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Its funny how judges are beginning to think and... 319 Views / 1 Replies  
Its funny how judges are beginning to think and act like they are god. Just give an order and, physical realities be darned, people can do anything the judge tells them.

While a mass delete is...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 22, 2014 at 11:16 AM, in Mac News
Arne, sorry to disagree. Big power increase,... 482 Views / 2 Replies  
Arne, sorry to disagree. Big power increase, small package, putting all the drives out of site and remove the noise.... Sounds like Apple driving the industry forward again.

Or you could get...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Sep 29, 2013 at 02:33 PM, in Tech News
"While Samsung undoubtedly has the technical... 527 Views / 4 Replies  
"While Samsung undoubtedly has the technical expertise to develop a true Octa-core 64-bit chip for its devices in 2014, it is quite possible that 7 of its 8 cores will see little active duty."

Sam...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Sep 12, 2013 at 12:42 PM, in Tech News
Bull Sh*t. Carl Icahn only wants money for... 442 Views / 1 Replies  
Bull Sh*t. Carl Icahn only wants money for Icahn. Give me your free cash and go to H*ll. Icahn is NOT an investor, he is a speculator. He buys shares of stock that are lower than they should be...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 19, 2013 at 09:20 AM, in Mac News
WOW... just WOW "DoJ attorney Lawrence... 367 Views / 3 Replies  
WOW... just WOW "DoJ attorney Lawrence Buterman contends that the unified defense shows that the publishers have "banded together once again," as they did when conspiring to inflate prices and...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 9, 2013 at 01:21 PM, in Tech News
The funny part here is that the law was so rushed... 1,344 Views / 8 Replies  
The funny part here is that the law was so rushed and poorly worded that it made all computers illegal.

the local sherrif should have raided the Goveners office and taken all the computers there...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jul 9, 2013 at 01:32 PM, in Tech News
Very good (and well written ) article. Much to... 1,831 Views / 14 Replies  
Very good (and well written ) article. Much to the chagrin of fanboys and anti-fanboys of both sides, features have to work well at Apple to be included. Where Android many times focuses on fancy...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jun 17, 2013 at 09:19 AM, in Tech News
"that because most of Apple's supply chain is... 352 Views / 1 Replies  
"that because most of Apple's supply chain is still overseas, it would be hard to assemble something more popular than the Mac Pro stateside. "

I disagree. You can fly the parts in cheaper than...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jun 13, 2013 at 01:31 PM, in Tech News
Just goes to show you how desperate they are. ... 495 Views / 6 Replies  
Just goes to show you how desperate they are. Steve Jobs was pissed at Amazon and had a bad thought or two. He even typed it up... but never sent it........

So the DOJ is now trying to make...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jun 12, 2013 at 12:14 PM, in Tech News
Apple did not set the price. The publisher set... 511 Views / 6 Replies  
Apple did not set the price. The publisher set the price and Apple took 30% for credit costs, hosting, etc. Amazon was using all sorts of under the table methods to soak the publishers at the time....
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jun 3, 2013 at 01:37 PM, in Tech News
When you use shipping hardware numbers vs actual... 661 Views / 7 Replies  
When you use shipping hardware numbers vs actual sales of items you know you cannot take a report seriously.
Apple products also show a 3-4 times greater use on the internet so I would expect a...
Posted by Eldernorm, on May 22, 2013 at 10:41 AM, in Tech News
Hi, I am your local music company. We want MORE... 1,005 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi, I am your local music company. We want MORE MONEY. Our corporate jets costs MONEY. We really do not want to pay the artist anything, cause afterall what do they really do anyway???

PS,...
Posted by Eldernorm, on May 10, 2013 at 09:14 AM, in Mac News
WOW, now that was not worth reading. Bla, bla,... 420 Views / 1 Replies  
WOW, now that was not worth reading. Bla, bla, bla numbers with no meaning. Gee why should a january quarter be less than a Christmas quarter..... who would have ever expected it.....
Posted by Eldernorm, on May 5, 2013 at 02:31 PM, in Tech News
WWDC is a software event. I can see the iPhone... 429 Views / 2 Replies  
WWDC is a software event. I can see the iPhone 5s being noted that it will ship with iOS 7 in July. Hardware upgrades are x,y,z...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:15 AM, in Tech News
didn't someone else just beat these patent trolls... 519 Views / 2 Replies  
didn't someone else just beat these patent trolls in court??
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 27, 2013 at 01:01 AM, in Mac News
Geoduck, Not to worry, you are making the same... 891 Views / 5 Replies  
Geoduck, Not to worry, you are making the same mistake that people who think the country should be run like a household make.

