Comment Re:No! (Score 1) 148
I stand corrected. You out pedanticed me :)
Comment Re:Just more Florian Mueller FUD (Score 1) 148
More appropriately, Dalvik is not the JVM. Dalvik does run Java, compiled to Java byte code then converted for the Dalvik engine.
Comment Re:"Look and feel" bullshit (Score 1) 172
I've posted this before, but what the hell. Everyone with common sense can see Samsung was imitating the iPhone was recent releases.
Imitation is a necessary aspect of fair competition. Without it competitors would be forced to engage in conscious avoidance of competing designs, which I generally see as an overly burdensome thing. I think our IP-centric culture has blinded us to the fact that human progress owes a great deal to people imitating and even duplicating what others have done in the past.
There is imitation and the the is what Samsung did, but you knew that. I find it hard to believe that you are that misinformed.
Comment Re:"Look and feel" bullshit (Score 1) 172
"Also, note that Apple is only suing Samsung for producing a device that looks a lot like the iPhone in many more ways than just a rectangular icon grid."
Such as, say, the phone's shape?
Apple isn't suing Google over the Android UI, just Samsung for making the Android UI look more like the iPhone UI than other Android phones.
Which particular aspects of the iPhone UI do you think should be owned exclusively by Apple? If Apple were to sell its UI as a product (just the UI, not the operating system), what would the sales brochure look like?
Good thing you were able to find a Samsung phone that doesn't look like an iPhone, rather than looking at every news article about the suit. Like this one. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/yowza-apple-hits-samsung-with-lawsuit-over-iphone-clones/12360
Comment Re:Palm (Score 1) 172
Too bad Palm is sort of out of business. They came up with the buttons-below-the-touchscreen concept that's been copied by just about every touchscreen-enabled device since 1997.
You mean, like this pre-Palm device? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_Newton_MP100.jpg
Comment Re:500,000 New Android Devices A Day (Score 0) 203
The fact that the entire mobile developer world is now doing Android IS the reason Microsoft has been reduced to this humiliating desperation.
Wha? When did Android take over "the entire mobile developer world"?
Comment They are complying, I guess. (Score 2) 186
I suppose that is one way to comply with the law.
Might iCloud Be a Musical Honeypot? 375
An anonymous reader writes "Between watermarked MP3 files and matching identical files, iCloud Music Match might wind up being a giant trap for finding owners of illegally copied files should the RIAA subpoena the evidence."
Comment Re:Well, duh? (Score 2) 302
What do you buy if you just want a good tablet experience? Most people don't want an iPad or Android experience.
Adobe's CTO Pitches 'Apps Near You' Concept 98
angry tapir writes "Next-generation applications will be location-specific, offering users information and features related to where they are at any given moment, Adobe Systems CTO Kevin Lynch, said at the Open Mobile Summit conference. 'Apps near you,' as he called the idea, would pop up on mobile screens when a user is close to a specific location. Lynch showed the example of someone with a Samsung tablet visiting a museum and being able to download a guide application."
Fukushima To Become Nuclear Dump? 255
mdsolar writes "Japan's atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste from the crippled station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co."
Comment Re:Root Knowledge (Score 1) 321
That's east, they ask the OS to do something that only a rooted phone can do, like running a process that requires root privileges.
Rooted Devices Blocked From Android Movie Market 321
tekgoblin writes "Google has released the Android Movie Market to Android tablets with Honeycomb 3.1 and in a few weeks for users with Froyo and Gingerbread. However Google has stipulated that the Android Movie Market will only be available to Android devices which are not rooted. So if you have a rooted Android device, don't expect to download anything from the Android Movie Market any time soon (or at least until a workaround is found)."
Submission + - Google Sued for Overtime Pay (informationweek.com)
olsmeister writes: Google is being sued for not paying overtime to an employee at its Council Bluffs, IA data center. This particular employee claims that she was non-exempt under the and should have been paid overtime for working 50-60 hours per week.
Social Influence and the Wisdom of Crowd Effect 143
formfeed writes "A lot has been written lately on the crowd effect and the wisdom of crowds. But for those of us who are doubtful, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has published a study showing how masses can become dumber: social influence. While previous studies show how groups of people can come up with remarkably accurate results, it seems 'even mild social influence can undermine the wisdom of crowd effect in simple estimation tasks.' Social influence 'diminishes the diversity of the crowd without improvements of its collective error.' In short, crowd intelligence only works in cases where the opinion of others is hidden."
