Cisco Sues Over iPhone

American Voices

January 18, 2007 | ISSUE 43•03

Cisco Systems is suing Apple over the name "iPhone," claiming they own rights to it. What do you think?

If they're not careful, they'll run into the same trouble with their upcoming computer model, the iBM.

Chuck Fisher
Floor Cleaner
I'm sure Apple will win this. The multi-function-lawyer feature on the iPhone is at least three generations ahead of today's lawyers.

George Zager
Furniture Restorer
Oh, no! A multinational corporation that makes products I can't afford is fighting with another multinational corporation that makes products I can't afford!

Renée Rivoire
Gas Station Attendant

U.S. Cuts Aid To Pakistan

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 30-0 to cut aid to Pakistan by $33 million after the country’s government arrested and sentenced a doctor who tipped off the United States to Osama bin Laden's location.
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Series Reaches 10 Million Sales

05.25.12 | ISSUE 48•22

Publishing house Vintage has sold 10 million copies of the erotica trilogy Fifty Shades Of Grey in multiple formats in an astonishing six weeks.
Suspect Arrested In Etan Patz Case

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•22

A suspect in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first missing child to be put on a milk carton, was taken into custody.
U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.