“Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia—the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store—to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer.”
 p2pnet.net |
Clement blasts do-not-call scammers
Globe and Mail – 22 hours ago Unscrupulous telemarketers mining the do-not-call registry for targets will face severe penalties, Industry Minister Tony Clement warned yesterday. Telemarketers love Do Not Call List p2pnet.net CRTC Promises to Deal with Abuse of Do-Not-Call Registry Teleclick.ca London Free Press – iNews880.com – CBC.ca – ShortNews.com all 38 news articles |
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*click!* New Bill Aims to Force Cell Camera Sounds, Protect Children
PC World – 8 hours ago No, we're not joking. The Camera Phone Predator Alert Act (HR 414) is the real deal. Fresh off the legislative desk of New York Representative Peter King (R), the bill–currently cosponsored by goose egg–would require an audible tone to accompany all … Congress considers camera noise to stop pervs guardian.co.uk Law May Require Cell Phone Cameras to *CLICK* When Taking Picture DigitalJournal.com InformationWeek – Ars Technica – Liberty Papers – Smartphone Thoughts all 21 news articles |
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BlackBerry Storm: quit buggin’ me
Siliconrepublic.com – 3 hours ago 27.01.2009 So it seems that a rush to market and some software malfunctions along the way are the ‘new reality’ of the modern smart phone. BlackBerry Storm: more thunder than lighting? Christian Science Monitor RIM shares fall on report of BlackBerry glitches BusinessWeek CNET News – TopNews United States – Wall Street Journal – TG Daily all 94 news articles Langue : Français |
The Macintosh turned 25 years old this past weekend, and Apple [AAPL] seems to be celebrating the occasion by sicking its blood-lusting attorneys on Palm [PALM] in a potential patent infringement suit. The intellectual property in question is Apple’s multi-touch software, which enables iPhone and iPod Touch users to interact with their devices …
Toe, The writes “Apple’s 358-page patent application for their iPhone interface entitled Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics has been approved after more than two years of review by the US Patent Office. Apple’s claims include: ‘A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.’ As Apple seems eager to defend their intellectual property, what will this mean to other touch developers?”
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Clement blasts do-not-call scammers
Globe and Mail – 17 hours ago Unscrupulous telemarketers mining the do-not-call registry for targets will face severe penalties, Industry Minister Tony Clement warned yesterday. Telemarketers love Do Not Call List p2pnet.net CRTC Promises to Deal with Abuse of Do-Not-Call Registry Teleclick.ca London Free Press – iNews880.com – CBC.ca – ShortNews.com all 38 news articles |
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BlackBerry Storm: more thunder than lighting?
Christian Science Monitor – 5 hours ago By Chris Gaylord | 01.26.09 After two years of development and 0 million in advertisements, the BlackBerry Storm gets its first real report card Tuesday. RIM shares fall on report of BlackBerry glitches BusinessWeek RIM gets ready to retail BlackBerrys Business Standard CNET News – BetaNews – Wall Street Journal – TG Daily all 87 news articles Langue : Français |
 PC World |
*click!* New Bill Aims to Force Cell Camera Sounds, Protect Children
PC World – 2 hours ago No, we're not joking. The Camera Phone Predator Alert Act (HR 414) is the real deal. Fresh off the legislative desk of New York Representative Peter King (R), the bill–currently cosponsored by goose egg–would require an audible tone to accompany all … Should Camera Phones Be Required To 'Click'? InformationWeek Bill Introduced To Require Camera Phones Make Noise When Snapping … Smartphone Thoughts Sync – Wired Blogs – Ars Technica – Neowin all 14 news articles |
