* Posts by MartinTurner

2 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Jul 2011

Google claims 'bogus patent' conspiracy against Android

MartinTurner

Giving away other people's IP

Google has been busy distorting the market in its own way — by giving away its operating system when others (Nokia/Windows, Apple, Blackberry) have to invest to develop theirs, they are handing a competitive advantage to anyone willing to buy into the Android programme. This, of course, is entirely within their rights — up to the point that they are giving away not only their own Intellectual Property, but other people's as well.

Kit steals Mac login passwords through FireWire port

MartinTurner

So that means…

So that means that you can steal passwords from people's machines… unless they are security conscious enough to have them password protected.