By Greg Mills
Well, I read about it and now I have seen it myself. I was searching Google images for “Arabic decor” when, suddenly, I opened an image and got a number of pop-ups that warned me my computer was infected — and also magnanimously offered to help me.
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Several Apple patents have been granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number 7954057 is for an object movie exporter. Methods and apparatuses for compressing and/or transmitting and/or receiving data representing different views of an object are disclosed in the QuickTime VR-related patent.
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By Greg Mills
Long known for foot-in-mouth statements, pundit John C. Dvorak has shown his utter contempt and envy for the Apple platform once again. In an article published by “PC Magazine” he actually roots for the recent Mac Defender trojan.
The notion of “misery loves company” and basic juvenile, visceral envy come to mind. Long known to open his mouth only to change feet, Dvorak’s mindless logic is typical of PC fanboys who hate Apple.
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By Greg Mills
The poor performance of Microsoft in the last 10 years has fundamental issues that will hobble the company for years to come. A stock hedge company has issued a paper demanding Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s head on a pike.
Since Mr. Ballmer took over from Bill Gates in 2000, Microsoft’s market cap has been cut in half. Once the most valuable tech company in the world, Apple passed Microsoft last year.
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A new Apple patent (number 20110124260) for a display that emits circularly-polarized light has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office and shows that Apple is working on improved LCD display for devices like the iPad and iPhone that are more sunlight and sunglasses friendly.
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