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• re: steve.... step down...
  Fact: Apple announced that they are conducting an investigation into improper stock option pricing. It's an investigation, nothing more. There have been no charges filed by the SEC. At least, not yet.
  
  Therefore, why does he need to step down when Apple has not even been found guilty of anything yet?

  August 13, 2006

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• re: HOT AIR
  It doesn't matter who thought of it first, nor which came to market first. The only thing that matters is who filed for a patent and received the patent first -- no matter when the product was created or marketed. That's how the U.S. patent system works.

  June 14, 2006

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• re: HA
  "considering the Ipod was first"
  
  Absolutely, flatly false. The iPod was not the first mp3 player to market.

  June 14, 2006

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• re: Different? How about non-proprietary format?
  > A non-DRM, non-proprietary format system is what I'm looking for. <
  
  This is one of the biggest lies about the iPod system. Only songs bought from the iTunes Music Store have DRM. You are free to rip your own CD's or download mp3's and put them on your iPod (and I might add, from a Mac OR a PC). And, the only thing proprietary about songs you buy from the iTMS is the DRM. The other big FUD is that AAC encoding is proprietary. In fact, it is not and can be used by anyone.
  
  So, you think that Plays for Sure isn't DRM and isn't proprietary? Well, it is. In reply to: "SanDisk's take on the iPod"

  March 19, 2006

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• it IS news
  Reporting on flaws of beta or early-version software or electronic products *is* news. It's only FUD if the news is false, and in this case, it is not.
  
  Your claim of it affecting a "tiny number of users" is unsubstantiated and likely untrue given that 25 million people have downloaded the beta. Symantec and Microsoft said a "small" number of users was affected, and to a corporation seeking to spin a bad PR situation, "small" could be tens of thousands. Especially since they didn't give an actual figure.

  February 13, 2006

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• re: WHAT OS?
  Many c|net virus/worm articles either don't mention the affected OS, or bury it later in the story after how the virus/worm affects the user.
  
  This is, simply, bad journalism writing.

  December 7, 2005

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• It isn't legal to steal for a greater good
  No doubt what Google is doing is going to benefit some people. But if you boil this down, the simple fact is that Google is violating copyright law.
  
  Why is that so hard for people to understand?
  
  Let's say you are a painter, and Google sees your work in a gallery. They take a picture of it and put it online, and make money selling ads when people view your work that Google had no right to reproduce.
  
  By your arguments, this is ok, simply because Google made your work accessible to more people.
  
  Baloney!

  October 19, 2005

  1 reply

• What platform?
  Why did the writer or editor of the story leave out what computer platforms are affected, rather than lazily including a link? Don't you think this is an important piece of information? Why not just link to the Adobe site and use "read this" as your entire article?
  
  Journalism is dead.

  June 13, 2005

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• toss your iPod in the trash!
  >>...Apple charges $100 for a new battery--a significant percentage of the cost of the iPod itself. "Most consumers are just going to throw it away and get a new one," Davis said.<<
  
  Right. People are just going to toss their $200-500 iPod because of a $100 battery? That's a ridiculous statement from the protestors and just shows how weak their position is.

  April 22, 2005

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• Did that
  Yep, several times. Replaced cables, routers, the whole bit (I work at a company that makes wired and wireless network devices). Comcast's own discussion boards indicate that slow performance is a national problem.

  April 9, 2005

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