The rules are different when you get that big. Taxes change rates...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 26, 2013 at 12:35 PM, in Mac News
kerry, sales is based upon the selling price. ... 379 Views / 4 Replies  
kerry, sales is based upon the selling price. And yes $10 million (per the bill) is really way to low.

I also have to wonder how they figure what tax to collect as most states figure tax by...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 23, 2013 at 11:28 AM, in Tech News
Its stock price 414 Views / 2 Replies  
Almost all of these bloggers and ANAL...yst still only see market share as a meaningful number. They just cannot wrap their little heads around something Steve Jobs discovered as he worked Pixar...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 17, 2013 at 12:09 PM, in Tech News
Steve was right 2,954 Views / 15 Replies  
"Netbooks — once thought to be a means of bridging the gap between normal computer forms and consumers' desire for cheaper, more portable devices "

Blogger and pundit thinking that also...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 15, 2013 at 09:27 AM, in Tech News
Katy reads the blogs 478 Views / 1 Replies  
Katy reads the online blogs. Katy parrots back what she hears. Katy makes odd ball forecasts.

No one really cares.

Just a thought.
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Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 11, 2013 at 01:26 PM, in Mac News
sadly it does not work that way 866 Views / 6 Replies  
It seems that in America, only patents on really STUPID items get up held. If you come out with a great idea, then its open season on you. But patent air and its need by the body and you will...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Apr 2, 2013 at 09:33 AM, in Tech News
Funny also 366 Views / 3 Replies  
Very good comment. Of course there is that "Sell it to you once, decide you have more money,,,,, sell it to you again for 100 x the price " cause you stole it from the other us not the real...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 27, 2013 at 02:19 PM, in Tech News
But, But I thought 454 Views / 3 Replies  
I thought that Hulu plus was going to KILL Netflix!!! Wasn't that the concensis only a few months ago???
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM, in Tech News
try this 508 Views / 2 Replies  
I believe Apple allows you to "flush all devices" once every year. You de-activate all your devices then re-connect them one at a time. Call apple support or make a genius appointment to check it...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 22, 2013 at 09:52 AM, in Mac News
Some overblown, some correct 492 Views / 1 Replies  
When companies set prices for their product, Apple has to comply. The news stand does not set the magazine price.

But when it comes to what is on Apples web page, that is all about Apple. For...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 22, 2013 at 09:48 AM, in Tech News
iphone-does infact rulez 602 Views / 5 Replies  
"I honestly don't think most low-end consumers want to be stuck with ancient iPhones when they can get brand new smartphones from every other company. "

How much is samsung paying these days for...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 20, 2013 at 09:57 AM, in Tech News
patent trolling 1,418 Views / 11 Replies  
I have to wonder if Samsung is patent trolling. Saying its working on an iWatch so that when Apple comes out with something, it can reverse engineer it, then claim that it was Samsungs idea all...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 19, 2013 at 12:48 PM, in Tech News
tricky ground 423 Views / 2 Replies  
This article strikes me as an Apple hit piece just like many before. Apple is required to give a 2 year Manufactures DEFECTS warranty and that is all. There is no two years free Apple care...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 19, 2013 at 12:45 PM, in Tech News
More patent troll battles 356 Views / 1 Replies  
Its sad to see these companies that only sue for patents that they bought or suddenly fine useful for lawsuits.

Now, I have nothing against a company getting fair value for its work, but many of...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 15, 2013 at 01:58 PM, in Tech News
interesting article 1,717 Views / 8 Replies  
This is an interesting article cause it combines good fact with BS noise. Yes Android has more market share than Apple but Apple makes 65% of all world wide cell phone profits. Apple is just...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Mar 7, 2013 at 12:09 PM, in Tech News
hit article?? 443 Views / 6 Replies  
"If the companies fail to comply with the inquiry, the companies could face legal ramifications."

Hmmmmm I would think that anytime the congress or such calls for a company to appear, failure to...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Feb 11, 2013 at 10:13 AM, in Tech News
" off may be spooking investors." As one person... 1,654 Views / 9 Replies  
" off may be spooking investors." As one person said... those are speculators NOT investors. People forget that the whole stock trading thing was so people could have a part of the company and...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Dec 29, 2012 at 01:37 PM, in Tech News
This is such a laugh, but sadly its not funny. ... 255 Views / 3 Replies  
This is such a laugh, but sadly its not funny. China, the country that focuses on stealing everything they can and making it cheaper to rip off copyright and patents. Then turns around and helps...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Dec 27, 2012 at 05:16 PM, in Tech News
"Android has gained significant ground during the... 1,209 Views / 20 Replies  
"Android has gained significant ground during the past few years and is dominant in many markets."

