You do realise that the patent is for a *method* of switching to apps during a phone call, not the *concept* of switching to apps during a phone call? Since the iPhone doesn't have a Ctrl or a Backspace key, that's probably not the method they're patenting

I have.

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Except, Adobe AIR is a viable way of packaging an Flash app for deployment via the Apple App Store

Yes it would, but the patent specifies a "predefined [displayed] path", not "to a predefined location"

No, the first claim of the patent is for a gesture dragging a graphic along a "predefined, displayed path". So if the unlock gesture isn't a fixed path (like the Samsung S2, which can unlock in any direction; or the path isn't displayed, like a puzzle piece which moves along a fixed path to its destination but that path isn't visible, then it's not covered by the patent.

That must suck if your contract doesn't give you any inclusive calls, texts or data, and all of the money you pay actually goes as subsidy for the handset

In fact, Cookie Monster already refuted the claims that he's giving up cookies in this exclusive interview from 2006

> I am not sure why...

No?

> I feel like all the training I did to be able to code games in a PC is going to be obsolete before I know it.

Oh, there it is!

But really, it's not that mobile computing is "the way to go", just that desktop computing is no longer "the only way to go".

People who've been closed-mindedly programming their Windows apps for years are scared that they now have to think in different terms, be those architectural terms like "do I need to think about 64-bit processors" or "do I need to think about being mobile ready" or social terms like "do I need to think about cloud computing".

Well, after you type the 'r' in 'pore', Google will stop showing you any Instant search results

You can turn on "Multiple sign-in" from your account settings page to get this to work: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=181599

Google read your comment and liked it so much, they went back in time and did it just as you said!

How does +1 affect search results?

+1 helps people discover relevant content—a website, a Google search result, or an ad—from the people they already know and trust

That shouldn't leave you conflicted, because what you describe is already happening with or without the guff mentioned in the article

I realise they're just another paywall, I even said as much myself already.

But it's still dodgy - even the page which has the answer at the bottom strongly hints that you need to "Subscribe now" to get "Instant Access to this Solution". I don't have problems with paywalls but this is an extra level of deviousness.

Technically they don't break any of Google's rules. Google's First Click Free initiative is designed to allow paywalled content to be crawled and indexable, subject (among other things) to guidelines like:

- All users who click a Google search result to arrive at your site should be allowed to see the full text of the content they're trying to access.
- The page displayed to all users who visit from Google must be identical to the content that is shown to Googlebot.

Now, these are true for EE, but the page which is shown to both Googlebot and users who've clicked through from Google is very obviously geared around making you think you have to pay to see the answer which is at the bottom of the page.

Also, Google only requires that click-through users see the same content as Googlebot. It doesn't require that a casual user sees the same content. Experts Exchange is in effect a paywalled site and you should think of it in the same way you think of other paywalled sites.

Yes, a common suggestion is that Experts Exchange *aren't* playing the system because the answers are there if you scroll down.

I was pointing out that they *are* playing the system because the answers are *only* visible after clicking through from a Google search result. Try finding a page where the answer is at the bottom, and copy the URL into a new tab/window/browser. Abracadabra! The answer disappears!

Experts Exchange is just another paywalled site at the end of the day, but they use dodgy practices to try and make you pay for their service rather than actually concentrating on being a useful service.