has become hw accelerated, more 2d rendering hw accelerated, DirectX and video rendering performance enhanced and general "creative" rendering has vastly improved:

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-vs-windows-7-benchmarked_p2-7000002671/

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/gentlemen-start-your-benches-measuring-windows-8s-performance/

http://www.askvg.com/comparison-between-windows-7-and-windows-8-memory-management-system/

from http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+8+is+Using+Less+Memory+Than+Windows+7/article22986.htm :

[Windows 8]has 124 MB (~20 percent) more "Available Memory" on his 1 GB notebook -- the Windows 7 minimum memory requirement.

Really?

areyou sure?

not just anyone who dares to use an apple anywhere?

Are you implying that Apple was trying to protect user privacy?

http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+is+Tracking+its+iPhone+iPad+Users+Every+Move/article21429.htm

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-20/tech/iphone.tracking_1_iphone-users-apple-devices-location-data?_s=PM:TECH

http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

See, Google has an interest in your location because they want to provide you relevant local ads, or provide better maps so that you are "branded" to google services. Latitude is opt-in.

Google tracks you with cookies,login data and IP addresses. You can change these by a simple delete or relogin, deleting your account, or wiping/rooting the device. Bam, you're a "unique user" again.

On the Apple side, they use the UUID, tied to your specific device. You can wipe the phone all you want but tracking data for that device is always connected to that device in a database.

What is Apple's reason for tracking location? Or what was it back then? Why was the feature opt-out rather than opt-in?

PCWorlds 13 Surface RT Alternatives http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012091/13-new-windows-machines-that-arent-surface-rt.html

DailyTech's "Microsoft Surface Review RoundUp" http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Surface+Review+RoundUp/article29019.htm

Uh...what? Granted, this is from 2010, but it hasn't changed much:

"Worldwide, 500 million customers use Office. Office's marketshare has held steady at 94 percent for years according to market research firm Gartner. The next closest competitor, Adobe has a mere 4 percent of the market. " http://www.dailytech.com/Office+2010+to+Launch+Today+Microsoft+Owns+94+Percent+of+the+Market/article18360.htm

So those 94 percent of people find no practical use in Microsoft products?

I am one of those guys using Office, and I'm old enough to remember using Lotus 1-2-3. Then, office was a real gamechanger. Now it's a commodity, most of the people using it would just as well use open office. They're not changing it because a) retraining b) admin tools.
As much as the cloud paradigma can be attractive to Microsoft, in their shoes I'd be wary: anybody can enter that market provided that it has given you a login and password ( Facebook document repository?), and they are not asking people for a yearly fee. I'd probably put up ads saying "Microsoft: your documents are REALLY yours", promise to give out free document viewers for eternity with a facility to copy them to newer versions, and to never mess with the program menus and shortcuts, and stick to the personal PC model like it was a mix between a young Gloria Swanson and Adriana Lima.

"Microsoft: we can do without a modem.... can you?" looks like a catchy phrase to me.

"Coolness" is an added value which the market appreciates, but what matters the most to the market is the practicality of the product - and in Microsoft's case, I'm sorry to say there is a lack of practical value for most of its products today.

Uh...what? Granted, this is from 2010, but it hasn't changed much:

"Worldwide, 500 million customers use Office. Office's marketshare has held steady at 94 percent for years according to market research firm Gartner. The next closest competitor, Adobe has a mere 4 percent of the market. "
http://www.dailytech.com/Office+2010+to+Launch+Today+Microsoft+Owns+94+Percent+of+the+Market/article18360.htm

So those 94 percent of people find no practical use in Microsoft products?

Exhibit A apparently the Earth's magnetic field traps anti-protons from the Sun. We just have to go collect them. If you can't be bothered to get up off your collective asses, well, you deserve to go extinct. Oh, and they're a renewable resource (at least for a few billion years) since they are constantly replenished from the Sun.


