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Archive for November 14th, 2009

Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast - What? You’re Surprised? (William Alsup/Groklaw NewsPicks)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

William Alsup / Groklaw NewsPicks:
Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast — What?  You’re Surprised?  —  Psystar just got what’s coming to them in the California case.  Here’s the order [PDF].  It’s a total massacre.  Psystar’s first-sale defense went down in flames.  Apple’s motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA […]

Apple Crushes Clone Maker in Court (Stephen Wildstrom/Tech Beat)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Stephen Wildstrom / Tech Beat:
Apple Crushes Clone Maker in Court  —  Apple won a sweeping legal victory against Macintosh clone maker Psystar Corp. Nov. 13 when a federal judge in San Francisco ruled (PDF, courtesy of Groklaw) that Psystar had violated Apple’s copyright and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

webOS 1.3.1 - Version information - New applications (kb.palm.com)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

kb.palm.com:
webOS 1.3.1  —  Version information  —  New applications  —  Feature changes to existing applications  —  Backup  — Backup now includes browser cookies, so that after a restart, for example, if you stored your username and password on a web-based email site, you can continue to access the site without needing to log in.

Modifications to the Google Books Settlement (Dan Clancy/Google Public Policy Blog)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Dan Clancy / Google Public Policy Blog:
Modifications to the Google Books Settlement  —  Last year, we joined with a broad class of authors and publishers to announce a settlement agreement that would make millions of out-of-print books available to students and readers in every part of the U.S., while forging new opportunities for rightsholders […]

RIM takes smartphone fight to rivals (Chris Nuttall/Globe and Mail)

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Chris Nuttall / Globe and Mail:
RIM takes smartphone fight to rivals  —  Jim Balsillie headed to San Francisco Bay Area conference to try and prove the BlackBerry can keep up with its U.S. competition  — Personal Tech - Back to School Laptop Guide - The Download Decade - Browse the Windows 7 section