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[News] [Rival] Apple Blasted for Open Source iPhone Software Neglect; Stung by Patent Troll

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Apple Blasted for Open Source iPhone Software Neglect; Stung by Patent Troll
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:49:59 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Researcher Blasts Apple for 'Negligent' Patching

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| A researcher who went public last month with the first iPhone vulnerability 
| says Apple's updating of the open-source components it uses in Mac OS X is 
| inexcusable and negligent.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135589-c,macos/article.html

iPhone's keyboard prompts patent violation suit

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| SP Technologies filed a claim alleging that Apple has infringed on a patent 
| it was granted in 2004 for a "method and medium for computer readable 
| keyboard display incapable of user termination".  [WTF???]
| 
| [...]
| 
| SP Technologies is seeking "reasonable royalties" from Apple, which online 
| rumours have speculated could see compensation paid for each iPhone already 
| sold.  
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/06/apple_iphone_keyboard_patent/

Wonderful. Just like Xerox and Palm. The customer suffers. Stylus strokes --
truly innovative and never done before (hint: the pencil is prior art).



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