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To: iggyl who wrote (12190)	11/5/2011 5:49:27 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

BREAKING..Apple Found Guilty Of Violating Motorola Patents In Germany – Apple Ban Soon To Follow? Apple Found Guilty Of Violating Motorola Patents In Germany – Apple Ban Soon To Follow? by Chris Chavez on November 4th, 2011 at 8:38 pm I didn’t see this coming. Giving Apple a little taste of their own medicine it seems that Motorola has won an injunction against Apple for patent infringement in Germany. The ruling came from a Mannheim Regional Court barring the sale of any Apple device that infringes on two of Motorola Mobility’s 2003 patents. The 1st Apple violating patent is related to GSM, UMTS and 3G — while the 2nd is a little more unclear. What’s more is Motorola is actually owed for past damages as well. Motorola released this statement: “As media and mobility continue to converge, Motorola Mobility’s patented technologies are increasingly important for innovation within the wireless and communications industries, for which Motorola Mobility has developed an industry leading intellectual property portfolio. We will continue to assert ourselves in the protection of these assets, while also ensuring that our technologies are widely available to end-users. We hope that we are able to resolve this matter, so we can focus on creating great innovations that benefit the industry.” This comes as a total role reversal as it’s usually Apple on the prowl looking to bring down their competition with ridiculous patent infringement claims. With the big holiday season fast approaching us, this could be a huge win for Motorola, Android and Google. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more. So, Apple…. how do you like them apples? [Via FOSSPatents]

To: iggyl who wrote (12190)	11/5/2011 6:05:29 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

BREAKING...Apple banned from selling all mobile devices in Germany; Spain files Antitrust complain against Apple; soon to be banned in the whole EU fosspatents.blogspot.com

To: iggyl who wrote (12190)	11/5/2011 6:28:36 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Lending Library By Jennifer LeClaire November 4, 2011 4:10PM Analyst Phil Leigh agrees that the Kindle Owners Lending Library could stimulate the demand for the purchase of e-books, as well as softcover and hardcover books, by consumers who are undecided on a title until they've read it. The lending library could also be a reason to subscribe to Amazon Prime. business.newsfactor.com Amazon.com is going where no e-book seller has gone before. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant has officially launched the Kindle Owners Lending Library.If you have an Amazon Prime membership and a Kindle, you can now borrow any one of thousands of books for free. The e-borrowing bin includes more than 100 current and former New York Times bestsellers. Beyond the Prime membership, which costs $79 a year and also gets you access to digital streaming movies and TV shows and free two-day shipping, the only catch is the frequency. You can only borrow one book a month, but there's no due date. "This is a significant development that fits in with the theme that Jeff Bezos talked about when he introduced the Kindle Fire and the new black-and-white Kindle," said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst at Inside Digital Media. "Amazon's strategy is to emphasize the products and programming together as a service. They shouldn't be thought of as discrete and independent items because the value to the consumer is using them both together. It's a valid strategy and a compelling proposition for readers." Pushing Digital Here's how it works: You borrow a book much the same way you'd buy one -- right from your Kindle device . Much the same as a purchased Kindle book, you can make notes, highlights and bookmarks in borrowed books and Kindle will save them. If you borrow the book again or purchase the book, the Kindle will remember all your markings. When you borrow another book, the Kindle makes it easy to return the last one from the device. Titles in the Kindle Owners Lending Library come from a range of publishers under a variety of terms. Amazon has reached agreement with publishers to include titles for a fixed fee in most cases. At other times, Amazon is purchasing a title each time it is borrowed by a reader under standard wholesale terms as a no-risk trial to demonstrate to publishers the incremental growth and revenue opportunity that this new service presents. "With the growth in Prime membership and the recent addition of Prime Instant Video, we've been able to broaden our relationships with movie and TV studios such as CBS, Fox, and NBC Universal and significantly increase their revenue," said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle Content. "We're excited to expand that investment to books. With this launch, we expect three immediate results: Kindle owners will read even more; publisher revenues will grow; and authors will see larger royalty checks." Sampling Books Leigh agrees that the Kindle Owners Lending Library could stimulate the demand for the purchase of e-books, as well as softcover and hardcover books, by consumers who are undecided on a title until they've read it. As he sees it, the lending library could also be a reason to motivate people to subscribe to Prime who had previously declined the service. "This is kind of like the ability to sample music. If I borrow a book and I have to return it, if I really liked the first 100 pages and didn't finish it I might go buy it," Leigh said. "If I am passionate about the subject I tend to want to buy the books on the subject. I decline to buy all the books that are germane to that interest because I can't afford to buy every book. If there's one I'd like to read I might borrow it and if I really like it I might buy it even if I read the whole thing."

