Steve Wildstrom

383 Articles

Pinch-to-Zoom and Rounded Rectangles: What the Jury Didn’t Say [Updated]

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the Apple v. Samsung trial neared completion last…

Patents: Who Has a Portfolio With Clout

One thing that put Samsung at a serious disadvantage in its patent…

Of Apple, Samsung, and Obviousness (Updated)

Calimani’s patent drawings (Galla Coffee) In 1929, an Italian named Attillo Calimani…

The Twitter Kerfluffle: You Gets No Bread With One Meatball

The world of Twitter has been a-twitter for the last few days…

Why We Hate Carriers (AT&T Edition)

Watching folks try to untangle themselves from messes of their own making…

Dear Industry: Time To Rethink Attitudes About Age

Last month, I officially crossed the line into geezerhood. Entering the land…

The Trouble With Open Source: My Sage Saga

At a recent conference of mathematicians, I heard a lot of talk…

The Windows 8 UI: Microsoft Makes a Tough Marketing Problem Worse

Over at ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley, master of all things Microsoft, reports sources…

Boingo+Cloud Nine=Free Wi-Fi+Ads

Wi-Fi service provider and aggregator Boingo announced today is was acquiring privately…