Usually this would mark the moment when I urgently ask Forbes researcher Sue Radlauer to help me dig up the legal docs so I can publish them on behalf of you readers except this time I was beat to the punch.
FORBES: HP Breaks Its Own News With Lawsuit Over Hurd's Move To Oracle
Yes, while the history of consumer electronics includes many devices that have moved consumers to exclaim profanities, the PSS110 may be the first to beat them to the punch before they even tear into the blister packaging.
ENGADGET: Switched On: Philips PSS110, The Little Boombox That Can't
Once Apple set their stake in the ground for a product announcement, one-by-one, the competition came out to beat Apple to the punch.
From the sound of it though, Tizen is about to beat it to the punch.
Oklahoma had hoped to beat the Welsh to the punch.
FORBES: Wales Welcomes Drones, Hoping To Capitalize On FAA Foot-Dragging
Use hindsight where available to beat others to the punch and to keep more options open.
On the real, the outfit is expected to launch the world's first Trumotion 480Hz LCD TV panel in the second half of next year, but we're just about to lay down good money that Sony or Samsung accelerates development in order to beat it to the punch.
ENGADGET: LG Display plans to melt eyes with Trumotion 480Hz LCD TV HD
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal testified that Congress needed to enact new laws covering hedge fund activities and that law enforcement needed to exact stiffer penalties, or the states would beat it to the punch.
While FORBES started checking with our Ukrainian sources to find out which oligarch bought the 25, 000 square foot apartment, the Financial Times beat us to the punch.
FORBES: Mystery Buyer Of World's Most Expensive Apartment Revealed
Looking forward to next week last week, the same trusty source has beat HMM to the punch and let us know that once again the ratio was 61:39, and although Amazon is included in these numbers, the HD DVD BOGO sale wasn't in progress yet.
ENGADGET: Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 16th, 2007
Allow us to beat the conspiracy theorists to the punch.
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The iTelevision, with a iOS interface, also has the potential to be disruptive, only if Apple introduces it soon, before Samsung and others beat Apple to the punch.
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What you may not have heard is that Smash Pictures thought the story was a natural for an adult movie adaptation, so they beat Universal to the punch and made a XXX version.
Jasper Knabb and his streaming video technology is about to beat Steve Jobs to the punch.
Initially, they were going to be the first manufacturer to ship a LED based DLP, but Samsung beat 'em to the punch when they shipped theirs just a few weeks ago.
ENGADGET: NuVision's 52LEDLP 1080p LED based DLP priced and dated HD
Flint beat Detroit to the punch when it came to surrendering to the state over its finances.
FORBES: Detroit Tops 2013 List Of America's Most Miserable Cities
And next time, why not beat Jack to the punch when it comes to blowing your own horn and finagling perks?
If that happens Northern Ireland would actually beat Scotland to the punch, as its independence vote isn't due until autumn 2014.
BBC: United Ireland border poll call: diversions and u-turns
BitInstant may be aiming for a Bitcoin debit card, but it looks like a European Bitcoin exchange will beat it to the punch.
ENGADGET: Bitcoin-Central becomes first Bitcoin exchange licensed to operate like a bank
Will Samsung beat Apple to the punch?
FORBES: Is Samsung Developing A Companion Smartwatch For Galaxy S IV?
Microsoft just beat Apple to the punch.
FORBES: Microsoft Grabs The Remote From Apple With Xbox Upgrade
Third-party Twitter client Tweetbot beat the official app to the punch by days, and we've likewise spotted updates to Evernote, its rival Remember the Milk and Yelp.
ENGADGET: iPhone 5 / iOS 6 app update roundup: new versions for a taller world
It beat the Standard and Poors credit watchdogs to the punch by almost six months.
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