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But that's the thing - Apple isn't trying to prevent anyone else from using rounded corners. Apple's claims in that suit are pretty specific, especially if you look at the similarity of the icons.

There are countless ways to represent an idea on an icon. Google, HTC, and others chose to go their own route - For TouchWiz, Samsung copied Apple's icons with slight modifications.

Also, the story about the F700 is inaccurate. SlashGear debunked it, pointing out that it was, in fact, announced after the iPhone was revealed in January 2007[1].

Nilay Patel, an intellectual property lawyer, wrote about the F700 too[2]:

> In many ways, the F700 does nothing but underline Apple’s overall contention: that there are thousands of ways to design and package a phone interface, but Samsung chose drop its differentiated interface and instead lift elements of Apple’s style for TouchWiz. I don’t think anyone would use the F700 interface and think it’s an iPhone, and I don’t think anyone using the iPhone today is thinking about the F700. But do people see TouchWiz and think “oh, that’s an iPhone?” That’s the most important thing when it comes to trade dress and trademark: what brand does the average consumer associate with certain design elements, phrases, and words?

[1]: http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-samsung-f700-prada-phone-rum...

[2]: http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/20/talk-picture-samsung-f700...

Android the platform might be nothing like iOS, but Ir does appear that Samsung went out of its way to make their phones look like iPhones[1].

[1]: http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/19/apple-sues-samsung-analys...

It works quite well on the Roku, but their interface for browsing is horrible. There's also no recommendations based on previous viewing/rating, as far as I can tell.

I use Amazon video far more to rent recent releases than I use it for the free Prime videos. Most, if not all, of them are already available on Netflix streaming.

Commence Lodsys lawsuit in 3...2...1...

Agreed. I tried searching for it in every possible way, with no luck. I finally ended up using the direct link.

It's mentioned on their terms and conditions page in the first paragraph: http://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/

Thanks - my MG Siegler-only TC is now a reality.

I'm pretty sure that was by far the most popular plan.

Looks like it's an ecommerce site specializing in church-related technologies.

I haven't used Bitcoin, so this is an honest question - Why doesn't the software encrypt the wallet automatically?

They said they're going to review their options: https://twitter.com/#!/readability/status/78858529263464448

Do you think Apple really cares about competition from an e-book company who we never heard of before their open letter, and who's name we can't remember now?

I find that unlikely.

I recommend Instacast[1] - best $2 I've spent in the last year.

[1]: http://vemedio.com/products/instacast

Correct - that was also a post by Roger Ebert: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/01/post_4.html

I'm going to have to spend a bit of time comparing this to Andy Clarke's 320 and Up[1].

From what I can tell so far, the difference appears to be philosophical - desktop first vs mobile first.

[1]: http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/projects/320andup/

That huge jump in weekly sales starting in 2/14 seems to line-up with the iPhone 4 release on Verizon. If that launch was a main driver for Camera+ sales, the magnitude is impressive.

Looks like it's 2,153 movies (1,669) + TV shows (484).

It's just Flash, like their existing purchase/rental videos.

I've used AirDropper[1] for this a few times when clients needed to send me web design files, and it worked beautifully.

Just connect it to your Dropbox account, send a file request email to the other person, and the files show up in the sandboxed AirDropper folder in your Dropbox account.

It's like magic.

[1] http://airdropper.com/

Something like this is perfect when using Chrome OS.

He is, actually:

From his LinkedIn profile:

* Managing Editor at Engadget

* Managing Editor at AOL

Past:

* Contributing Editor for Transmission at Gapers Block Media, LLC

* Attorney at Agency 68

* Associate at Saper Law

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7766341

I'll second this. It's by far the worst performing website/app I use on a regular basis on my Cr-48.

While I'm happy to hear this, I don't find it surprising.

Despite having a different chipset and radio, the Verizon iPhone is still just another iPhone and Verizon still just one of several dozen carrier partners around the world. If they didn't allow any other carriers to preload software, why would they let Verizon?

Exactly. Same case up in North Dakota. AT&T now owns Altel and has finally rebranded it, making it the second biggest carrier here behind Verizon. But, as far as I know, they're still running Altel's CDMA network. Not sure if they're ever planning on building out a GSM network.

The CDMA Development Group announced provisions for SVDO, or Simultaneous 1x Voice and EV-DO Data in 2009, but there hasn't been much news on it since.

My guess is that Verizon will just continue upgrading its network for LTE instead of making this interim upgrade.

Radiolab did a great segment on Henrietta Lacks earlier this year too: http://www.radiolab.org/2010/may/17/henriettas-tumor/

LastPass gives you the ability to generate one time passwords [https://lastpass.com/otp.php] ahead of time that you can print out and keep in your wallet for use on public machines.

There are also several options for multi-factor authentication for an additional level of security.

Have you taken a look at LastPass? It's great - centralized web storage with clients/plug-ins on every major browser/OS/smartphone.

There was a Security Now episode about it this summer [http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-256.htm], and it got the Steve Gibson seal of approval.

I was surprised to find out this morning that I received a CR-48.

My wife called me midmorning to let me know that UPS had left a page for me from a name neither of us had heard before. A few minutes later, I saw a link to this Techcrunch article on Twitter, so I suspected that maybe that was what was waiting for me at home.

Sure enough, when I went home for lunch, I opened the box and found the notebook.

I had no prior indication that I had been selected for the pilot program, and I believe I read somewhere that those not picked would not receive notice.

So, hopefully some of you will get a surprise too as they continue to roll these out.

Here's the Consumerist article and video that popped up on this a few months ago. It's been working pretty well for me so far: http://consumerist.com/2010/03/make-your-disposable-razor-bl...