Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 12:53 PM EST |
Apple And HTC Settle Remaining Lawsuits
Wonder who paid what. Was
HTC winning or losing?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 01:45 PM EST |
faulkner quote used in woody allen's midnight in
paris fair use lawsuit [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Newspicks Thread - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 03:01 PM EST
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Authored by: cricketjeff on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 05:03 PM EST |
This intrigues me, as well as horrifying me, the line isn't even quoted, it is
misquoted at what point did copyright get extended to cover ideas?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 06:28 PM EST |
Techcrunch
I fear there may be something in this,
Apple and
Microsoft are effectively targeting the viability of
Android. Free
open source software cannot bear patent
licensing costs. Beware of Apples
bearing contracts.
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- With HTC Patent Deal, Apple Is Going For Android’s Jugular - Authored by: webster on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 06:58 PM EST
- Agreed - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 09:13 PM EST
- I'm not buying it. - Authored by: UncleVom on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 07:31 PM EST
- I'm not buying it. - Authored by: Gringo_ on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 07:50 PM EST
- I'm partially buying it. - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 10:00 PM EST
- Hmmmm... - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 10:48 PM EST
- Hmmmm... - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 11:43 PM EST
- Hmmmm... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 13 2012 @ 12:46 PM EST
- More likely, HTC told Apple they could make the screens - Authored by: jesse on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 08:23 PM EST
- Probably just cost/benefit - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 09:29 PM EST
- This may explain HTC's losses. - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 11 2012 @ 09:59 PM EST
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 02:37 AM EST |
From PJ's footnote to the NYT article on the HTC-Apple coziness,
the ITC requires that the plaintiff actually be producing something
that uses the patent in suit. No product, no plaint. Now, the question
is to get that rule transferred across to the district court system...
It wouldn't stop the war, but it would be a mighty potent troll slayer.
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Authored by: JimDiGriz on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 06:50 AM EST |
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/samsung-hits-apple-with-20-price-hike-report-20
12-11-11
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-processor-price-bump-130419/
Every iPhone or iPad or iPod touch that you see in the wild,
they all have processors inside that were manufactured by Samsung. Samsung,
knowing that Apple simply can’t call another company and ask them to make their
chips, raised the prices of said chips by 20% according to MarketWatch.
There’s not much Apple can do, and the report confirms that, saying Apple
accepted the price bump. It also goes on to say that Samsung made roughly 130
million processors for Apple in 2011. This year that number is expected to
surpass 200 million. And the contract that Apple and Samsung have, it doesn’t
expire until 2014.So let’s break this news item down. Why did Samsung
bump up the prices of their chips? To screw Apple, obviously, but more
importantly to make sure that Samsung can keep a greater share of what their
factories spit out. The fewer processors Samsung makes for Apple, the more they
can make for themselves. What’s Apple going to do? There have been rumores
floating around the internet for months that Apple is going to transition to
using another fab, TSMC, for their chips. We fully believe the rumor to be true,
now it’s just a question of when. The MarketWatch piece says the
contract between Apple and Samsung expires in 2014, so there’s a strong chance
you’re going to see some Apple devices with TSMC chips inside hit the market
within 24 months. What impact, if any, does this have on the Android
ecosystem? Like we said earlier, the fewer components Samsung supplies to Apple,
the more they get to keep for themselves. Samsung is now the number one handset
maker in terms of volume. They’d like to keep that title, and that means
throwing one of their biggest customers under the bus. Do we feel any
sympathy towards Apple? Not in the slightest.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/12/3634500/samsung-iphone-ipad-processor-price-r
ise
Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it provides
a number of the key components inside Apple's flagship iPhone and iPad devices,
even while actively competing against them with its own Galaxy line of Android
competitors. A major change in that relationship has now been reported out of
Korea, however, where the Chosun Ilbo says Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing
Apple's application processor by nearly 20 percent. The Korean daily notes that
this is the first time Samsung has sought to increase pricing on the processors
that go inside Apple's mobile devices, and that Apple, faced with a lack of
alternatives, has accepted Samsung's demands.
Although custom-designed by Apple itself, the A-series of mobile
processors are built by Samsung — an uncomfortable relationship of closeness
between two increasingly bitter rivals. While Apple has sought to diversify away
from Samsung in recent times, by procuring its RAM and flash storage from other suppliers, it appears
nobody else is able to match the production volume that Samsung can offer.
Unfortunately, the Chosun report fails to identify the reasons for
Samsung's raised pricing, though it may have something to do with a significant
recent investment the company made in retooling its plant in Austin, Texas, the very same that builds
Apple's processors.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 12:02 PM EST |
Looks like Microsoft is doing their best to monetize Windows. Unfortunately
the vast majority of Windows users will have no choice but to use Windows
8 anyway, because they can't buy anything else in most stores.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 12:55 PM EST |
Marketwatch
Apple first objected, but then it had to
accept as nobody
else could supply them. Could this be the beginning of a new
phase in the relationship between the two companies?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 03:03 PM EST |
BusinessInsi
der
Analysts claim all sorts of things, but it's possible.
Pure FUDsters
would be claiming $20 or so I reckon.
I remain convinced that this
settlement is not good for
android. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: symbolset on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 10:54 PM EST |
Chromebook
Th
is is a sweet little unit for $200. Acer must be really angry about
that Surface thing. 2GB RAM, dual core 64 bit CPU with VT-x. And all those
ports... They must be losing money on every one. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 13 2012 @ 12:29 AM EST |
I want one. I don't need one, but I want one.
The only problem is that they don't seem to br available in Canada.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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Authored by: IMANAL_TOO on Tuesday, November 13 2012 @ 12:56 AM EST |
Tian Lipu, head of China's State Intellectual Property Office:
"if companies like Apple were so worried by piracy they would never choose
China for their production bases"
All from
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29426-china-slams-western-ideas-of-copyright-p
roblems
Slam dunk, swoosh.
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Authored by: hardmath on Tuesday, November 13 2012 @ 09:45 AM EST |
Link
PJ asks in her footnote if
this does not implicate the
(un)fairness of the US patent system. However the
better
comparison and basis for judging fairness is to compare how
much the
telecoms and handset manufacturers in the Android
alliance make. After all
Google is giving Android away for
free, profiting only indirectly from expanded
advertising
and support contracts.
regards, hm
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the opiate of the mathists. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: squib on Tuesday, November 13 2012 @ 01:49 PM EST |
Brilliant timing.
Tuesday 13 November 2012...
The increased
political appetite for tackling unfairness in the tax system last week lead the
U.K. to join with Germany to call for an international crackdown on tax
avoidance by multinational companies. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne
and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble called on the Group of 20 leading
and industrialized countries to back efforts by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development to identify loopholes in global tax rules and
develop ways of preventing companies cutting their tax bill by shifting tax
liabilities to low-tax countries.
U
K lawmakers grill Google, Amazon, execs over tax avoidance
Germany has
the largest EU economy – thus they are the top people to keep sweet – with 1
million euros over three years .
Decades ago, when it was found out that
Toyota was dumping their cars 'at cost' in Europe and decimating the home
manufacturing capacity, they suddenly said (sony did done this as well) “Oh!
But we want to build factories in Europe.. and can we please have some
tax-concessions and other grants to securer European Jobs" .
Then, after they made their subsidized profit at tax-payers expense – they
B.O.
Sorry. I don't want this to become a habit but I can't translate
B.O. into Americana. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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