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Lodsys says Apple is wrong about its patents, sues developers
[image: skitched-20110531-142215] In a series of blog posts on its site, patent holding firm Lodsys reveals that it has gone ahead and sued developers for infringing on its patents, reports MacRumors. This is in spite of Apple coming to the developer’s ...
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London WebGL, JSONSelect
London WebGL Mozilla Labs has a good post up about the London WebGL Meetup in a post entitled London WebGL Meetup Yesterday. The event was organised by Giles Thomas who writes Learning WebGL (featured previously on DailyJS here: JavaScript 3D). When ...
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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2, Verizon iPhones Get 4.2.7
Curious that the Verizon iPhone is still on its own branch. ★
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Long live XML ( too sorry for JSON fanboyz )
Extensible and expressive, XML is a language that should never die, and I want to let you know why.
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No Comment: Dell exec dismisses iPad, can't count
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Steve Jobs grossly exaggerated Android tablet app market size
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This MUST be the CEO of Firefox!?
[image: preview] 9gag
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Xcode 4 Keyboard Shortcuts now available!
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Mobile Web Sites Aren’t in Opposition to Native Apps
Josh Clark: But let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot by getting tangled up in this “web vs native” thing. Our future is going to be one of many, many thin clients talking to smart web services. Some of those clients will be accessed via HTML, ...
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fugly android
arguments for closed systems.
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Chameleon - UIKit for Mac development
Chameleon - UIKit for your Mac development needs.
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QUOTE: I wish I had another example besides Apple…
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Apple may be creating magazine app templates for developers
[image: flipboard] It has been reported that Apple may be creating a magazine publishing template tool in Xcode (Apple’s developer environment), aiming to keep the user experience of reading magazines consistent across the board. iOS users are ...
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Using AppleScript to Open the Current Safari URL in Google Chrome
Nice tip from TJ Luoma; possibly of interest to anyone using my instructions for going Flash-free on Mac OS X. ★
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iPad 2 Sold Out?
Jim Dalrymple: The iPad 2 went on sale at 5:00 pm local time on Friday and by the end of the weekend, there wasn’t an iPad 2 to be found anywhere in the country, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Apple’s online store is quoting “3-4 ...
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Firefox exec: browsers will escape Adobe's 'plug-in prison'
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Apple limiting homescreen web apps launched on iPhone and iPad?
[image: 2781241031_4fd505d0c2_o] Apple could be limiting the speeds of web applications launched from the homescreen on iPhone and iPad devices, potentially limiting the effectiveness of HTML apps by developers, it has emerged in a report by ...
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Jon Bon Jovi Blames Steve Jobs for ‘Killing the Music Industry’
Dave Wiskus nails it: You know who never complains about the shift to digital music? People who buy and listen to music. ★
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Dictionary Lookups in JavaScript
I've been working on a browser-based word game, naturally written in JavaScript, and have been encountering some interesting technical challenges along the way. I've written up my thought process here for others to learn from (note that most of this ...
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Sony wants to hire hackers now?
Sony Offers a job to a hacker, Whilst Suing another via Reddit. A commenter on image sums it up nicely… Just an FYI since it hasn’t been stated yet, but for those of you who do not know, Koushik Dutta is the main developer behind Clockwork Recovery ...
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