This. I thought I was going mental...

Orly? I wasn't aware that Mac Bots were so common. Do you have any additional information on these Botnets that you have discovered? You'd get a lot of credit in the security community if you were to disclose it.

I really wish that the "walled garden" metaphor would die.
A walled garden, in the horticultural sense, provides no restriction to the freedoms of those wishing to enjoy it. It merely protects the garden from the elements. Is that really what you had in mind?
I know that the phrase is being widely misused in technology circles, but we can rise above that, can't we?

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I'm curious: How did this comment get modded insightful? There's no mention of the specifics of the patent, but numerous references to fellatio. If that's your primary area of interest, there are other forums with a lot more information on the subject. I'm sorry, but I don't want to discuss this subject any further - it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

On topic, this is a patent for a specific method of application switching from the phone app while maintaining phone call it does not cover all methods of achieving this, or the general concept of multitasking. The arguably novel part is the response of the application that is being switched to - the menus of said application change in the context of the ongoing phone call to provide an easy method to return to the call. Obvious? Maybe, but that should be the discussion point here.

This was a complaint filed under criminal law. The complainant has not been disclosed. Does your dog have a history of filing criminal complaints? Does Apple? Does it matter? Or are you just happy to post the same ill-informed nonsense in any event?

The third article has an update stating that Apple didn't litigate this case, but MAY have been behind the original complaint. Surely we need something a bit more substantial than this before we break out the standard pro/anti-Apple rhetoric?

Only way to get the fandroids interested in a submission - bait them with the prospect of Apple-bashing.

Tag a submission as "Android" and "malware" and the Apple fan boys will flock just as fast...

Actually, I merely bristle at the willingness of a large section of the tech community to deride Jobs as "bad person" and laud Woz as "good person" - an assessment not accepted by Wozniak himself.
We don't know these guys; we read stuff from guys who don't these guys, that may or may not be accurate - I just think we should bear that in mind before making personal judgements.
Screw Tommy.

Do actually know or have any personal experience of either of these guys? If not, your opinion is no more useful than the negativity that you don't understand. You might as well post to tell us which is your favourite Power Ranger...

For the record, I like Red.

Well I'm glad I made your day brighter, but my comment wasn't intended as earnestly as you've taken it. I thought that would be implied by the parts that you edited out - including a (bad) reference to Zoolander. I find the ongoing struggle between Apple and Samsung interesting, but Slashdot has become pretty tedious.

No true Scotsman, eh? Bravo.

I'm genuinely confused. The article is about Samsung's alleged decision to attempt to ban sales of a currently unreleased and unannounced model of iPhone. Kurt555gs posts about how brilliant his Samsung phone is and concludes with the statement that he "can see why Apple has gone to the darkside of law suits." What has that got to do with the article? We've done many articles on Apple's lawsuits. If you want to comment on their relevance to this development - great. But FFS, we can't just go on posting the same generic crap every time an article has the words Samsung, Apple or Android in the summary. Am I the only one who sees this? He's only got one look!

Awesome. I'm sure your comment will be modded up, but how does your insight relate to the posted article?

You seem to have replied to a post that you did not read, because you're asking questions that the post addresses.
Apple's problem with Samsung appears to be with the sum total of the Samsung products from hardware and software design changes made after the release of Apple products, packaging, marketing and advertising material copying the layout of Apple's advertising material.
Now whether you agree that Apple has a case or that legal proceedings should be used to address these complaints is another matter. But Samsung's nods to Apple's design success were widely commented on in the press before Apple kicked off legal proceedings. So no, it's not just Apple and its "fanboys" who have perceived the similarity. Claiming that you can't see it seems disingenuous to me.