March 30, 2011
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Really, I’m not too jealous that Google has awarded Kansas City, Kansas a gigabit Internet to call its own. I mean it’s not as if my own home town, Asheville, NC, wasn’t more deserving of inexpensive broadband… although we were. … Continue reading
March 28, 2011
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James Gosling, the creator of Java, has joined Google. Oracle, which bought Sun, Gosling’s former company, must hate this. I always thought Oracle buying Sun was a dumb idea. While you can argue that, there can’t be any argument that … Continue reading
March 27, 2011
by sjvn01
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Let’s get real. There are only two great tablets out there today: Apple’s iPad and the iPad 2. Android has always had the potential to be a wonderful tablet operating system, but most Android tablets have been non-starters and, even … Continue reading
March 22, 2011
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The claims that Android has intellectual property worries from Linux and its Gnu General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2) are rather absurd. After all, Android is a smartphone/tablet optimized Linux. Android may have real legal worries from Microsoft and Oracle, … Continue reading
March 21, 2011
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It’s pretty clear that Microsoft, a many-time failure at mass-market tablets has decided that if they can’t beat Apple and Android at popular tablets, they’ll sue them instead. That’s my only explanation for Microsoft suing Barnes & Noble, Foxconn, and … Continue reading
March 17, 2011
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Does Google’s Android smartphone and tablet operating system violate Oracle’s patents? Who knows. I’m no software patent lawyer, but I cover intellectual property (IP) lawsuits far too often and I expect it will be years before the courts decide, or, … Continue reading