As you may know the battle of patent infringements between Apple and Samsung have been going on for more than a while now. Apple has been slammed by critics, mostly because the idea of suing other company over a rectangular tablet device doesn’t seem “right”.

Is Apple suing Samsung just because of a rectangular device with touchscreen interface (Galaxy Tab) resembles the iPad? Well, a lot of people think so but if you have a look at some of the comparisons below you’ll see what the lawsuit really is all about:

We can’t deny that before the iPad was first introduced, the tablet market never really took off. If we were to compare what Apple had with the iPhone in 2007 and what other competitors had, you can see that none of the other competitors devices resembles an iPhone. It is hard to deny that Apple has indeed changed the game in the mobile industry.

I’m not saying that no devices out there should resembles an iPhone or an iPad, but if you have a look at the comparison images, I think what Samsung did is just “too much”. They copied almost every aspect of Apple’s iPad.

What do you guys think about these lawsuits?

Microsoft CEO – Steve Ballmer

This isn’t a joke, previously in August 2009 Microsoft was being charged for patent violation. They thought they could win the case, but unfortunately they did not win. (Microsoft should learn that no matter how big their company is they still got to play by the rules) Microsoft was indeed in the violation of that patent. It had something to do with XML language created by a company called i4i, but seriously I’m not going to write any more details about this.

Microsoft has promised a fix for its Clients, they are somehow going to reprogram Microsoft Word so that it can become legal again. In the mean time, if your computer hasn’t got Microsoft Word, you should consider installing a copy before January 11, 2010. The sales of Microsoft Office software (which includes Microsoft Word) will be stopped beginning that date until the software giant company found a way to fix it.

If you already owned a copy of Microsoft Word, do not worry, you can still use it since Microsoft has been given the rights to continue to give support on their product.

On the other hand, this is a good news for the competitors like Apple Inc. This is the perfect time to switch Microsoft Word users to similar software like Apple iWork.