1: You're right; many people who have actually used Maps don't have the same problems that Gizmodo and the other tech troll sites have. You can see that from comments and posts on the rest of the net. 2: The tech troll sites won't stop with the current Apple related nonsense until the next faux Apple related outrage…

And the Newton predates the Palm. Rows of icons, dock at the bottom.

I would smile like Jack Skellington to see the denizens of Halloween Town make a late October visit.

The iTunes Store EULA talks about purchases, licenses, and rentals. Straight up click and buy of music falls under the category of purchase. You have the same rights legally to use that digital music as you do with the digital music on a CD.

Apple being evil is one of the tenets of click-bait articles. Welcome to the internet.

You're right; they do. But if my lawyer was technologically impaired, I wouldn't trust their advice in a lawsuit against a technology company. I'd find a lawyer who knew what they were talking about.

The claim by the article is that music purchased from iTunes is only licensed and not owned by Willis. The problem is that in reality, while Apple does license software and other products, music is sold, with the same sorts of "ownership" you have when buying a CD or a piece of vinyl. Apple certainly can't, and won't,…

"Willis has discovered that, like anyone who has bought music online, he does not actually own the tracks but is instead ‘borrowing’ them under a licence." Not true with the iTunes store, but hey, why let facts get in the way of a juicy fantasy.

I agree that he is a nice guy in person - visiting with him is one of my favorite con experiences - but Shatner's Kirk is still my captain.

I love that Tactical Studies Rules changed their name to TSR Rules.

How do you know that Amazon has sold millions of Kindles? They have never released sales numbers on any version of the device. Sales could be in the millions, or could be much less. You, and I, and everyone else, just don't know.

Then it must really make your blood boil to learn that TB-L used a NeXTcube to code on. NeXT, of course, being Steve Jobs' company that Apple purchased in 1997, and the NeXTSTEP operating system being the direct parent of OS X.

From this article: "Tim Berners-Lee took the concept of Hypercard and turned [it] into a world of networked pages."

From the article: "Under questioning by Apple counsel Michael Jacobs, however, Bogue stated that Fractal Zoom was actually developed after the device had been taken to Apple."

Read the original article. The tech/art was already developed and in use - at Apple - before it was ported to the DiamondTouch by folks who had viewed Apple's tech.

My morning routine used to include saying, "good morning" to Lily and giving her a peanut when she said "good morning" back. One Saturday, after a late Friday, I wasn't paying close enough attention when I reached into her cage. I still have the scar across the knuckle on my right index finger where she opened it up…

Neurotic, yes, and vicious. I owned an AGP for years, and had a similar experience with it learning to call my dog. The goal wasn't amusement; it was to lure him within range of its beak. I kept the bird's cage away from the other pets for their protection, not for its.

Quick response to you by paragraph:

According to the US patent office, 1) you cannot patent just an idea, and b) to receive a patent your invention must be thoroughly explained and documented so that someone else would be able to make it.