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Apple-Motorola legal battle now involves 42 patents

There are now 42 patents involves in the ongoing legal brouhaha between Apple and Motorola.

Apple now alleges that Motorola infringes 24 of its patents (21 of them with Android-based phones, the remaining 3 with set-top boxes and DVRs), while Motorola previously asserted 18 patents against a variety of Apple products (mostly but not exclusively iPhone, iPad and iPod), reports “Foss Patents” (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/12/apple-vs-motorola-now-42-patents-in.html).

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Greg’s bite: iPad Folder Bug, NetFlix, iPhone, Web Opt Out, Stuxnet News

By Greg Mills

iOS 4.2.1 folder bugApple is working on recreating the iOS 4.2.1 disappearing folder bug. The bug has been reported to me by six readers, so far.  

The steps that may or may not result in the folders disappearing are.  

° Load the new iPad iOS 4.2.1 on to your iPad.

° Sort apps into folders  

° Download app updates to some apps in folders over Wi-Fi before syncing iPad with iTunes.  

° All Folders disappear and apps are spread out randomly.  

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Survey: iPad not quite worth the sticker price

A new consumer survey says the iPad isn’t quite worth what Apple charges, notes “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/02/how-much-is-an-ipad-worth/).

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster and his associates recently ran a small survey of 65 consumers who don’t presently own tablet computers, the story adds. They were shown a pair of  competing devices — an US$629 Apple’s iPad 3G and a $599 Samsung Galaxy Tab running Google’s Android OS — and asked not just which one they preferred (the iPad won that bake-off 85% to 15%) but what they thought a reasonable price for each would be.

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Survey: iPad not quite worth the sticker price

A new consumer survey says the iPad isn’t quite worth what Apple charges, notes “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/02/how-much-is-an-ipad-worth/).

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster and his associates recently ran a small survey of 65 consumers who don’t presently own tablet computers, the story adds. They were shown a pair of  competing devices — an US$629 Apple’s iPad 3G and a $599 Samsung Galaxy Tab running Google’s Android OS — and asked not just which one they preferred (the iPad won that bake-off 85% to 15%) but what they thought a reasonable price for each would be.

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