There's a new product on the block in the cellphone chip market that's hoping it can snag some mindshare among handset makers.

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Of late the two companies that are leading the IP headlines are Apple and Samsung as they battle back and forth using their IP assets to block product launches by the other.

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But when the BBC reporter attempted to buy the product a worker overrode the block and allowed him to purchase the burgers.

BBC: Tesco burgers

The meat was processed at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan and the Irish authorities have said the horse offcuts were contained in a frozen block of filler product imported from Poland.

BBC: Food Standards Agency calls contamination meeting

The air was thick and yellow, as if the varnish manufacturer on the next block had slathered his product across the sky.

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We believe the rule will effectively block the return of risky product features and inadequate documentation.

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In that scenario, says Free World Dialup's Pulver, a carrier could block service and effectively make its own VoIP product the only available option.

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