Rocketnews What Apple's patents reveal about its plans For anybody who wants to know what a company is thinking, just look at its patent portfolio. Patents are about protection: without them there's nothing to stop your rivals from copying your best ideas and making money from your hard work. If you patent your revolutionary unicorn-powered laptop and a rival copies you, you'll be able to sue them until they squeak - and possibly get their product pulled from the shelves too. Smart companies patent everything, and Apple is a smart company - so a trawl through Apple's worldwide patent applications can uncover future products. Back in 2006, patent application 20,060,268,528 showed what was described as a "portable computing device capable of wireless communications... If you'd seen the patents Apple was filing in 2004 and 2005, the iPad wouldn't have been a big surprise either. So can you use the patent offices as crystal balls for Apple kit? The iMac touch Description What is it? Patents used Why we're excited A mightier Mac mini Description
News Headlines, Celebs and Football - Mirror.co.uk Welcome to the British Cartoon Archive - The British Cartoon Arc World News Mac Rumors: Apple Mac iOS Rumors and News You Care About Home | Mail Online Obama vows to preserve open Internet During his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, President Obama promised the United States would continue to support a "free and open Internet" and would call out nations that censor content. On the same day that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke warned an increasing number of nations are enacting policies to censor the Web or block certain applications to protect domestic industries, Obama said the U.S. will always stand up for the individual's right to free speech. Obama said the freedom to assemble without government permission and an independent media are critical to making social progress and holding those in power accountable. "Civil society is the conscience of our communities, and America will always extend our engagement abroad with citizens beyond the halls of government. Obama also promised the U.S. would actively promote technologies that allow people to communicate with one another in defiance of government bans.
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