Beverly Hills is an industry town, home to moviemaking and television shows. This community is used to a life of creative fulfillment and a sense of everyday well being. But the dream machine offered here is now home to 20-somethings who are quickly replacing the 50-somethings.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday urged members of his party to leave abortion discussions “alone,” warning that focusing on the issue puts the Republican Party at risk of alienating young and female voters.
“As far as young women are concerned, absolutely, I don’t think anybody like me — I can state my position on abortion but, other than that, leave the issue alone, when we are in the kind of economic situation and, frankly, national security situation that we’re in,” McCain said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”
Fox host Chris Wallace asked McCain if that meant he would support “freedom of choice.”
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The legal teams at Apple and HTC agreed upon a multi-year cease-fire quite recently with exceptions being made only for a collection of patents that are being revealed this week as unique in their direct ties to Google. This set of claims are being dismissed “with prejudice” as opposed to “without prejudice” as it has been with the rest of this legal adventure, and were each being used previously by HTC against Apple. Separately, four “new” patent agreements have been identified by Foss Patents as being stand-out and not especially visible to the public before they were first asserted against Nokia in separate cases – each of them stand-out because of their potential for future Apple vs Samsung or Motorola cases in the smartphone and tablet realms – watch out!
These four patents were asserted by Apple against HTC and will likely be appearing again in the future against other Android-wielding hardware makers – so says Foss. These patents cover the way a smartphone works and are each likely to be attached to the Android workings of the devices in question rather than to the manufacturer specifically, so will likely apply to non-HTC manufacturers as well as they had (up until now) attached to HTC. These patents are as follows:
EP0719487 on an “object-oriented telephony system”
EP0760131 on a “method and apparatus for distributing events in an operating system”
EP0664021 on a “menu state system”
EP0769169 on a “network component system.”
Keep your eyes open for these patents in the future – they WILL be appearing again. There’s also been some stand-out items as far as Google loan patents go. There are a collection of loans out there that are owned by Google but are being loaned out to companies such as HTC. The cases that involved any patents such as these in cases between Apple and HTC have been dismissed “with prejudice” because of Google’s “buyback” right under their agreement with HTC.
Google is not involved in the Apple-HTC agreement in any way and has not been part of any sort of talks with either company regarding the legal agreements at hand to our knowledge. District of Delaware, case no. 11-785-GMS notes that, “each and every claim and counterclaim between Apple and HTC in the above captioned matter are hereby dismissed WITH PREJUDICE solely with respect to HTC and WITHOUT PREJUDICE with respect to Apple and to any other person or entity.” This means that Google patents (as mentioned above) are dismissed as well, but with prejudice rather than without.
Apple HTC case dismissals hit tiny snag at Google-owned patents is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Bradley Cooper and rumored on-again girlfriend Zoe Saldana take a Thanksgiving day walk with his mom and pup on Thursday (November 22) in Malibu, Calif.
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Sad news for “Downton Abbey” fans.
The Daily Mail is reporting that Dan Stevens is not returning for the fourth season of the ITV series, which airs on PBS in the U.S. A production source tells the Sunday Express that the 30-year-old actor is leaving the show.
“Dan Stevens isn’t returning to the series,” the insider reveals. “He will probably do the first episode of the fourth series, but that will be it.”
By Dave Miller, National Football Post
As we put a bow on Thanksgiving weekend, let’s take a look at some hypothetical BCS matchups for the 2012-13 bowl season.
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The first TV remote control was released in 1951. The couch potato’s best friend has seen some improvements since then, but mostly in terms of its performance and capabilities e.g. no wires, more buttons and wider compatibility. A recent design project took a look at improving the physical form and ergonomics of the remote control as well. Here’s one such concept, called the Freehand.
Designed by ECAL student Cleo Jacquet, the Freehand consists of a pair of small buttons with suction cups on its back. Instead of coming up with a better alternative to the traditional stick form of the remote, the Freehand lets you define the shape of your remote. Do you always have a drink with you when you’re watching TV? Then stick the Freehand on your drink and make it your remote. Stick ‘em on your tablet or smartphone so you can multitask. Stick ‘em on your dog. Because you’re a free spirit.
Obviously the Freehand is way too impractical in its current state. But like the MaKey MaKey and AnyTouch, it’s a sign that the future of consumer electronics could have both software and hardware that can be tailored to our individual tastes. You can check out the other remote control concepts on Wallpaper.
Do snakes freak you out? How about the idea of being hunted down and killed by robots either of their own accord, or on orders from someone else? If you said yes to either of those questions, chances are you’ll find this video a little freaky, but enthralling nonetheless. More »
INDIANAPOLIS — Colts receiver T.Y. Hilton made history Sunday.
Indianapolis’ other emerging rookie star returned a punt 75 yards for one touchdown and caught an 8-yard pass from Andrew Luck in the third quarter to lead the Colts past Buffalo 20-13.
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