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[News] Apple Bullies Bloggers Over UI; Microsoft Patented the Double-Click

Apple Bullies Bloggers, Again

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| Apple has a history of using lawyers against bloggers. There was
| the now infamous Think Secret lawsuit, which may have had merit.
| But they also engage in clearly superfluous, bullying tactics as well.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The offending download page is here (the software has now been 
| removed). Blogger Paul O?Brien simply linked to this download
| page and included a screenshot of the user interface and also
| received a cease & desist letter from Apple's lawyers.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/13/apple-bullies-bloggers-again/

Just in case you think Apple is any better than Microsoft.

Time based hardware button for application launch 

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| Still another function can be launched if the application
| button is pressed multiple times within a short period of
| time, e.g., double click.
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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,727,830.PN.&OS=PN/6,727,830&RS=PN/6,727,830
http://tinyurl.com/yyem3b

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