Exhibit B and Exhibit C -- harvest solar power, generate more antimatter. Yeah, kind of wasteful, but you fucking monkeys aren't fully utilizing Sol's bounty anyhow. I'm sure you'll figure out ways to improve efficiency with experience.


Honestly, you're all a bunch of lazy whiners, content to prey upon each other with arbitrage rather than applying yourself to actual productive work that would generate real wealth. The galaxy doesn't need the likes of you.

apple is most defiantly watching and tracking you. http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+is+Tracking+its+iPhone+iPad+Users+Every+Move/article21429.htm

In other news, "Antarctic Ice Levels Hit Record High"

http://www.dailytech.com/Antarctic+Ice+Levels+Hit+Record+High/article8871.htm

Actually, if you read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18709232 you'll see that Apple were not the first, just the one the majority of people remember.

Also if you want further details: http://www.dailytech.com/Analysis+Neonode+Patented+SwipetoUnlock+3+Years+Before+Apple/article24046.htm.

I'm sure the reports of suicide nets and riots are all lies.

>Again, if you remember, when the story of suicides came to slashdot, people here quickly did the sensible thing and compared the suicide rate per 100,000 people: Foxconn vs China as a whole. Result, Foxconn employees commit suicide significantly less often than the average Chinese person.Some people just can't cope with large numbers and don't get the logic that any group of hundreds of thousands of people will have multiple suicides in the group.>Riots? You mean the 7 new employees that were out for a meal and had a fight with the owner of a restaurant. And a bunch of their colleagues joined in. Nothing to do with the factory or working practices. Just a brawl in a company town.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18363929Now, even if these things you mention weren't lies and distortions, you'd then have to consider that Foxconn don't just manufacture for Apple, but many other brands. You undoubtably own products made by Foxconn in China.

Your liking for one smartphone over another causes you to ape and repeat the exposed liar Mike Daisey. How pathetic is that. Meditate on it for a while. Is this really the kind of as person you want to be?

The only Liar here is you.

Anti-Suicide Nets - http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+at+Its+Facilities/article18877.htm
Riot - http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+at+Its+Facilities/article18877.htm

Please don't reply to my posts your willingness to distort the truth for your shiny Apple I find distasteful.

I'm sure the reports of suicide nets and riots are all lies.

>Again, if you remember, when the story of suicides came to slashdot, people here quickly did the sensible thing and compared the suicide rate per 100,000 people: Foxconn vs China as a whole. Result, Foxconn employees commit suicide significantly less often than the average Chinese person.Some people just can't cope with large numbers and don't get the logic that any group of hundreds of thousands of people will have multiple suicides in the group.>Riots? You mean the 7 new employees that were out for a meal and had a fight with the owner of a restaurant. And a bunch of their colleagues joined in. Nothing to do with the factory or working practices. Just a brawl in a company town.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18363929Now, even if these things you mention weren't lies and distortions, you'd then have to consider that Foxconn don't just manufacture for Apple, but many other brands. You undoubtably own products made by Foxconn in China.

Your liking for one smartphone over another causes you to ape and repeat the exposed liar Mike Daisey. How pathetic is that. Meditate on it for a while. Is this really the kind of as person you want to be?

The only Liar here is you.

Anti-Suicide Nets - http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+at+Its+Facilities/article18877.htm
Riot - http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+at+Its+Facilities/article18877.htm

Please don't reply to my posts your willingness to distort the truth for your shiny Apple I find distasteful.

Please note the summary is obviously about the "International" version of the Galaxy SIII.

Actually, Canada which is the country this benchmark was made in, also has faster Android phones.

Selecting (out-of-the-country) phones for this benchmark which have slower processors was most likely a deliberate choice on their part. It's a well known fact that if you post negative news news about Apple (it doesn't matter how big you are), or post negative reviews, you and all your colleagues at your company get blacklisted from their VIP events and most importantly, you and all your colleagues (including your bosses), also get blacklisted from receiving any "freebie" review devices.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24281

Better make a note to ditch Samsung when your current contract runs out too... wouldn't want to contribute to some monster that tries to block competing products

But has any other CEO ever openly stated they will do anything to destroy another company or product?

