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Payment settles Creative's claim that Apple had illegally used its technology in its iPod mp3 players.

Apple said it will pay $100 million for a license to use Creative Technology's patented digital music player technology, settling legal disputes between the two companies.

Steve Jobs said "The agreement ends five lawsuits between the companies and removes the uncertainty and distraction of prolonged litigation. Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent". Jobs said further that the settlement "resolves all of our differences with Creative."


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<3 for Creative :O
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24th Aug 06, 9:23am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

by azz0r at 23rd Aug 11:44pm

Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent



You lose.

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Gotta love jobs, arrogant asshole.
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Rich arragant asshole, you do really have to love him, but I will prolly never buy his products
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I don't really love him, Id like to see Gates crush his face with a boxed copy of Vista.
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apple is ok, their soctware works, products stylish. my qualms with them: smarmy nature of apple users-> see apple vs pc ads + the way they blatently lie about things. they even have a page dedicated to how amazing they are http://www.apple.com/getamac/

aside from that: one mouse button. FUCK OFF

(im too tired from work to rant properly, insert wit and humour in my post somewhere for yourself)
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24th Aug 06, 10:18pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I agree totally.

I really don't think OSX looks good either, I know people go on about how much better OSX is and how flashy its icons and general gui is...but personally I think it looks pretty bland and samey.
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25th Aug 06, 7:47am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Me three.

I can't be bothered to argue, but generally along Gaz's lines.

Smarmy, metrosexual Apple users with their "ergonomic" bullshit. Makes me angry.

I laughed this morning when I heard while listening to the delight that is Ugly Phil on Kerrang that Apple are recalling millions of batteries made by Sony that have caused some users burns.

Maybe they should have tested them first.

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made me laugh as well, on the apple keynote speech steve jobs said apple have made like 5 major relaeases of osx in the same time that M$ have only done sp2, what he forgot to mention is they did major changes to windows: 2003, CE, media centre and some others i can't remember. also ms have to write a platform suitable for all hardware. apple only writes for a closed set of hardware which is far far easier.

they dont have to make things backwards compatable because all the apple whores will tootle along and just buy the new hardware they need.

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25th Aug 06, 11:18am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcas...ard_preview.asp

That article pretty much covers Apples shitty attitude.
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by Gaz at 25th Aug 12:12pm

they dont have to make things backwards compatable because all the apple whores will tootle along and just buy the new hardware they need.



Anyone can write a stable OS if they know, 100%, what hardware it's going to run on.

Writing a stable OS when you have no idea what hardware it'll be on (could be a Cyrix III, could be a Pentium II, could be an Athlon FX-53...etc) is a very different story.

But Mac users will say this is a good thing, and will continue to wank over their ergonomically designed carrying handles and swanky OS. Gross.

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25th Aug 06, 11:59am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
my biggest beef: one freacking mouse button

by Jack at 25th Aug 12:50pm

Anyone can write a stable OS if they know, 100%, what hardware it's going to run on.



I'd agree with that, look at cisco IOS hard as nails...

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by Gaz at 25th Aug 12:59pm

I'd agree with that, look at cisco IOS hard as nails...



Exactly.

But Microsoft have to write an OS that will run on everything from ten years ago to now, and will run on everything in future too.

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25th Aug 06, 12:08pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I thought they added a second mouse button?
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25th Aug 06, 12:15pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
A mouse with one button is like a person with one leg.

It's un-natural, and should be laughed at as such.

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25th Aug 06, 12:35pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
no no one mouse button is a feature not a problem. just like error reporting in windows is a feature i must say tho as much as people bash windows XP ive very rarely had BSOD's or times when everything has crashed in such a way i cant use windows anymore. ive had explorer crash on me, ctrl+alt+del and open a new instance and it carried on like nothing had happened.

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XP is really a class OS, I don't think Ill be able to switch over to Vista straight away - it'll be strange.

Having said that, Im having problem with my network at the moment and instead of helping me fix it, XP just crashes every program using the internet when I try and run a repair

Grr, the amount of files its corrupted.
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25th Aug 06, 12:52pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
start>run>cmd>"sfc /scannow" with the cd in the tray should fix corrupt files

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25th Aug 06, 12:57pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Merci.

Doing it now, will it report back what its fixed, if anything.
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25th Aug 06, 12:58pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
never used it in XP in 98se it had a copying dialogue afterwards. else boot into the installer from the cd and reload all the system files.

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25th Aug 06, 1:00pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Verifying at the moment, big long bar...systems slow...will be worth it
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it worked very well in 98se should be the same in xp

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It disappeared

Didn't say anything, hopefully its fixed whatever was causing it.
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then it didnt need to replace anything. boot into the installer on the cd and make like youre going to install a new windows, there should be an option to replace system files. google for some guides on it before you do tho

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25th Aug 06, 1:19pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Nah Ill see how things go.

I think its something to do with the router as Ive just tested my lappy and it did the same.

Strange.
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25th Aug 06, 3:39pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
what router do you have?

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25th Aug 06, 4:05pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
dlink 514

Had it for quite some time without any problems.
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