Apple turns the flamethrower on Android  If you tolerate this
your handset will be next  Evaluating the cost of a DDoS attack
The patents on which Apple is claiming infringement include
obvious things such as the use of a gesture to unlock and rotate
the screen based on device orientation, but they also cover
deeper concepts such as thread-to-thread communication and
interactions between an object-orientated GUI and a procedurally
developed OS.  The case has been filed in Delaware, and with the
US International Trade Commission (ITC); the latter in the hope
of getting a ban on US imports of infringing equipment. The
filings don't cover the same portfolio: nine patents are
referenced in the Delaware filing, while ten different patents
are cited in the submission to the ITC. But if even a few of the
patents are upheld, then the way that non-Apple users interact
with their phones is going to have to change, with computer
users following soon afterwards.  The ITC filing starts out with
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