The Article.

I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

I don't want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won't want it. I've got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that's all I want.

The way I see it, Apple is scared. They have NOTHING new up their sleeve. The iPhone really hasn't changed much over since the first one. The shape, the display and a little more powerful is all. Other then that the iOS has generally stayed the same. Look at Android changes since version 1.2. Each one is a massive improvement on speed, interface and useability.

If Apple wants to compete then they need to do two things:
1. Lower the prices of their products. Paying 30-75% more for a product that looks pretty and has a fancy glowing Apple logo isn't worth it.
2. Make a version of their desktop OS that can also run on a PC and sell that straight out.

there was a foreman who was an engineer and has multiple patents. And led the juries, to protect the patents because he'd want "his" patents protected.

More precisely, he is a patent troll who patented the DVR several years after ReplayTV and Tivo released their DVRs to market. He probably recognised a kindred spirit in Apple, which thus managed to get confirmed patents such as pinch-to-zoom (first implemented by Myron Krueger in 1983) and slide-to-unlock (a trivial, obvious gesture but actually patented three years before Apple by Swedish company Neonode).

Additionally, he's been going around grandstanding, giving interviews where he reveals that he instructed the other jury members not to actually read their deliberation instructions because he acted as an expert witness for them in interpreting the law (thus being an expert witness giving testimony to the jury yet unavailable for cross-examination by Samsung). Mistrial material right there.

Samsung's success has come largely from making good copies of other people's phones. As we've just seen, they copied the iPhone in numerous examples. We know they've copied the Motorola RAZR with the Samsung Blade (example). We know they copied RIM's Blackberry with the Blackjack (resolution).

Samsung has a history of copying successful phones from other manufacturers. The claim of "the design is obvious" really starts to fall apart when one recognizes that the company has a history of doing this...

But, hey, let's pretend that Samsung is successful because they make great phones. Let's ignore the facts that history has laid out for us.

Did you actually look at what patents they were found to be infringing? Go ahead, read it up.

Big win for Apple and a legal lesson to the folks who claimed this case was about "a rectangle with rounded corners."

But 'a rectangle with rounded corners' IS what... this was about.

http://www.dailytech.com/Jury+Finds+Samsung+Guilty+of+Vast+Willful+Infringement+of+Apples+Smartphones/article25515c.htm

More surprisingly the jury found Samsung guilty of infringing Apple's U.S. Design Patent No. D618,677 and D593,087, which Apple's attorney's argued in testimony give it exclusive rights to produce rectangular smartphones with rounded edges.

You're right in that it's not the only thing it was about. It was also about...

the '301 ("bounce patent"; all devices), U.S. Patent No. 7,844,915 ("pinch to zoom"; almost all devices), U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381 (all devices), and '163 ("double tap to zoom"; some devices, but not others)

I don't know what lesson you suggest we should have learned, but I'm pretty sure the one people are going to be learning in the months to come is that your patent system is fubar.

There is a passion around modding popular games, like say Skyrim.

So what's stopping companies *selling* the modding software, and/or setting up a mod app store, where people can pay $1 per mod, with 10% (or whatever) going to the modder. Modders appreciate donations anyway, so you're paying them and paying the company to maintain the service.

Skyrim sold at least 3.4 million copies, 14% of which for PC. Of the say 480,000 PC copies, assume 100,000 of them end up downloading 10 mods each, on avg. That $10 spend per player could mean $900k for the developer and $100k for modders.

This makes the modding community happy (they'd be pissed at people paying for mods if something didn't go to the community - this is like mandatory donating). A modder with 1000 downloads gets $100, maybe more over time, that's nothing to sneeze at for what would have otherwise been given for free. With that they could buy a Skyrim t-shirt, metal figurine and map set - which is more money for the company again. :)

I don't see why it can't be done, if done fairly.

