sorry, i erred. it's not on the frontpage yet but a search for wikileak gives results: http://search.news.cn/language/search.jspa?id=en&t=1&t1=0&ss=&ct=&n1=wikileak&x=0&y=0

unlike the last wikileak about Iraq, this one is not mentioned by china's own: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/

It maybe sth. obvious that I overlook. But does anybody know why (or on what basis) cellphones are treated so differently from computers? or even macs from pcs? Microsoft can be sued for inclueding IE with windows. Is Apple not doing the same with safari?

And when it comes to cellphones with web functionality, afaik there is always a browser included as well, but I've never heard about a lawsuit against nokia for preinstalling their browser. now the cellphone OS and application market is different from that of pcs I guess because of non-existing standards?

On a more abstract level, given some piece of hardware (pc,cellphone, console, mac ...), and a task (e.g. browsing the web) that can be performed by combining the hardware's components (e.g. keyboard,cpu,ram,modem,...) at what point does the law(?) require equal opportunities for producers of software applications (browsers) that can perform this task.

Obviously the browser market on Iphones does not provide those equal opportunities...

fixed that for you.

I figure this is a very unpopular measure, but I imagine (correct me if I am wrong) this is more what it is like at Apple or Google. A paid developer when presenting his (however awesome but difficult to use) work will just be told to do it all over directly to his face. It just won't make money. An unpaid open source developer will be approached by any UI guy working with him in a much politer but probably less honest way. The UI guy may obviously take into account that the developer put all this effort into it without earning a dime.

Maybe software development should start by thinking of a useful UI regardless of any possible realizability limitations and then try to get as close as possible. I guess that's old news though.

Disclosure: I suck at programming.

I was doing a project for a robotics laboratory in switzerland when a post-doc showed the facilities to his friends and said "...we are not building robots for the army, but for rescue missions instead" well, how is he gonna make sure that his nonlinear oscillator based cpg's won't be used for crocodile sized armored autonomous jungle-saurians once they get that salamander going? some special copyright-law for pacifist roboticists?
get over it, most of the good roboticists are or will be part of some weapon industry. Who will and who won't is not a choice of the roboticist but that of some swarm dressed in neat uniforms.