Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Apple patents involve SRAM cells, distributed computers

Apple patents involve SRAM cells, distributed computers

Posted by | Sep 27, 2011 | , |

Apple has been granted patents involves SRAM cells and distributed computers by the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Patent 8027213 is for a mechanism for measuring read current viability of SRAM cells. Per the patent, a mechanism for measuring the variability of the read current of SRAM cells on an integrated circuit includes the integrated circuit having an SRAM array including a plurality of SRAM cells. The integrated circuit may also include a selection circuit configured to select a particular SRAM cell in response to a selection input.

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Greg’s Bite: Oracle Seeks to Kill Android

Greg’s Bite: Oracle Seeks to Kill Android

Posted by | Sep 26, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

Android is turning out to be, as Steve Jobs likes to put it, “a bag of hurt,” Not only are all the Android handset makers fighting Apple in courts and import agencies around the world, Oracle has Google over the barrel for intentionally using patented Java without a license. The intentional part will likely cost Google a bundle as Oracle has found a “smoking gun” set of email proving that Google, at the highest levels, knew and intentionally used Java in the Android OS without a license.

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Mobile operator shared data plan trend accelerating

Posted by | Sep 26, 2011 | , |

While the iPad and other tablets are hot Products, the expense of requiring separate mobile broadband plans for each device to connect to 3G or 4G services has been Prohibitive.

The Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytic.coms) recently examined the emerging trend to offer multi-device data plans to drive adoption of additional 3G and 4G connected devices. They found that, recently, leading mobile operators such as Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility in Canada, Telefonica Movistar in Spain, Orange Mobistar and Proximus in Belgium have launched multi-device plans.

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Turn iTunes to iMedia — or simply break it into components

Turn iTunes to iMedia — or simply break it into components

Posted by | Sep 23, 2011 | , |

MobileTrax (http://www.mobiletrax.com) analyst Gerry Purdy recently wrote an open letter to new Apple CEO Tim Cook, recommending that Apple change the name of iTunes to iMedia since they sell TV shows, movies and more, not only music.

That makes sense. But I think an even better idea would be to break iTunes into different components as it is on iOS devices. The software has become too bloated.

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