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Back in April, the bankrupt telecom manufacturer Nortel put its patent portfolio on the block via a US$900 million ‘stalking horse’ sale agreement with a relative newcomer to the market: Google. The arrangement set a minimum value for Nortel’s intellectual property on the open market, and presumably put Google in a solid position to eventually bid for the final package.

Apparently the bidding got a little too stratospheric for the search/Android giant to keep up. Nortel announced last night that the successful bid was $4.5 billion, and the patent suite (more than 6,000 inventions covering every corner of the mobile computing and telecommunications landscape) will go to an industry consortium full of strange bedfellows: Microsoft, Apple, Ericsson, EMC, Sony and RIM.

The patent sale, which is subject to court approval both in the US and in Nortel’s home jurisdiction of Canada, could mean additional headaches for Android handset manufacturers as they try to fend off patent challenges without indemnification from Google. Of course, Apple’s got patent troubles of its own, both from partner/competitor Samsung (see FOSSPatents’ comprehensive and terrifying battle chart) and from developer-targeting Lodsys, among many others.

[via TechCrunch & Fortune]

Nortel patent auction goes to Apple/Microsoft/RIM consortium originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Back in April, the bankrupt telecom manufacturer Nortel put its patent portfolio on the block via a US$900 million ‘stalking horse’ sale agreement with a relative newcomer to the market: Google. The arrangement set a minimum value for Nortel’s intellectual property on the open market, and presumably put Google in a solid position to eventually bid for the final package.

Apparently the bidding got a little too stratospheric for the search/Android giant to keep up. Nortel announced last night that the successful bid was $4.5 billion, and the patent suite (more than 6,000 inventions covering every corner of the mobile computing and telecommunications landscape) will go to an industry consortium full of strange bedfellows: Microsoft, Apple, Ericsson, EMC, Sony and RIM.

The patent sale, which is subject to court approval both in the US and in Nortel’s home jurisdiction of Canada, could mean additional headaches for Android handset manufacturers as they try to fend off patent challenges without indemnification from Google. Of course, Apple’s got patent troubles of its own, both from partner/competitor Samsung (see FOSSPatents’ comprehensive and terrifying battle chart) and from developer-targeting Lodsys, among many others.

[via TechCrunch & Fortune]

Nortel patent auction goes to Apple/Microsoft/RIM consortium originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Brian Smith of Orbotix Inc. at WWDC 2011. You may remember Orbotix from CES. Brian was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

Orbotix is building a platform, they say, and I’m hopeful hobbyists will embrace it. The Orbotix demo robot, Sphero, is adorable.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: Orbotix originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s a few more sales popping up for the July 4th weekend:

• EA (duh) is putting a bunch of titles on sale for just 99 cents, including NBA Jam, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, FIFA 11, and Dead Space. Odds are that you’ve already picked one or two of these up, as EA is having a sale practically every weekend these days, but 99 cents is still a good price for a few of these.
• Adult Swim has some sale titles out, including the great Robot Unicorn Attack for just a buck.
• Trucks and Skulls Nitro just recently got a big update, and to celebrate, it’ll be free for the holiday weekend.
• Zen Bound and its sequel are also on sale for just a buck.
• Gameloft is also having a dollar sale, with Dungeon Hunter 2 and Starfront Collision among the titles for just 99 cents.
• Cross Fingers is a puzzle app that’s free right now.
• Speedball 2 Evolution is on sale for both iPhone and the Mac this weekend.
• Finally, BillMinder will be heavily discounted on July 4 only.

I’m sure we’ll see plenty more before the weekend is done, but that’s probably more than enough to let you do some shopping already. Stay tuned — as we hear about more apps going on sale, we’ll let you know as well.

EA, Gameloft, and lots more app sales for the holiday weekend originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s a few more sales popping up for the July 4th weekend:

• EA (duh) is putting a bunch of titles on sale for just 99 cents, including NBA Jam, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, FIFA 11, and Dead Space. Odds are that you’ve already picked one or two of these up, as EA is having a sale practically every weekend these days, but 99 cents is still a good price for a few of these.
• Adult Swim has some sale titles out, including the great Robot Unicorn Attack for just a buck.
• Trucks and Skulls Nitro just recently got a big update, and to celebrate, it’ll be free for the holiday weekend.
• Zen Bound and its sequel are also on sale for just a buck.
• Gameloft is also having a dollar sale, with Dungeon Hunter 2 and Starfront Collision among the titles for just 99 cents.
• Cross Fingers is a puzzle app that’s free right now.
• Speedball 2 Evolution is on sale for both iPhone and the Mac this weekend.
• Finally, BillMinder will be heavily discounted on July 4 only.

I’m sure we’ll see plenty more before the weekend is done, but that’s probably more than enough to let you do some shopping already. Stay tuned — as we hear about more apps going on sale, we’ll let you know as well.

