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Karthik Kastury / dailyApps:
Hack Attack : Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps! — Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC's without having to buy a Mac.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown — There no doubt, Vista and Leopard are both extremely advanced, feature rich consumer operating systems. But way back in January when Vista launched knew we had little choice but pit the two in a head to head chartngraph Thunderdome competition.
Matt Neuburg / TidBITS:
Doing the Leopard Moan — Let's all do the Leopard Moan. Yes, Time Machine is cool, Spaces is neat, but oh (moan!), the interface! What were these people thinking? Yes, you've got a rant inside you, waiting to howl to the moon, and so do I; it's a full moon right now …
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Dreaded Blue Screen of Death mars some Leopard installs — Apple support drones are getting an earful from Mac users who are getting the dreaded Blue Screen of Death while trying to update to the latest and greatest version of OS X. This thread on an official Apple support forum …
Gary Rivlin / New York Times:
After Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again — SAN FRANCISCO — Max Levchin is not easily distracted from his work. — A few years ago, Mr. Levchin, one of the young princes of Silicon Valley, bought his first home, a 12-room Edwardian high atop a hill here, for $3.4 million.
Nick Douglas / Valleywag:
Facebook employees know what profiles you look at [Scoop] — "My friend got a call from her friend at Facebook, asking why she kept looking at his profile," says a privacy-conscious source at a major tech company. Turns out Facebook employees can (and do) check out anyone's profile.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Another Yahoo Exec Departs — If Lloyd Braun, former Yahoo exec in charge of juicing entertainment who left under a cloud could poach a few execs from the troubled Internet giant, so can former sales head Wenda Harris Millard, who also left Yahoo earlier this year after a rocky goodbye with management.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Some Leopard upgraders see 'blue screen of death' — 'Archive and Install' option fixes the problem; users blame APE — A significant number of Mac owners upgrading to Leopard on Friday reported that after installing the new operating system, their machines locked up, showing only an interminable …
Washington Post:
Kremlin Seeks To Extend Its Reach in Cyberspace — MOSCOW — After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a haven for critical reporting …
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Apple Leopard and SIP—Not Happening — SIP and Leopard are like oil and water as of the general release version of the new Apple OS dubbed Leopard. — After years of peaceful coexistence with the VoIP world the new OS and SIP based applications that I'm using on my Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo just aren't working.
Associated Press:
Apple imposes new limits on iPhone sales — SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple Inc. no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them. — The new policy started Thursday, said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris.
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Dustin Burg / Xbox 360 Fanboy:
Rumor: Leaked screens show IPTV and Fall update [update] — Update: We just learned that Aaron just got his 360 back from Microsoft repair this week. We also know that his dash version isn't any different than the one that is already out (2.0.5787.0) leading us to believe that his 360 doesn't have the Fall update.
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Linux.com:
New York Times opens up code — The New York Times likes open source — so much so that, as it gradually moves more of its print operations online, it is nurturing a Web development team that has released two of its own open source projects. — XSL Cache is a PHP extension the Times is using to cache stylesheets on its Web site.
Charlie O'Donnell / Path 101:
How we would like to work with LinkedIn and their upcoming API — I've been a strong proponent of LinkedIn and find great utility in it. I've also complained vocally about all the things I wish it did, but doesn't. I guess that's what happens when you gain the kind of traction …
