Appeals Court backs Samsung in appeal against Apple
Apple did not invent slide to unlock
A US appeals court overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung saying that the company did not infringe Apple's "quick links" patent, and that patents for the iPhone's slide-to-unlock and auto-correct features were invalid.
Silliest product for Apple fanboys yet
Selfie sticks for laptops
Just when you thought that Apple products could not get dafter, one bloke thinks that the world needs a Macbook Selfie Stick.
Apple’s design genii make a click of themselves
OS X El Capitan page not for dirty minds
The design genii at Apple scored an own goal with the website’s CSS code to prevent people misreading the tagline for its latest operating system, OS X El Capitan.
Republican’s shun the Apple fanboy vote
There are more important things than Apple
About the only thing that US republican presidential hopefuls can agree on is that Apple should stop mucking around and hack the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone 5C for the FBI.
Foxconn bails out Sharp
Writes $5.8 billion cheque
Sharp has accepted Foxconn's offer and will be acquired for $5.8 billion.
Gates did not back the FBI against Apple
Tame Apple Press got ahead of itself
The Tame Apple Press claimed yesterday that Bill Gates had waded in backing the FBI against Apple.
Western Europe more interested in detachables
One in Five sold last quarter is detachable,
Beancounters for IDC have added up the numbers, and divided by their shoe size, and come to the conclusion that Western Europe is getting more interested in detachable computers.
White House calls time on Apple’s “freedom” spin
Read the court order this is not about back-doors
The Fruity Cargo cult’s insistence that it is being required to put a backdoor in its iPhone software is a complete fantasy according to the White House.
Re-issued iOS 9.2.1 fixes bricked "Error 53" iPhones
But there is a catch
On Thursday, the Palo Alto, California-headquartered technology giant with a Fischer Price-themed mobile operating system re-issued iOS 9.2.1 with a software fix for the widespread “Error 53” hardware error that has bricked tens of thousands of iPhones worldwide since becoming a frequent issue over the last few months of 2015.
Apple already made cops an iOS backdoor
It is just not what you think
The Fruity cargo cult Apple is getting a pat on the back from privacy people for its stand against helping the US cops with their inquiries, however what is being missed from the story is that outfit already allows coppers access to its iOS operating system.