Fidler holding both tablets. Yeah, Apple's is totally original... :-|

Just got off work so here ya go friend and the keywords to Google it are "Win 8 hybrid boot" which brings up 20 million fricking pages all about it. again its the old hibernate trick with a few nasty hacks thrown in, not something i'd get jazzed about. But if you want feel free to rename hiberfil.sys on your system and time the reboot, just make sure you have access to the console in case its left unbootable. Of course if it IS left unbootable then you'll know its using the hiberfil instead of doing a cold boot, but I wouldn't want you to end up with a broken system just to say "I told ya so".

Now if you'll excuse me its been a long day and the oldest boy just dropped me off a lotsa meat with extra meat and cheese so my butt is gonna kick back and enjoy some top notch pizza goodness...Peace.

You mean by photoshopping the look of the samsung phone to make it look more like an iPhone in court documents.
http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Caught+Using+Photoshop+to+Fake+More+Pics+in+Lawsuits/article22500.htm

Remember SOPA ?

And how the Obama administration OPPOSED SOPA?

http://www.dailytech.com/Obama+Admin+Declares+War+on+SOPA+SOPA+Author+Caught+Stealing+Work/article23783.htm

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/01/14/obama_administration_comes_out_against_sopa_and_protect_ip.html

But please, don't let things like facts get in the way of your mindless bashing. Nevermind the fact that there are plenty of legitimate reasons to be displeased with Obama, let's make something up.

Since 1985 the EU patent office keeps a registry where you can deposit plans that could be turned into patents even though the relevant law of 1978 does specifically not recognise computer programs a patentable.
The 2005 vote in the EU parliament dismissed the idea of software patents with 648 out of 729 votes.

I hear this a lot, but if you look at some actual cases, you find out software patents are valid and enforced in EU. Maybe there are less software patents than in US but they are there. Look for example at this case: http://www.dailytech.com/German+Judge+Bans+Androids+for+SwipeUnlocking+Despite+Prior+Art/article24027.htm

Swipe to unlock IMO is software patent - you input something using the touchscreen and the software in the phone performs some action.
Maybe this is just german specific and is unenforcable in EU as whole? I don't know, IANAL and i'd be glad if someone enlightens me about this topic.

An update in the Gizmodo article [gizmodo.com.au] states that they did not reveal everyone's data - it was a partial dump containing only business and government account records. So, I think they're taking your advice. Ready to support them now? 8^)

So, if bank robbers only rob the banks with other people's money, do you support them? If vandals only trash someone else's school, do you support them? If arsonists only burn down other people's homes, do you support them? If hackers (like Anonymous ) only steal other people's credit cards, do you support them? What a silly notion.

Maybe if the iPad was an original design that would make sense.

Well technically, the NDA has been dropped, but...

Relenting to pressure from the developer community, Apple has dropped the NDAs that developers were required to agree to when they submitted their applications for consideration on the iPhone App Store.

In a statement on its Web site, Apple states, "The NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone's success, so we are dropping it for released software."

The previous version of the NDA required that a developer not discuss the reasons that its app may have been declined, and restricted developers from publicly rebutting Apple's refusal or dissecting the denial notification that Apple sent them. The revised NDA allows developers to publicly comment on the reasons their app was accepted or declined, and it allows developers to state that they've submitted an app for consideration--but unreleased software currently under review is still covered by the NDA, and Apple has asked developers not to comment on applications currently being considered for the App Store.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2331498,00.asp

...but as the New York Times knows already (and every news outlet knows as well). There does not need to be an NDA in place for Apple to place you permanently in their penalty box.

