A inverted comma for every occasion ! Whether it be the continuing inanity of Lodsys ’s legal filing , the bizarrity of HP ’s determination - devising , or one software party ’s effort to reach out and help mass . Would that which we call the remainders for Tuesday , August 30 , 2011 by any other name smell as gratifying ?
Lodsys – Lodsys in a Panic to Keep Apple Out of Suit(Groklaw )
Lodsys is look a little … ailing . The society ’s late reply to Apple ’s response to Lodsys ’s response to Apple ’s motion to intervene in the case — and if you keep up that , you deserve a cookie — arrive across , accord to Groklaw , as “ legal gibberish . ” sound like Lodsys would have been salutary off channeling the late Dr. Seuss : “ Not in a fort , not in a court ! ”
More TouchPads on the Way(HP Communities )
What do you do when your discontinued product of a sudden take up chalking up sales , thanks to a deep discount ? Naturally , you makemore . HP says it will be making a final run of TouchPads to “ converge unrealized demand . ” To reword Arthur C. Clarke , “ Any sufficiently advanced maven is indistinguishable from idiocy . ”
IGG pledges $ 30,000 to Vermont flood relief(IGG Software )
The fine folk at IGG Software , makers of iBank and iBiz , have donate all of the proceeds from Monday ’s gross sales to help provide relief to Vermont resident walk out by glut in the wake of tropical storm Irene . Of course , itwouldbe a financial software company that would incarnate the wrangle of Henry David Thoreau : “ good is the only investing that never bomb . ”
Product News :
Elements 2.0.1 – The latest version of Second Gear Software ’s textual matter editor in chief for iOS lend a dark melodic theme , reenforcement for changing border circumstance on the iPad , and the much - request power to change which Dropbox folder files are stored in . A number of hemipterous insect fix and additional enhancements are also included . $ 5 .
Airfoil 4.5.7 – The in style update to Rogue Amoeba ’s audio - streaming solution tot the Lion - compatible New York minute On 4.1 , fixes a hemipteron affecting AppleScripts using the System Audio gadget , and patches additional crashes and memory wetting . $ 25 for a novel , individual license .
