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This is simply an abuse of the legal system. Can parties involved truly say they are harmed by Apple's "locking" of iPhones?

An inconvenience, yes. But this lawsuit will no doubt contribute to massive legal fees by Apple, and raise costs for consumers in some way, shape or form.

But the trial lawyers will no doubt profit. A wrongheaded lawsuit, and a wrongheaded decision by the judge.

A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc.'s mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action.

The lawsuit consolidates several filed by iPhone buyers starting in late 2007, a few months after the first generation of Apple's smartphone went on sale.

An amended complaint filed in June 2008 takes issue with Apple's practice of "locking" iPhones so they can only be used on AT&T's network, and its absolute control over what applications iPhone owners can and cannot install on the gadgets.

 

Nice new post from Todd Schorle at our company site ...

The following article, Unclutter Your B2B Social Media Sources provides some great advice on tracking content to share with your networks.  I actually use many of these sources — and this article offers suggestions on how to use them without getting too cluttered.

This video is just plain awesome. (H/T Eric Odom)

According to the London Telegrph, the Pentagon is working on shape-shifting robots. You can read the story at the link after the following video, which shows these rudimentary (yet freaky) "Transformers" in action ...