Oracle Corp. said Thursday it is suing Google Inc., arguing that the Internet-search giant’s Android operating system for smartphones infringed the intellectual property of Oracle’s Java platform.
The business-software behemoth said Google “knowingly, directly and repeatedly” violated Java patent and copyright protection. Spokeswoman Karen Tillman said the company is seeking “appropriate remedies.”
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I present to you, Exhibit A in the case of “Shut The” vs. “Fuck Up”.
NEW YORK – It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime video-conference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone — even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot.
In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees.
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Boom. My first ever published app. Wrote it over the weekend; more updates to come.
Motorola shipped 2.3 million smartphones in Q1, but their goal is to move 12-14 million by the end of the year. They remain on track to launch at least 20 models, with eight out the door so far, so we still have a dozen new smartphones on the way. Co-CEO Sanjay Jha said on Wednesday that two to four of those phone will feature front facing cameras and now rumors are flying that Motorola might produce a 2 GHz superduperphone phone by the end of 2010.
The news of a 2 GHz smartphone appear to come from the blog ConceivablyTech.
Many reputable news outlets like Reuters reported on Jha’s presentation at the Executives Club in Chicago, but none of them mentioned the 2 GHz remarks. So either these comments were made after the presentation in private or no one else thought a 2 GHz smartphone was important enough to report.
If we are to believe ConceivablyTech, this ultimate phone will be based on Android, include a gyroscope, add an Nvidia Tegra-based graphics processor with full Flash 10.1 hardware acceleration, support 720p output, “HD screen resolution” and integrate a camera with “more than 5 megapixel” resolution.
Another Motorola executive who asked to remain anonymous said that this new phone is “intended to incorporate everything that is technologically possible in a smartphone today”.
It almost sounds too good to be true.
via Android and Me
