If anyone actually read the patent, one could see that infringing on the patent can easily be resolved (say on an Android device) by simply not showing the unlocking animation, or implementing it in a very different way. Apple is not patenting the swipe to unlock feature by itself... it seems to me more like a look & feel thing over strictly functionality, so it isn't nearly as serious as people are making it out to be. But still if this was done before in the exact way Apple has done it, then it should be invalidated.

Ivy bridge does include Intel's solutions to ARM offerings in the lower power areas, which they need to come out with as soon as possible. The reasons for the delays may be more than just AMD.

I've had my Nat keyboard 4000 for 4 years now, and it's been holding up quite well (nothing wrong with the padding). It's not as responsive as a buckling spring keyboard, but still isn't that bad.

You hit the nail on the head, at least for me. I didn't read a book I actually liked until I was 12 or so, but that was far too late to get me really into books. I only read a book or two a year at my current rate.

FWIW, I've been using an Intel X-25M 160 GB SSD on my Mac Pro for over half a year, and my read/write speeds are essentially unchanged from when I got it... this is using xbench to check.

Actually the A4 does have quite a few optimizations done to it, by Intrinsity (which Apple bought); this allowed the standard Cortex core's performance to be boosted considerably. I believe Intrinsity worked with Samsung to create the processors (since Samsung actually has the fabs), and Samsung has a license to use Intrinsity's proprietary optimizations to the core. And now that Apple bought Intrinsity, they too are using the optimized version of the cortex (again, made by Samsung).

You've never heard of impressions?

Of course you enjoy it, that's why it's so damn addictive. You have to enjoy it, otherwise how is the Tobacco company going to make money off of you?

Speaking of which, Will Smith was initially asked to play Neo in the Matrix, but declined (and did Wild Wild West instead). I think the world would be a very different place if that happened...