" yanked from the App Store by Apple due to an unresolved patent dispute at the behest of Prentke Romich Company (PRC) and Semantic Compaction Systems (SCS)"
Those companies would make the same request where ever the app was hosted, wether it Google Play or any other app store.
The same thing could happen to software on an Android device. If this was available on Android the same companies that have had it pulled from the app store would have had it pulled form Google Play.
This has nothing to do with iOS except that it happens to have been an iOS app and not an Android one
During similar talks over conventional weapons, a certain number of Russian Army Tanks were transferred to the Russian Navy, thus making them exempt from the treaty.
This is the best link I can find. Scroll down to the 'Cold War' section.
It's possible to generate an EMP without nuclear detonation using an 'explosively pumped flux compression generator'. It's range is limited compared that of an nuclear generated EMP.
If you delete your account, all you are doing is depriving yourself access to what you have posted. You aren't depriving Facebook access to what you have posted.
Manaus and Indaiatuba are where phones are made, TFA states the workers threatening to strike are at the the Jundiaí factory. Isn't that where the xbox is made?
Beyond a report in the FT and this from Computer world, there is this from The Register
"Despite repeated enquiries, Nokia has failed to provide any confirmation or denial of the Financial Times's report (behind paywall) that Nokia – concerned that Apple is poised to grab the lion's share of patent revenue – has proposed an alternative design to the proposed nano-SIM technology to standards body ETSI.
It's an interesting idea, though hard to credit as there's no trace of such a filing at ETSI"
Apple issues a monthly report of working conditions throughout for all it's suppliers.
From the report regarding indentured migrant labor...
"As a result of our expanded audits in 2011, suppliers reimbursed $3.3 million in excess foreign contract worker fees, bringing to $6.7 million the total that has been repaid to workers since 2008."
I've had a gmail account since at least 2005 and went to the link in TFA and discovered that I had never turned Web History on in the first place. Happy days. All I gotta do now is log out of gmail on March 1 and jobs done.
Slashdot Mirror
It's not about brain size alone though.
From the Summary
"And a bigger brain-to-body-size ratio usually means a smarter animal"
Intelligence isn't even mentioned, behavioural flexibility is.
It's not the same set of circumstances.
Apple isn't a monopoly and it has not abused a monopoly position, no where near the same market share as microsoft
The choice people have now regarding browsers could be argued is a result of this litigation by the EU. A good over view is here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case
More specifically here
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/15&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
and here
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/382&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
I'm probably gonna get modded Troll or something
Nope! Just a skinny bloke in the UK that's just about to watch the programme on BBC iPlayer
It will come, perhaps not the way we expect it to though. And, it will come right after the paperless office
I honestly read that as Reginald Perrin...
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01387/Reginald_Perrin_1387994c.jpg
It may well be that the vote has passed but may not make any difference
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/06/26/2116226/eu-commissioner-reveals-he-will-ignore-any-rejection-of-acta
Especially as there appears to be a plan B
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16070495,00.html
It's a good win at the moment, but the war isn't won.
I assume Linux users will sleep in a dumpster. After all, it's FOSS
Free Open Sleeping Space!
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I hope everyone has their sense of humour switched on today
I realise this, but apple...
from TFA
" yanked from the App Store by Apple due to an unresolved patent dispute at the behest of Prentke Romich Company (PRC) and Semantic Compaction Systems (SCS)"
Those companies would make the same request where ever the app was hosted, wether it Google Play or any other app store.
The same thing could happen to software on an Android device. If this was available on Android the same companies that have had it pulled from the app store would have had it pulled form Google Play.
This has nothing to do with iOS except that it happens to have been an iOS app and not an Android one
Kill the Wabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxiv3CBMS4M
I should point out that the 'Naval' tanks were eventually included in the treaty. That wasn't clear from my post
During similar talks over conventional weapons, a certain number of Russian Army Tanks were transferred to the Russian Navy, thus making them exempt from the treaty.
This is the best link I can find. Scroll down to the 'Cold War' section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Infantry_(Russia)
Humans build systems to suit humans. The commonality is humans. The same need is fulfilled by the same mechanism
The Chinese have started building an 80,000 ton forge press
http://aciers.free.fr/index.php/2012/02/02/china-has-started-the-building-of-an-80000-ton-press-forge-us/
It's possible to generate an EMP without nuclear detonation using an 'explosively pumped flux compression generator'. It's range is limited compared that of an nuclear generated EMP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse#Non-nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse
The product is called Apple TV. Not iTV.
What the is new product is going to be called is anyones guess.
It is just a rumour though, so is this other story.
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/apple-in-talks-to-buy-tv-manufacturer-loewe-1080128
Both contradictory rumours
If you delete your account, all you are doing is depriving yourself access to what you have posted. You aren't depriving Facebook access to what you have posted.
Manaus and Indaiatuba are where phones are made, TFA states the workers threatening to strike are at the the Jundiaí factory. Isn't that where the xbox is made?
That was Microsoft that was attempting the end run
http://allthingsd.com/20120411/microsoft-says-ruling-in-motorola-case-will-prevent-an-injunction-at-least-for-now/
Here's an April fool the BBC did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ
Beyond a report in the FT and this from Computer world, there is this from The Register
"Despite repeated enquiries, Nokia has failed to provide any confirmation or denial of the Financial Times's report (behind paywall) that Nokia – concerned that Apple is poised to grab the lion's share of patent revenue – has proposed an alternative design to the proposed nano-SIM technology to standards body ETSI.
It's an interesting idea, though hard to credit as there's no trace of such a filing at ETSI"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/22/nokia_apple_sims/
Could someone with a credible source could post a link.
Apple issues a monthly report of working conditions throughout for all it's suppliers.
From the report regarding indentured migrant labor...
"As a result of our expanded audits in 2011, suppliers reimbursed $3.3 million in excess foreign contract worker fees, bringing to $6.7 million the total that has been repaid to workers since 2008."
http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/code-of-conduct/labor-and-human-rights.html
You can start an e-petition and if you have 100,00 signatures it has to be debated in the House of Commons (Parliament)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_066327
Though they have been know to 'run out of time' to debate on at least one occasion
A sound plan that could bring us the next ARM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Holdings
I must've been paranoid for years
I've had a gmail account since at least 2005 and went to the link in TFA and discovered that I had never turned Web History on in the first place. Happy days. All I gotta do now is log out of gmail on March 1 and jobs done.