Comment Re:History repeats itself.. sort of (Score 1) 186
Xerox was paid $17.6M in Apple stock for the visits. Just saying...
Comment Re:Proof please. (Score 1) 441
Camp Delta and Camp 7 were both on the navy base. Do you think the cuban government would allow the US to put a detention camp on their land if it wasn't on the navy base?
Comment Re:Tax breaks for the rich? (Score 1) 260
And you're confusing net worth with income. My net worth is significantly less than it was a year ago, but my income hasn't changed.
However, the fact is that many people from Maryland do flee to Deleware or Virginia to pay lower income taxes or property taxes.
Comment Re:One simple word (Score 1) 393
For media center storage, the Drobo is plenty fast to allow a dozen different computers to stream hd hd content. Using it to edit HD or as a scratch disk, i wouldn't recommend it - but for watching shows and movies, it's a no brainer.
Comment Re:first post! (Score 2, Informative) 820
Except that TOS was shot on film, so your point is moot
Submission + - Skype may be sold...to its founders (nytimes.com) 1
EricTheGreen writes: NYT article detailing how Skype's founding duo may be working to buy it back from eBay, thereby furthering our collective descent into bizarro world. I'd love to be the proverbial fly on the wall for the valuation meeting...
Submission + - Picsel Research Files Patent Suit Against Apple (idobi.com)
idobi writes: "Picsel (Research) Ltd. and Picsel Technologies Ltd. have filed suit against Apple Inc. in Deleware District Court for patent infringement of their screen rendering technology used on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Picsel is claiming that Picsel-patented technology that facilitates rapid redrawing of content displayed on devices' screens is being used by the iPhone and iPod Touch. The technology allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to zoom and pan across documents and web pages without lengthy waits for the screen to refresh, the companies say.
The patent in question is 7,450,114: User interface systems and methods for manipulating and viewing digital documents — filed on April 16, 2001 and granted November 11, 2008."
Comment Re:Bill Gates? (Score 1) 580
The XBox division made around $500 million profit in 2008.
vs. $1.6B loss in 2006 and $800M loss in 2007 - so they're still in the red...
Comment Re:It's my computer (Score 5, Informative) 535
Or you can select the "update" you don't want, and go to Tools -> 'Ignore selected updates' and never see it again.
Comment Re:iMusic industry news (Score 5, Informative) 146
Apple can't open it's own record label. From Wikipedia: "In 1978, Apple Corps, the Beatles-founded holding company and owner of their record label, Apple Records, filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981 with an undisclosed amount being paid to Apple Corps. This amount had been estimated to be US$50â"US$200 million, but was later revealed to be US$80,000.[1] As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer They got into hot water with Apple Records when iTunes got big. An actual recording label would blatantly go against the agreement.
This agreement is no longer in effect. Apple Corp has signed over all Trademark for Apple to Apple Computer, Inc (now Apple Inc) in 2007. In return, Apple Corp has a perpetual license to use the Apple name for their label. However Apple Inc. can now do whatever they want with regards to the music business.
Comment Re:Tough to fix hardware issue with firmware patch (Score 5, Insightful) 423
You mean the people quoting the idiot financial analyst who is trying to manipulate the stock? The same financial analyst that also claimed the first iPhone would have to be recalled because the touchscreen was defective? It's interesting that every article claiming a hardware problem goes back to the same source.
