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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:37
Microsoft Joins Apple in Complaints Against Motorola; is it Preparation for Future Comaplaints Against Google?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Microsoft is now joining the ranks of companies that are suing Motorola Mobility. This is not surprising and if you read between the lines of the complaints the filings you will see that these really have very little to do…
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 11:50
The NSA is trying to spread FUD about Anonymous to cover holes in US Infrastructure Security
Written by Sean Kalinich
The National Security Agency has just released a report to the powers that be in the US that expresses concern that the online activist group Anonymous could go after the US power grid in the next 3-5 years (we told…
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 08:24
Is the new Windows Logo Change Really That Bad?
Written by Sean Kalinich
When I first started working in technical journalism I wrote a short article about the psychology behind the need to hate Microsoft and other big companies. I talked about the need to assign personalities to them and to identify them…
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Monday, 20 February 2012 14:08
Google's stand on their new Privacy Policies brings an added danger...
Written by Sean Kalinich
The news has been buzzing with talk of Google’s new combined privacy policies and the impact they will have on the user’s personal information. This is due to the way that Google is moving to a combined user format and…
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Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:31
Could Anonymous Actually Be Doing Some Good?
Written by Sean Kalinich
The online activist collective known as Anonymous has undergone a lot of changes in the years that is has been around. We have followed them and covered some of their highlights (and some of their blunder). They provide an interesting…
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Every now and then we like to step back and take a look at the component industry. It has not been that long ago when the number of individual component makers began to dwindle. We have already watched as ABIT,…
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Saturday, 18 February 2012 09:39
Is Microsoft Making Google and Apple Nervous with Windows 8?
Written by Sean Kalinich
So Microsoft is on a push to get out as much information as they can about Windows 8. This new operating system represents a massive change for Microsoft and not just in the way the new OS will function, but…
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Friday, 17 February 2012 08:35
Leaked Proview Documents Raise more Questions than they Answer
Written by Sean Kalinich
Someone at either Apple or IP Applications (the company that Apple used to secure the Trademark name iPad from Proview) has leaked documents in evidence of their case against Proview. However, (and again after careful reading) we have found some…
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:52
Apple wins an injunction preventing Proview from selling the iPad name; the press tries to spin it.
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that the press feels that Apple has won the war with Proview in China. There is much crowing about how Apple rightfully owns the trademark for the iPad in all countries including China. There is even a lengthy…
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 08:07
Bad Decisions and Patent Infringement led to Kodak financial Woes
Written by Sean Kalinich
We have talked about Apple’s business model and their corporate ethics before so when we found out that they are suing Eastman Kodak while they are in the midst of declaring bankruptcy we were not shocked or surprised. In fact…
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:58
Path is not the only app that has access to contact list data...
Written by Sean Kalinich
A couple of weeks ago there was an uproar over the data collection practices of the iPhone social networking app Path. This app was intended to allow users to have a more intimate social networking experience. Well like an intimate…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:36
Will Windows 8 on ARM be able to interest Android users?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Yesterday a round of happy articles from members of the press that are getting tired of Apple’s dominance in the tablet market hit the internet. Their primary focus was something that we have talked about since the original iPad hit…
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Monday, 13 February 2012 12:10
Apple to bring in the Fair Labor Association to Inspect their Partners
Written by Sean Kalinich
Apple has announced that they are going to have the Fair Labor Association begin inspecting their factories beginning this month. The move comes after public outcry and much bad press over working conditions at the Foxconn factories where Apple’s products…
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Sunday, 12 February 2012 10:41
ACTA and other "Trade Agreements" seek to bypass laws and violate civil rights.
Written by Sean Kalinich
After both SOPA and PIPA were publicly shelved the US government did what it always does. It finds a way to do what it wants, but by hiding it in other bills or (as is becoming more common) using trade…
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 10:28
Google Wallet stores your PIN in readable binary form
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is an old saying; buy cheap and sell dear that came about in the Carnegie days and has been in use by corporations for so long that it is just the way they do things. What this means now…
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 21:19
Microsoft still does not get it when it comes to MetroUI
Written by Sean Kalinich
Microsoft is once again betting on a losing horse. After failed attempted to form HDCP (High-Definition Content Protection) into every aspect of the Desktop with Windows Vista and failing to motivate people to buy the OS they are now pushing…
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