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Submission + - Darling: Run Apple OS X Binaries On Linux (phoronix.com) 4

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08, 2012 @05:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: After having Wine to run Windows binaries on Linux, there is now the Darling Project that allows users to run unmodified Apple OS X binaries on Linux. The project builds upon GNUstep and has built the various frameworks/libraries to be binary compatible with OSX/Darwin. The project is still being worked on as part of an academic thesis but is already running basic OS X programs.

Submission + - Microsoft invests $300 million in Barnes and Noble Nook e-readers (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by NGTechnoRobot on Monday April 30, 2012 @09:47AM

NGTechnoRobot writes: In a turn for the books the BBC reports that Microsoft's have invested £300 million in Barnes and Nobles Nook e-reader. The new Nook reader will integrate with Microsoft's yet to be released Windows 8 operating system. Guess the lawsuits over folks.

Comment Re:An cue the standard reply (Score 2) 159

by NGTechnoRobot on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @07:53AM (#39494945) Attached to: Graphics Rendering Patent Suits Target Apple, Samsung, HTC, RIM, LG and Sony

This is why a "show me it working" is an important step in the patent process otherwise I could patent any number of "Science Fiction" based products and just wait until they are invented! for example Start Trek Tricorder.

Comment One Patent to rule them all (Score 1) 176

by NGTechnoRobot on Thursday March 08, 2012 @11:04AM (#39287791) Attached to: Apple Wins Patent For "iWallet"

WTF http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/03/apple-wins-patent-for-iwallet-the-one-that-will-rule-the-world.html, 70 years ago Jack Purcher would have been buddies with Joseph Goebbels. In what reality does this guy think that everyone and his dog needs and iDevice. Ooh this week we patented red, green and blue now we want royalties on anything that's coloured. Kill Me Now.

Comment A stick is still a stick (Score 3, Insightful) 164

by NGTechnoRobot on Saturday February 25, 2012 @05:37AM (#39157117) Attached to: Push Email Suspended On iPhones In Germany

If I have a stick its just a stick, Currently I can patent throwing the stick, balancing the stick on my nose, throwing the stick, but it's still a stick. If I add some string to make it so I can throw it farther its now an enhanced stick worthy of a patent. Hardware is the key and should be the deciding factor when accepting a patent.

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