To: iggyl who wrote (12190)	11/5/2011 6:31:37 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

BREAKING...Amazon Aims to Destroy Apple Game Over: Amazon Prime Is Officially the Greatest Deal in Tech gizmodo.com BY SAM BIDDLE NOV 3, 2011 11:09 AM Amazon's Prime service began as a way to get your books and deodorant shipped to your door faster. Which was nice. Now, it's turned into a cornucopia of digital everything: movies, TV, books. And as it's grown, it's turned into something else: the smartest digital ticket around. Amazon's decision to give out free loaner Kindle books solidifies something we've been mulling over: Prime is a killer deal. The killer deal. Of course, this isn't a sale or some font of generosity: Amazon is a business. It's out to get as much of your money as possible just like everyone else, and Prime is highly addictive crack for impulse shoppers. But now that Amazon has so many of us hooked, it's going after more than just our deliveries—Bezos & Co are hoping to knock out some competitors too: Apple. Netflix. The reigning champs. Luckily, we can welcome these pushers to our street corner. Their war is our gain. Let's take a second to reflect on what you get for 80 clams a year: First, and most simply, Amazon Prime opens up the giant internet warehouse and pours it into your house. Pliers, socks, Blu-rays, speakers, lightbulbs, a new TV—Amazon is the internet's Wal-Mart. Minus, you know, a Wal-Mart. Pretty much everything you can imagine is offered, and Prime makes it reasonable to do a substantial amount of your shopping that way with unlimited free two-day shipping. Need it overnight? Pay just four bucks. Prime's shipping component is a very small revolution, obviating the need to leave your home for trivial buys. No more big box, no more pharmacy, no more Best Buy ripoffs—consolidated commodities, clicks away. Caveat: inflated carbon footprint guilt. But the shipping is the old news. Amazon's clearly up to a lot more, turning Prime into a diverse media membership. With the same service, you get access to instantly streaming seasons of shows like 24, Arrested Development, and Lost, plus movies you'll actually want to watch, likeEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Tons of PBS action too, so you can roll your eyes at people and say "Um, I think I'd know, I stream PBS." All this video is baked into a ton of TV models, plus the excellent Roku line. And your computer, of course. That said, Netflix still has its library whipped. Amazon's free-with-Prime Instant Video offerings just don't have as much good stuff to watch, period. It's competes, but barely. Still, Amazon is constantly expanding its catalog, injecting itself with big names like Fox and PBS. It's not enough to snatch the crown, but it's momentum. And then there are the books. Remember those? Of course you do, because you have a Kindle and books are suddenly exciting again. And now that Amazon will lend you books for free, you don't have to worry about buyer's remorse hampering your curiosity about your chances of bedding Chelsea Handler. Yep, every month you'll get a gratis Kindle loaner from a selection of over 5,000 titles. Keep it for as long as you want. Just don't expect the best and the brightest— none of the six major publishing houses are getting in on the loaner book program. Yet. Amazon can be miiiighty persuasive. Still—free fast shipping, unlimited streaming, and free books is a lot of stuff for $80 a year ($40 if you're a student). Is it enough? Think of it this way: Netflix—streaming-only—is $8 a month. Let's say the cost of a new book every month is $7. How about buying with expedited shipping? That's usually around $8. Add that up, and you're spending $276 per year on the low end. Prime's got you covered for a lot less. And this is about a lot more than just buying shit. All signs point to Amazon using Prime as its warm media spigot in perpetuity, feeding hungry devices like the Kindle Fire, and wrapping you into—as much as I fucking hate this word—its own ecosystem. It might be premature now, but Apple has its iTunes, and Amazon will have its Prime. And Amazon wants to lock you in just as badly as Apple does. So weigh your options. By volume, Amazon's the winner—you simply can't get as much stuff, whether physical or megabyte, anywhere else with one subscription. Prime is lacking, yes. In some places, pretty glaringly. But Prime isn't Amazon's bonus side project—it's the future of the company, its ramrod. It's going to get better, because it has to. Prime's a great deal now, but given time, it could be the way you happily eat up everything online.

To: iggyl who wrote (12190)	11/5/2011 7:11:08 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

OH MY GOD! Android to proliferate in 2012 like WILDFIRE! First ARM, and now Intel x86 and MIPS.... 2012 will be the biggest Android year yet!!! I can't wait... we will see 10x the innovations, improvements and penetration to new markets with all these hardware partners... I LOVE IT!!!! Message 27748223