You can tell that the speaker has no idea of the real world. Yep, phones running Android are...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Dec 12, 2012 at 09:16 AM, in Tech News
SO...... Apple is being sued by all sorts of... 624 Views / 3 Replies  
SO...... Apple is being sued by all sorts of patent trolls that have the very same type of patents. And yet they are winning with stupid general patents over things like transmitting data over a...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Dec 11, 2012 at 07:50 AM, in Tech News
"Rounded corners" well, its pretty clear you... 1,034 Views / 7 Replies  
"Rounded corners" well, its pretty clear you have no real idea of the items at stake here.

Samdung has been copying Apple with pretty much everything since the iPhone and Apple is trying to...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Nov 12, 2012 at 06:46 AM, in Tech News
OK, Samsung is moving lots of phones... Great... ... 217 Views / 2 Replies  
OK, Samsung is moving lots of phones... Great... But....... Apple is making 75% share of the profit of the smart phone market and Samsung is shipping 75% of the phones...


So what idiot company...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Nov 2, 2012 at 01:20 PM, in Tech News
Totally agree. But even if its a losing fight,... 511 Views / 3 Replies  
Totally agree. But even if its a losing fight, Apple has to try to legally show it has trademarks and defends them. Check out "Styrofoam cups" and see how the company that owns the trademark has...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Nov 1, 2012 at 05:49 AM, in Tech News
Samsung is looking for the right to lie, cheat,... 226 Views / 1 Replies  
Samsung is looking for the right to lie, cheat, and steal and it will lie, cheat, and steal to get it. LOL

Samsung is still stuck in the old asian way of stealing designs and trying to make...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Oct 31, 2012 at 08:07 AM, in Tech News
Excellent point. Also I think a pie chart is... 1,813 Views / 8 Replies  
Excellent point. Also I think a pie chart is needed to look at those Amazon tablets that are just ebook readers. While they are sort of tablets, they really are not set up to do any real creation...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Oct 29, 2012 at 05:45 AM, in Tech News
Another thing to look at is how many are Amazon... 1,813 Views / 8 Replies  
Another thing to look at is how many are Amazon tablets that are just ebook readers. While these are sort of tablets, they are really just "sold at cost" consumers of Amazon product.

Wrenchy,...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Oct 29, 2012 at 05:43 AM, in Tech News
The suing company has a patent for FACIAL... 359 Views / 2 Replies  
The suing company has a patent for FACIAL recognition. I believe the Kinect used body part recognition. I do not believe the face is part of the hand or foot.

So, if the Kinect just used the...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Oct 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM, in Tech News
Oppps make that 256K not 128K.. Its a friday... 1,373 Views / 15 Replies  
Oppps make that 256K not 128K.. Its a friday typo. Have a great weekend.
Posted by Eldernorm, on Sep 28, 2012 at 06:07 AM, in Tech News
Just a thought here, I think you guys are... 1,373 Views / 15 Replies  
Just a thought here, I think you guys are missing the whole point. Ok better quality is nice, but only if you have a home stereo to play it on. Ear buds in downtown traffic cannot do it justice. ...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Sep 28, 2012 at 06:06 AM, in Tech News
Well, that is how he keeps his record of... 588 Views / 3 Replies  
Well, that is how he keeps his record of prognostication so high. He just waits until it happened, ups or downs his number and WOW, it all starts now. LOL

Just a thought about these ...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 22, 2012 at 08:06 AM, in Mac News
WOW, Samsung either just does not get it or gets... 806 Views / 4 Replies  
WOW, Samsung either just does not get it or gets it and believes that it is immune to reality.

Standards Essential Patents get to be standard essential by agreeing to an international body to be...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 15, 2012 at 12:41 PM, in Tech News
Sorry but if you are anti-Obama, then there are... 9,039 Views / 398 Replies  
Sorry but if you are anti-Obama, then there are no "3 reasons" to consider. You don't like the guy, you have moved to believe whatever the anti-Obama party says, so your mind is made up.

Why...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Aug 14, 2012 at 06:36 AM, in Political/War Lounge
So, is it ok to call the cars you want to sell,... 625 Views / 2 Replies  
So, is it ok to call the cars you want to sell, FORDS, or use any trademark you want, just cause you feel like it?? Maybe you can put a Mercades logo on your YUGO and charge more?? If a company...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jul 24, 2012 at 05:42 AM, in Tech News
So, big deal. If the battery dies, they swap out... 394 Views / 6 Replies  
So, big deal. If the battery dies, they swap out the battery and part of the case. It goes back to the repair center where its carefully heated and the battery removed. A new battery is...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jul 18, 2012 at 01:14 PM, in Tech News
When the comment about Apple opening stores was... 331 Views / 1 Replies  
When the comment about Apple opening stores was made years ago (something like, " I give Apple two years before they are turning out the lights on a very expensive and failed experience") many...
Posted by Eldernorm, on Jul 18, 2012 at 06:25 AM, in Tech News
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