So I'd say the Bitdefender company definitely made the right call on this one, especially if it intends to have continued special access to the Apple ecosystem. The huge beast is quick-tempered and bears long grudges. It's best to say nothing that could potentially upset it.

not only did they not copy the ipad they doctored the photos that they showed the court

http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Caught+Using+Photoshop+to+Fake+More+Pics+in+Lawsuits/article22500.htm

Those samsung copied apple photos, yea photoshopped

http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Caught+Using+Photoshop+to+Fake+More+Pics+in+Lawsuits/article22500.htm

Worth pointing out that this article was written by Florian Mueller of "Top Anti-Android Blogger Florian Mueller is Being Paid by Oracle" fame. He has been proven wrong before, and so we should probably wait for some better reporting on this story. That said, I would say he is right about the ban on Samsung extending to third parties that "act in concert" with Samsung to continue selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but he is wrong that the ban applies to really independent third parties who are selling the Tab 10.1 without "acting in concert" with Samsung (i.e. third party importers etc.). To stop those guys, Apple needs to take them to court.

That article is from 18 March, 2011. Things have changed a LOT since then in the competition between Android and iPhone devices.

The thing is, there are constantly new Android devices and updates. Apple doesn't release that often and doesn't see a lot of innovation. If I buy the best Android phone now, in a few short months there will be a better one. Not so with the iPhone or iPad. I guarantee that those ratings are not the same today as they were a year and 3 months ago. Android devices now outsell iPhones:

http://www.dailytech.com/Android+Outsells+iPhone+5to2+Has+Nearly+50+Percent+of+the+Market/article22326.htm

And have a greater market share:

http://www.androidauthority.com/idc-android-market-share-apple-statistics-89271/

Things have changed.

People must be blind if they can't see how much current intellectual property regulations are stifling innovation.

Galaxy Tab is in what way innovative?

And inwhich way is the iPad [case] innovative if you look at what was before - like the Samsung photo frame? Comparison shot

Probably because it's another cherry-picked statistic to support the previously-determined answer they want.

This is the only statistic that matters.

Thats the Jedi trick, the elephant in the room.
The diligent engineer did know what he was doing and did pass on his issues up the ladder. Nothing was done.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/324002
"This private data would then âoebe analyzed offline for use in other initiatives,â like researching how well Googleâ(TM)s other services are used, the document said."
http://www.dailytech.com/FCC+Google+Knowingly+Used+Street+View+Cars+to+Snoop+on+Emails+Texts/article24574.htm has more

Yes, it couldn't possibly be adversaries, and people want to do harm to the United States, in an environment where people like you firmly believe that everything must be a "false flag" operation designed to somehow take away your rights.

...

Or, it could be this:

Capability of the People’s Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation
http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_Cyber_Paper_FINAL_Approved%20Report_16Oct2009.pdf

Occupying the Information High Ground: Chinese Capabilities for Computer Network Operations and Cyber Espionage
http://www.uscc.gov/RFP/2012/USCC%20Report_Chinese_CapabilitiesforComputer_NetworkOperationsandCyberEspionage.pdf

How China Steals Our Secrets
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/opinion/how-china-steals-our-secrets.html

China's Cyber Thievery Is National Policy—And Must Be Challenged
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203718504577178832338032176-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwOTEwNDkyWj.html

FBI Traces Trail of Spy Ring to China
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203961204577266892884130620-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwNzEwNDcyWj.html

NSA: China is Destroying U.S. Economy Via Security Hacks
http://www.dailytech.com/NSA+China+is+Destroying+US+Economy+Via+Security+Hacks/article24328.htm

Chinese Espionage Campaign Targets U.S. Space Technology
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-18/chinese-espionage-campaign-targets-u-dot-s-dot-space-technology

Report: Hackers Seized Control of Computers in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/jet-propulsion-lab-hacked/
http://oig.nasa.gov/congressional/FINAL_written_statement_for_%20IT_%20hearing_February_26_edit_v2.pdf

