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Lodsys responds to Apple by suing iOS Developers earlier than planned.

Lodsys moves to sue iOS Developers earlier than planned as a respond to “Apple’s threat“.

From Lodsys’ blog:

Q: Why did Lodsys sue some App Developers on May 31, 2011?

Lodsys chose to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple’s threat, in order to preserve its legal options.

Lodsys also sent Legal threats to Android Developers regarding in-app-purchasing patent.

Lodsys revealed that Apple, Google and Microsoft are already licensee of Lodsys’ patent portfolio. Apple, Google and Microsoft could seek to invalidate Lodsys patent.

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For some reason, this is what the iPhone 4 thinks of Lodsys:

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Destination: Apple WWDC 2011

Apple to unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud on June 6th, 2011 at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Steve Jobs and Apple Executive Team will address the keynote.

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 is currently available to registered Apple Developers. Despite of the NDA in effect, details of Mac OS X Lion has been posted on the Internet.

iOS 5 beta is expected to be made available to registered Apple Developers following the WWDC keynote. According to sources, iOS 5 will be released in Fall 2011.

Apple will explain what iCloud is and where it stands with MobileMe service.

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South Park: Season 15 Episode 6 – “City Sushi”

The stream for this episode will be available a few hours after it premieres on Comedy Central Wednesday June 1st, 2011 10:00PM Eastern Time.

South Park: Season 15 Episode 6 – “City Sushi”
Butters is diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. The boys want to help Butters find out whats really happening to him but Butters may not like what they find.
Original Air Date: 2011-06-01

Watch “City Sushi” at South Park Studios starting June 1st, 2011 after the episode premieres on Comedy Central. You can also buy the episode from Amazon.com and iTunes Store instead of downloading it from some random sites.

Do not bother searching “South Park S15E06” on Google or other search engines, because “City Sushi” will be available for streaming on
June 1st 11:59PM Pacific Time. Well, as long as you are using US IP address.

Preview “City Sushi” here (“Tender Loving… Medication” – Butters’ parents take him to see a specialist.)

What you should do:

What you must not do:

Notes:

  • “City Sushi” is the sixth episode of Season 15.
  • “City Sushi” at Wikipedia.
  • Dissociative identity disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder – Wikipedia
  • In any case that you cannot watch any episodes of South Park at South Park Studios, please be patient, Comedy Central would be really angry if you downloaded the episodes from places other than Amazon.com and iTunes Store or any online stores that generate revenue for Comedy Central. Please do not go to sites such as SouthParkFiles.com to download any of the episodes. Just because you can easily download the episodes from sites such as SouthParkFiles.com, it doesn’t mean Comedy Central say it is right.
  • As usual, this episode will be available for streaming at South Park Studios following the premiere on May 25th, 2011. Uncensored version will follow shortly after.
  • South Park: Season 15 Episode 5 uncensored version will be available purchase starting May 28th, 2011 at Amazon.com and iTunes Store.
  • Stay tuned for more info.

Comedy Central would certainly appreciates those who help them make more money.

From the Comedy Central Press Release:

DOES BUTTERS BELONG IN THE CENTER FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE
IN AN ALL-NEW SOUTH PARK ?
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, May 27, 2011 – It’s time for Butters to learn the truth about himself in an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “City Sushi,” premiering on Wednesday, June 1 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.

Butters is diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. The boys want to help Butters find out what’s really happening to him but Butters may not like what they find.

Comedy Central Airing Schedule for South Park: Season 15 Episode 5 (Eastern and Pacific Time)

  • Wednesday June 01 10:00PM
  • Thursday June 02 2011 12:00AM
  • Thursday June 03 2011 10:30PM
  • Sunday June 05 2011 11:30AM
  • Monday June 06 2011 02:00AM

Comedy Central strongly urges you not to download the episode from any sites such as SouthParkFiles.com or any other South Park related sites. Remember that unauthorized download of South Park episodes hurts Comedy Central and South Park team. It is very very wrong to download South Park Episodes from sites like MrTwig.net, because Comedy Central would have to wait for another 2 months to get gold plated shark tank installed in their lobby. Instead, Comedy Central would like you to purchase the episode from vendors like Amazon.com or iTunes Store.

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Now available:

South Park: Complete Fourteenth Season
Including all the bleeps on Episode “201” and in the commentary:

DVD | Blu-Ray

Episode “201” is heavily censored just like its broadcast version.

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Images are courtesy of South Park Studios.

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Samsung Lawyers Must Be Crazy.

Samsung fires back at Apple asking for prototypes of Apple’s upcoming devices such as the next iPhone and iPad. Samsung Legal Team wants the court to believe that such move is fair since Apple has been granted access to prototypes of announced products from Samsung. Based on the reports, only Apple Legal Team would be given access to those prototypes, not any other Apple employees. Apple initially sued Samsung for infringing on Trade dress of iOS devices; iPhone and iPad in particular. Samsung then countersued Apple on same patent infringements.

The Samsung Legal Team must be crazy to ask for unannounced products from Apple. Relying on patterns on past product releases and rumors, Samsung Legal assumed that they would be granted access to the non-existent products. The jokes are already flooding in such as this gem:

Apple: Samsung is kirfing our products.
Samsung: Can we see your future products (so we can kirf them)?

The best case scenario for Samsung is that they’d be getting the complete and functional prototypes of iPhone 4 in White and iPad 2.

 

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Lodsys also threatens Android Developers over patent. Google, it’s your move.

After gaining a lot of attention for sending lawsuit threat to numbers of iOS Developers, Lodsys is also going after Android Developers over in-app purchasing patent. Lodsys in its Q&A blog explained why its going after individual developers but not Apple, Google and Microsoft; that’s because the three companies have already licensed the four patents in question.

On May 23rd, 2011 Apple Legal sent a letter to Lodsys stating that Apple is licensed to all four patents in the Lodsys portfolio. Any iOS Applications published in iTunes App Store are essentially covered by the license.

Android Developers are hoping Google to do the same with what Apple did for its Developers.

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Slash responds to South Park.

Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson responds to South Park’s latest Episode titled “Crack Baby Athletic Association” through Twitter.

Wait a minute, Slash Hudson is playing Slash. So it is true. Slash is not real!

It is either Slash or the Easter Bunny who manages Slash Twitter Account.

P.S. If you didn’t know that Slash is not real:

  • Forget that you read this.
  • You don’t want to watch this video clip.
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Breaking The Silence: Apple posts instructions on how to avoid and remove Mac Defender Malware.

Apple posts instructions on how to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware.

Apple sure did take the time to prepare the response while many pundits are calling the beginning of the “Mac-Apocalypse.”

One thing any Safari users should disable the Open “Safe” files after downloading preferences in Safari.

There is a legitimate software called MacDefender, and it has nothing to do with the malware.

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Note:

“Breaking The Silence” is also an out-of-print CD/Record of a 90’s Hardcore band, One Step Ahead.