[Article first published as Apple’s Newly Awarded Patent and a Broken System on Blogcritics.] If you read my stuff with any sort of frequency then you know how I feel about the current state of the American patent system as it’s applied…
93. Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
[Article first published as Remembering Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 on Blogcritics.] In my scribblings over the years, I’ve occasionally taken the pen to Apple on certain topics, namely mobile wars and the iPhone. Make no mistake, though I do from time to time…
92. App Ninja Sneaks one by Apple with Fake Ninja Turtles Game
[Article first published as App Ninja Sneaks one by Apple with Fake Ninja Turtles Game on Blogcritics.] Apple prides itself on their strict guidelines and screening process for the apps that can be sold in their App Store. They have a number…
91. Documentary Mistakes Gameplay Video as Footage of Real Terrorism
[Article first published as Documentary Mistakes Gameplay Video as Footage of Real Terrorism on Blogcritics.] I write a lot about the evolution of videogames from the primitive game we know and love as PONG to their being nothing short of a form of art. Games now…
90. Amazon’s Tablet Poised to Take a Bite out of iPad Sales?
[Article first published as Amazon’s Tablet Poised to Take a Bite out of iPad sales? on Blogcritics.] OK we’re going to do a little bit of word association. I’m going to say a word and then you tell me what the first…
89. Windows 8 Hands-On: A Mobile OS that Still Has Love for the Desktop
[Article first published as Windows 8 Hands-On: A Mobile OS that Still Has Love for the Desktop on Blogcritics.] ** UPDATE: This article is on the Windows 8 Developer Preview from September 2011 – for more info on the actual release version,…
88. Aggresive Behavior and Video Games – More Darwin than Bloody Violence?
[Article first published as Aggresive Behavior and Videogames – More Darwin than Bloody Violence? on Blogcritics.] The effect videogames have on the human mind has been thoroughly and widely argued for years. And that argument rests solely on one seemingly central focus:…
86. Spotify Welcomed to the U.S. with a Patent Infringement Lawsuit
[Article first published as Picking on the New Kid: Spotify Sued for Patent Infringement on Blogcritics.] We here in the United States are a litigious sort, and have become increasingly more so with further advances in technology and more filings…