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Cisco Sues Apple for IPhone Trademark Infringement

January 10, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · 1 Comment 

Cisco is suing Apple for the trademark name “iPhone”. Cisco claims that it own the name when they bought over infogear together with the iPhone trademark name. Clash of the titans? Makes me wonder why didn’t Steve Jobs negotiate with Cisco… or maybe he did and Cisco was asking for millions in royalty fees. iphone or no iPhone, it s still an Apple.

Jonathan Ive: The Designer of Apple iPhone

apple ipohne jonathan iveOn the other hand, Jonathan Ive is the lead designer for most of Apple’s key product, Ive’s team works in a large open studio with great privacy and the best part is, only authorised Apple employees are allowed to enter the studio for fear they might leak any secret information regarding upcoming products.

How to keep the iPhone a secret? especially the prototype a secret? What Apple did was to draft a bogus design and prototypes and post it online.

Apple iPhone is Here

January 9, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · 1 Comment 

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Finally, the rumours about Apple launching a phone is true. With a retail price of USD499, this gadget is a combination of ipod and a phone. It comes with a 4Gb of memory, supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology and can detect location from Global Positioning System satellites. It also can send and display e-mail and text messages. Apple is partnering with Yahoo Inc. on Web-based e-mail and Google Inc. on maps.

With the launch of iPhone, Apple is now an electronic company and no longer a computer company, experts says Apple may soon rival Sony is every segment, from Audio to Digital Cameras.

The Apple phones, which will operate exclusively on AT&T Inc.’s Cingular Wireless network, will start shipping in June. A 4-gigabyte model will cost $499, while an 8-gigabyte iPhone will be $599. While wireless carriers typically offer discounts and rebates on new devices when they agree to sign a two-year service contact, Cingular said it was unclear whether this would be the case with the iPhone.

Andreas08 Blogger Beta Template

January 4, 2007 · Filed Under Blogger Templates · 10 Comments 

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Google Gmail Bug

January 2, 2007 · Filed Under Security · 1 Comment 

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Google seems to come up with this idea of storing all of your contacts in a small file called .js and to take advantage of this bug, a website needs to declare itself as “google” and parse all the contacts.

How to prevent spammers from harvesting all of your friends and family emails? Just do nothing, source has it that Google plug the hole within hours. I Hate Spam!

Euclid - Fake Intel Processor

January 1, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · 1 Comment 

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How fake can this be? 3 Processor? I thought every new processor are suppose to be a multiply of two and so on. Take a look at the catchline, it says Revolutionary Performance and indeed it is. :)

update: this is not a fake processor, the content is actually one bottle of vodka and three smaller cup size vodka. :)

Firefox Developer Slam Google

January 1, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

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Blake Ross, a Firefox Developer argued that Google was wrong to include plugs for its Calendar, Blogger and Picasa at the top of search results for terms like ‘calendar’, ‘blogging’ or ‘photo sharing’.

According to him, Google’s search engine democratic structure allows those with the best software and services to reach the top of the results, which is what Google is known when other search engine like Yahoo and Altavista has their results omited for advertiser.

As Ross pointed out, many other Web companies also cross-promote their services. However, he argued that Google — with its motto of “Don’t be evil” — should hold itself to a higher standard.

Microsoft’s Gifts to Bloggers - Acer Ferrari Laptop

January 1, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

acer laptop high end ferarriThis must be the greatest gift a blogger could get - an Acer high end laptop with a price tag of $2,200. The catch? It is loaded with Windows Vista and bloggers are suppose to write something about the new OS. The consumer version of Windows Vista, the latest OS from Microsoft, is set to be launched at the end of this month

Last week, Microsoft and AMD decided to keep bloggers informed about new Microsoft’s OS, Windows Vista. The companies sent Acer Ferrari laptops to select bloggers who are covering in their blogs subjects related to technology or other topics that could be affected by Windows Vista, such as photography or online video. The laptops The laptops are valued at more than $2,200 each.

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