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Apple’s Patents possibly covering android

Posted on July 30, 2011 by admin

Apple’s initial legal victory over rival HTC in a patent infringement suit could pave the way for Apple to collect high royalties from devices running Google Android, according to one analysis. Mike Abramsky with RBC Capital Markets believes that Apple … Continue reading →

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Apple’s spotlight and future databases

Posted on December 15, 2008 by admin

The UNIX idea that the OS treated files as sequences of uninterpreted bytes was a brilliant technical simplification – so successful that the previously dominant approach essentially disappeared. Apple seems to want to revist the issue with its spotlight product.  … Continue reading →

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end to end design versus BOM design

Posted on April 4, 2008 by admin

Grossly simplifying, some products are Bill of Materials (BOM) products and some are Designed products. BOM products come to market via a process of generating a parts list and then integrating. In place of designers, BOM products have buyers and … Continue reading →

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