In the wake of the surprise decision by Apple and HTC to sign a ten year cross license patent deal, everyone is now trying to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Android and the mobile patent wars in general. It seems that there's not really a consensus on this one yet... You've got to hand it to Apple, in one department if any, that when it comes to bending the truth they are the undisputed kings. This fact has coined a long standing industry meme known as the Apple Reality Distortion Field. I'm sure you've heard of it, yes? For the part of our audience who might... Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt today made the bold statement to renowned yay-Applers All Things Digital that the defining fight of the tech industry today is Android vs Apple and the only players who now matter are Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. When it was pointed out he forgot Microsoft, Schmidt said this wasn't a mistake. I believe it... Oddly enough, since forever one of my favourite things in computing has always been the demo scene. Even way back in my high school days (I'm talking 25 years ago) I would spend hours watching 8bit demos on my C64 created by some of the most talented programmers and artists around. While many of my friends were... Before I begin the main points in this article, allow me to make it clear that this is not intended to be