gizmodo.com - 9/11/2008
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Everyone who has owned a cellphone over the last ten years should at some point pour one out in thanks to Cliff Kushler, one of the inventors of the T9 text entry system that knows you mean "DONKEY" when you type 366539 in an SMS. Now Cliff is smartly shifting his focus on touchscreens with ...
Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit
appleinsider.com 10/31/2008 — Apple recently recruited a top chip designer from IBM, resulting in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the executive from taking his knowledge as "IBM's top expert in Power architecture and technology" to the Mac maker.
Swype: Text Input From the Inventor of T9
blog.wired.com 9/10/2008 — Cliff Kushler was on the team that invented T9, the life-saver mobile phone input technology that meant us adults could keep up with the ten-thumbed kids.
Now, as touch screens take over from actual keys, Kussler has struck again with Swype. The ...
Docs show Apple failed to find ideal successor for iPod chief
appleinsider.com 11/13/2008 — A series of statements made in court filings by tentative iPod & iPhone chief Mark Papermaster and those who recruited him at Apple show that the company at first considered him a secondary pick. They also reveal that IBM's own management has ...
Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract -
informationweek.com 11/7/2008 — Apple's newly appointed chief of iPod and iPhone engineering said his move to Cupertino does not violate a noncompete contract he signed with former employer IBM because Apple and IBM are not competitors. "To the best of my knowledge, IBM does not ...
newglobalfoundry.com 10/7/2008 — IBM Support for The Foundry Company “We welcome The Foundry Company into the IBM alliance as part of our existing joint-development agreement with AMD, and are pleased to see the company investing in New York, said Dr. John E. Kelly III, senior vice ...
LAPD launches anonymous SMS text messaging tipline
intomobile.com 9/19/2008 — SMS text message tip
The LAPD has been stereotyped as corrupt and brutal for years. How true that stereotype really is goes beyond the scope of our corner of the blogosphere, so we’ll leave that alone. But, no one can say that the LAPD ...
New Apple hire fights back in countersuit against IBM
appleinsider.com 11/15/2008 — The tug of war over the future of Mark Papermaster, an executive hired away from his post at IBM to head up Apple's handheld efforts, got a bit nastier on Thursday when the microprocessor expert countered a lawsuit from his former employer with one of ...
Changes for Some SMS Users—Good and Bad News
blog.twitter.com 8/14/2008 — Let's start with the bad news. Beginning today, Twitter is no longer delivering outbound SMS over our UK number. If you have been receiving SMS updates from Twitter via +44 762 480 1423, you'll notice that they've stopped and you may want to explore ...
Classic IBM Packaging
gearfuse.com 11/14/2008 — Here's a photo of a ledger from the 1984 collection from IBM. Those striking pastels and regal fonts really bring it all together. Look how proud IBM was:
"For the introduction of the IBM PC, we designed the packages and software manual, creating, ...
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