Chinese hackers took control of NASA satellite for 11 minutes
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/chinese-hackers-took-control-of-nasa-satellite-for-11-minutes-20111119/

Chinese hackers suspected of interfering with US satellites
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/27/chinese-hacking-us-satellites-suspected

Former cybersecurity czar: Every major U.S. company has been hacked by China
http://www.itworld.com/security/262616/former-cybersecurity-czar-every-major-us-company-has-been-hacked-china

China Attacked Internet Security Company RSA, Cyber Commander Tells SASC
http://defense.aol.com/2012/03/27/china-attacked-internet-security-company-rsa-cyber-commander-te/

Chinese Counterfeit Parts Keep Flowing

Thank motorola and Google. Motorola is trying to get money from every copy of Windows sold. So now Microsoft will have to either increase the costs of windows, eat the cost and pay motorola, or remove the software and sell it...

Motorola: http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+Xbox+360+Could+be+Banned+in+Germany+as+Patent+War+Continues/article24592.htm Google demanding WP7 apps be removed: http://www.wpcentral.com/content-infringement-complaints-google-and-windows-phone-marketplace

"My primary phone is the iPhone," said Wozniak. "I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do."

http://www.dailytech.com/Woz+I+Wish+My+iPhone+Did+All+The+Things+My+Android+Does/article23798.htm

Woz actually visited the Googleplex to pick up his Android phone, posed with the dev team, and thinks Android is great: Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did All The Things My Android Does

First, a backdrop, beginning with the fact that China is on track to exceed US military spending by 2025:

Chinese Insider Offers Rare Glimpse of U.S.-China Frictions
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/world/asia/chinese-insider-offers-rare-glimpse-of-us-china-frictions.html

"The senior leadership of the Chinese government increasingly views the competition between the United States and China as a zero-sum game, with China the likely long-range winner if the American economy and domestic political system continue to stumble, according to an influential Chinese policy analyst. China views the United States as a declining power, but at the same time believes that Washington is trying to fight back to undermine, and even disrupt, the economic and military growth that point to China’s becoming the world’s most powerful country."

Asia's balance of power: China’s military rise
http://www.economist.com/node/21552212

"NO MATTER how often China has emphasised the idea of a peaceful rise, the pace and nature of its military modernisation inevitably cause alarm. As America and the big European powers reduce their defence spending, China looks likely to maintain the past decade’s increases of about 12% a year. Even though its defence budget is less than a quarter the size of America’s today, China’s generals are ambitious. The country is on course to become the world’s largest military spender in just 20 years or so."

China’s military rise: The dragon’s new teeth
http://www.economist.com/node/21552193

And now on to what's happening every day in US academic and business environments:

How China Steals Our Secrets
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/opinion/how-china-steals-our-secrets.html

China's Cyber Thievery Is National Policy—And Must Be Challenged
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203718504577178832338032176-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwOTEwNDkyWj.html

FBI Traces Trail of Spy Ring to China
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203961204577266892884130620-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwNzEwNDcyWj.html

NSA: China is Destroying U.S. Economy Via Security Hacks
http://www.dailytech.com/NSA+China+is+Destroying+US+Economy+Via+Security+Hacks/article24328.htm

Former cybersecurity czar: Every major U.S. company has been hacked by China
http://www.itworld.com/security/262616/former-cybersecurity-czar-every-major-us-company-has-been-hacked-china

China Attacked Internet Security Company RSA, Cyber Commander Tells SASC
http://defense.aol.com/2012/03/27/china-attacked-internet-security-company-rsa-cyber-commander-te/

Chinese Counterfeit Parts Keep Flowing
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news%2Fasd%2F2012%2F03%2F27%2F04.xml&headline=Chinese+Counterfeit+Parts+Keep+Flowing

China Corporate

The amendment was rejected by a vote of 236 to 184. Of the 184 yea votes only one was from a Republican. For reference, there are 242 Republicans and 190 Democrats in the House.