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Submission + - BlackBerry sues Ryan Seacrest's Typo over 'iconic' keyboard design (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg on Friday January 03, 2014 @04:23PM

alphadogg writes: BlackBerry, in an effort to protect one of its key designs, has filed a copyright infringement suit against a company co-founded by Ryan Seacrest that makes a keyboard case for the iPhone.
On Friday the struggling smartphone maker filed a lawsuit against Typo Products LLC, a company that makes a slip-on keyboard designed to fit the iPhone 5 and 5S. The company, which is based in Los Angeles, was founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and television personality Ryan Seacrest. The company's flagship product, the "Typo Keyboard," was conceived to make typing on the iPhone quicker and less prone to typos.

Comment 2, of any kind? (Score 5, Insightful) 312

by metamarmoset on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:44PM (#45849687) Attached to: No. of vehicle license types I hold:

Where does one land and one air licence fit?

Comment Re:Article needs fixing (Score 1) 153

by metamarmoset on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:12AM (#45827049) Attached to: UK Introduces Warrantless Detention

Or minipax.

Comment Re:RSA sold you out (Score 1) 464

by metamarmoset on Saturday December 21, 2013 @06:27AM (#45752603) Attached to: Reuters: RSA Weakened Encryption For $10M From NSA

Sold us out to criminals (who can use the same weaknessess) as well.

Or am I missing something?

Comment Absolutely. Can't wait... to shoot them down! (Score 1) 378

by metamarmoset on Thursday December 05, 2013 @01:34PM (#45609453) Attached to: Should companies start using drones for common tasks, like package delivery?

Hey, free stuff :) My airspace.

Comment Screenshot, please! (Score 1) 231

by metamarmoset on Monday October 21, 2013 @04:25AM (#45186321) Attached to: IE 11 Breaks Rendering For Google Products, and Outlook Too

I'm hardly going to install Windows 8.1 just to see how IE11 renders things...

Comment This is a already a field of research: ICmetrics (Score 1) 69

by metamarmoset on Friday October 11, 2013 @12:38PM (#45102529) Attached to: Sensor Characteristics Uniquely Identify Individual Phones

This paper explains how these principles can be used for key-generation.

Interesting how this provides potential for both security and privacy invasion.

Comment Re:Regular Expressions (Score 1) 598

by metamarmoset on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @04:25AM (#45067589) Attached to: What Are the Genuinely Useful Ideas In Programming?

Obligatory.

Comment Re:Difference? (Score 1) 92

by metamarmoset on Friday September 13, 2013 @05:10AM (#44838759) Attached to: Man Trying To Fly Across the Atlantic On Helium Balloons

Exactly my thoughts. (transatlantic in 1944)

Comment Users hate big, unexpected changes. (Score 1) 172

by metamarmoset on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @11:58AM (#44686875) Attached to: Yahoo! Sports Redesign Sparks Controversy, Disdain From Users

News at ten.

Comment Re:Stolen or copied (Score 1) 264

by metamarmoset on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:58PM (#44621279) Attached to: <em>Urban Terror</em> Code Stolen

It's shorthand for "You stole credit for my idea!", which makes sense

Comment The point of this exercise: (Score 1) 508

by metamarmoset on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:35PM (#44620929) Attached to: UK Government Destroys <em>Guardian</em>'s Snowden Drives

all reporting on the Snowden leaks is already being edited and published from locations other than the UK

The UK government wants to stay in the US's good books.

The leaks are being reported on, but not in the UK's jurisdiction.

Submission + - E-Reader manufacturers seek waiver from disabilities act (mobileread.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @08:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: Amazon, Kobo, and Sony filed filed a petition (PDF) seeking a waiver for their e-reading devices (such as the Amazon Kindle, the Kobo Glo, and the Sony Reader) from the Federal Communications Commission's recently adopted rules that would impose certain disabilities act requirements on providers of advanced communications services (ACS). The petition notes that while communications may be integrated into e-reading devices, it is not the primary purpose of these devices ("designed and optimized for reading digital written work"), and that "the theoretical ACS ability of ereaders is irrelevant to how the overwhelming majority of users actually use the devices."

Comment Re:Start Button in 8.1 is useless. (Score 1) 543

by metamarmoset on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @04:21AM (#44163043) Attached to: Microsoft Reacts To Feedback But Did They Get Windows 8.1 Right?

You press start and type "cmd". Typing on the start screen initiates a search. Alternatively press win+s to open the search panel, and type "cmd". Alternatively right click on the start menu and click run, then type cmd.

Thanks. Just what I've always wanted in a modern GUI - more typing.

You have a problem with pressing just four keys to reach the *command line*? Don't do it, you're really not gonna like what happens next...

Comment Re:W3C in charge of gaming? (Score 1) 316

by metamarmoset on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @08:17AM (#43839139) Attached to: Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible?

W3C moves at a snails pace, because stability is in the W3's (as a whole) interest.

Nobody is suggesting that the W3C should abandon their current work to reguate gaming consoles, just that unifying the console world might be a good thing.

If the big companies agree, they might set up a consortium which meets the needs of the industry, which would presumably include keeping things cutting edge - but this could be accomplished by planning forward compatibility into standards, and/or bringing out a new set of standards every couple of years.

Committee's don't have to be slow.

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