Oct
17

Cell phone as musical instrument

This is seriously cool, especially if users have better control over sound outputs (e.g. using guitar, bass, beats, synth, or samples). Guitar Hero, move over. Cell phone symphony

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Mar
07

BlackBerry’s Single Point of Failure

Failover shortcomings seem to be the Achilles heel in the efforts of Research in Motion Ltd. to win the battle with Apple Inc. over whether the BlackBerry or the iPhone will be the smart phone of choice as business and personal applications converge in the mobile device market. Failover is the capability to switch over… Continue reading »

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Jan
05

Intertainer’s ‘Digital Entertainment Service Platform’ Patent Suit: If not Patent Trolling, maybe a Proxy Attack?

“Intertainer was the leader of the idea of entertainment on demand over Internet platforms before Google was even thought up,” says Jonathan T. Taplin, a Hollywood executive who co-founded Intertainer back in 1996 – as quoted by the New York Times in its January 3, 2007 article entitled, “Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms”. Taplin… Continue reading »

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