EA, Gameloft, and lots more app sales for the holiday weekend originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s a few more sales popping up for the July 4th weekend:

• EA (duh) is putting a bunch of titles on sale for just 99 cents, including NBA Jam, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, FIFA 11, and Dead Space. Odds are that you’ve already picked one or two of these up, as EA is having a sale practically every weekend these days, but 99 cents is still a good price for a few of these.
• Adult Swim has some sale titles out, including the great Robot Unicorn Attack for just a buck.
• Trucks and Skulls Nitro just recently got a big update, and to celebrate, it’ll be free for the holiday weekend.
• Zen Bound and its sequel are also on sale for just a buck.
• Gameloft is also having a dollar sale, with Dungeon Hunter 2 and Starfront Collision among the titles for just 99 cents.
• Cross Fingers is a puzzle app that’s free right now.
• Speedball 2 Evolution is on sale for both iPhone and the Mac this weekend.
• Finally, BillMinder will be heavily discounted on July 4 only.

I’m sure we’ll see plenty more before the weekend is done, but that’s probably more than enough to let you do some shopping already. Stay tuned — as we hear about more apps going on sale, we’ll let you know as well.

EA, Gameloft, and lots more app sales for the holiday weekend originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Todd Stellfox of FastSpring at WWDC 2011. Todd was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: FastSpring originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Brian Smith of Orbotix Inc. at WWDC 2011. You may remember Orbotix from CES. Brian was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

Orbotix is building a platform, they say, and I’m hopeful hobbyists will embrace it. The Orbotix demo robot, Sphero, is adorable.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: Orbotix originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Brian Smith of Orbotix Inc. at WWDC 2011. You may remember Orbotix from CES. Brian was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

Orbotix is building a platform, they say, and I’m hopeful hobbyists will embrace it. The Orbotix demo robot, Sphero, is adorable.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: Orbotix originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Brian Smith of Orbotix Inc. at WWDC 2011. You may remember Orbotix from CES. Brian was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

Orbotix is building a platform, they say, and I’m hopeful hobbyists will embrace it. The Orbotix demo robot, Sphero, is adorable.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: Orbotix originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Todd Stellfox of FastSpring at WWDC 2011. Todd was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: FastSpring originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Todd Stellfox of FastSpring at WWDC 2011. Todd was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: FastSpring originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Todd Stellfox of FastSpring at WWDC 2011. Todd was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple’s new technologies will help them and their customers. We’ll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: FastSpring originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Register has an excellent writeup posted with a look back at Apple’s Power Mac G4 Cube (affectionately referred to as “The Cube”), which was released to the public ‘suspended’ from production 10 years ago this coming weekend.

At the time, back in 2001, the Cube drew a lot of jeers, mostly from PC enthusiasts who enjoyed making fun of Apple’s whimsical and somewhat pretentious designs. For a number of different reasons, the Cube never really took off in the way that the iMac or, later, the iPhone did. Nevertheless, the Cube has its followers, and the idea — a powerful computer put into a form very different than anything else seen at the time — remains intriguing even today.

Perhaps that’s why even today, modders are trying to push the limits of what the Cube can be. User Marcelo over at CubeOwner.com is actually building an “All Apple 10th Anniversary Cube” right now, which will rock an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, two 100 GB SSD drives, a dual-layer DVD drive; the finished product will even support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion when it’s released. That’s a spicy meatball of a computer, all squeezed into that same floating box.

We have to be careful not to look back too fondly on the Cube itself — I used one back in the day and there were some issues with the hardware and the way it all worked, no matter how you felt about the case. But the Cube came right near the end of the Think Different campaign, and in some ways, even before the iAge changed the form of computing completely, the Cube was the last word on what Apple Computers was trying to accomplish with the PC itself.

Thanks Laurie D.

Looking back at Apple’s Cube, ten years later originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Register has an excellent writeup posted with a look back at Apple’s Power Mac G4 Cube (affectionately referred to as “The Cube”), which was released to the public ‘suspended’ from production 10 years ago this coming weekend.

At the time, back in 2001, the Cube drew a lot of jeers, mostly from PC enthusiasts who enjoyed making fun of Apple’s whimsical and somewhat pretentious designs. For a number of different reasons, the Cube never really took off in the way that the iMac or, later, the iPhone did. Nevertheless, the Cube has its followers, and the idea — a powerful computer put into a form very different than anything else seen at the time — remains intriguing even today.

Perhaps that’s why even today, modders are trying to push the limits of what the Cube can be. User Marcelo over at CubeOwner.com is actually building an “All Apple 10th Anniversary Cube” right now, which will rock an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, two 100 GB SSD drives, a dual-layer DVD drive; the finished product will even support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion when it’s released. That’s a spicy meatball of a computer, all squeezed into that same floating box.

We have to be careful not to look back too fondly on the Cube itself — I used one back in the day and there were some issues with the hardware and the way it all worked, no matter how you felt about the case. But the Cube came right near the end of the Think Different campaign, and in some ways, even before the iAge changed the form of computing completely, the Cube was the last word on what Apple Computers was trying to accomplish with the PC itself.

Thanks Laurie D.

Looking back at Apple’s Cube, ten years later originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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