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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 violation is granted.
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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.
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CNET News, 9 to 5 Mac, Macworld, AppleInsider, Guardian, The Mac Observer, TUAW and Brainstorm Tech
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Apple Wouldn't Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It? — “SOME of the best-loved technology on the planet” is how Apple describes its products when recruiting new employees. It's a fair description. — But the love that consumers send Apple's way could flag if the company puts into place …
Eli Hodapp / Touch Arcade:
‘Ravensword’ and Many Other Unity-Powered Games Rejected by Apple — For the past couple days we have been anxiously anticipating that imminent release of Ravensword: The Fallen King, the thread on our forums has been going crazy, and we even had Ravensword developers Russ Menapace …
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
It's Google's world and handset makers just live in it — When the Motorola Droid launched this month everyone was amazed that a company so down on its luck was able to put together a well-designed phone running a powerful, “brand new” OS. The whole package - hardware, software, and marketing - seemed flawless.
Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch:
iDroid Wars on Gillmor Gang — The Gillmor Gang debated the virtues and otherwise of the smartphone's latest pretender to the iPhone crown: Droid. Michael Arrington led the Droid's faction, with a QVC-like enthusiasm for the power of Any Phone That Runs Google Voice.
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple looks to hire AAA game developer for in-house iPhone team — Apple is looking to hire a game and media software engineer for its iPhone and iPod touch team, perhaps signaling that the company intends to expand its first-party software offerings. — The listing posted this week …
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I4U News, EverythingiCafe, The iPhone Blog, TECH.BLORGE.com, Ubergizmo, ChannelWeb, Macsimum News and LOOPRumors
Fox News:
Apple Reverses Decision, Approves iPhone App Showing Political Caricatures — An iPhone application that Apple had rejected as “objectionable” for its caricatures of members of congress now is available to users, the application's developer told FoxNews.com Saturday.
Open Book Alliance:
Is the Google Books Settlement Worth the Wait? — Today, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers released their revised book settlement proposal in an attempt to fix the deeply flawed legal agreement. — Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley said …
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Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
Are Smartbooks off to the Wrong Start Already? — It's far too early to condemn a product market when shipping products don't exist, but frankly, I'm worried. Yesterday saw what's likely the first smartbook, although the device could be a design prototype.
Robert McMillan / PC World:
DNS Problem Linked to DDoS Attacks Gets Worse — Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.
Joshuah Bearman / New York Times:
Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter? — The face of the enemy flashed across a 20-foot screen. “That's right,” Jason Rohrer announced. “It's Roger Ebert.” There were a few boos, as several hundred people stirred in their seats. The film critic's cherubic face stared at the audience.
Shane Harris / National Journal Online:
The Cyberwar Plan — IT'S NOT JUST A DEFENSIVE GAME; CYBER-SECURITY INCLUDES ATTACK PLANS TOO, AND THE U.S. HAS ALREADY USED SOME OF THEM SUCCESSFULLY. — In May 2007, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, Md., to launch a sophisticated attack …
