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Richard / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers — San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections …
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John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:
Jailbreaking Your iPhone Is Now Legal — Many of the most vocal critics of jailbreaking — a group which includes Apple itself — have been quick in the past to cite the fact that hacking your smartphone is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and thus illegal.
Joelle Tessler / Associated Press:
New gov't rules allow unapproved iPhone apps — WASHINGTON - Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally break electronic locks on their devices in order to download software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.
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Jared Newman / PC World:
Govt.-Approved iPhone Jailbreaking Won't Help Users — The U.S. Copyright Office slapped Apple in the face by declaring iPhone jailbreaking legal, but that won't change anything for iPhone users. — Every three years, the copyright office considers exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Google Music takes a step closer to reality — Google's plan to challenge Apple's dominance in the music marketplace is advancing more rapidly than expected, say music industry sources. — The search giant's Android whiz, VP Andy Rubin, is said to be having “accelerated” …
Apple:
iPhone 4 Arrives in 17 More Countries This Friday — Apple's iPhone® 4 will be available in 17 more countries this Friday, July 30. iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, Apple's new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone …
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Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Citi Discloses Security Flaw in Its iPhone App — Citigroup Inc. told its U.S. mobile banking customers they should upgrade to a new application designed for Apple Inc.'s iPhone after the bank's original version was found to have a security flaw. — In an incident that highlights …
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Vlad Savov / Engadget:
HTC makes Super LCD screens for Desire and Nexus One official — Welcome back to our “worst kept secrets” hour, where HTC has seen fit to release a PR blast informing the world of what it already knew: the Desire and Nexus One are getting Super (duper) LCD displays to fill demand that Samsung's AMOLED division cannot.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
27-Inch LED Cinema Display Coming Tomorrow Alongside iMacs and Mac Pros? — Mockup of existing 24" LED display (left) next to 27" model (right) — In announcing the return of his podcast talk show, the plugged-in John Gruber slyly hints, as he is wont to do, that Apple may be set to release …
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Sam Diaz / ZDNet:
Google launches Apps for Government, announces federal security certification — Google today announced Google Apps for Government, a new offering that has the look and feel of the Google Apps enterprise offering but now with some enhancements intended to address security concerns specific to government agencies.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google May Not Have Bought Yelp, But They Sure Are Trying To Own Them With Places — Perhaps you recall that late last year, Google was in discussions to buy Yelp. Despite a supposed offer of $550 million plus earn-outs, Yelp walked away from the deal. But that isn't stopping Google for entering Yelp's business.
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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
Facebook Testing “Delete Account” Option. — Updated at foot of post. — This is still developing, as we're seeing mixed reports around the Internet. However, it appears that Facebook has released a Delete Account option, in addition to the previous Deactivate Account.
Electronista:
Ruling on DMCA could allow breaking DRM for fair use — A new court ruling on Friday could set a legal precedent that allows bypassing digital rights management (DRM) for fair use purposes. New Orleans circuit Judge Emilio Garza found that GE hadn't violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act …
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New York Times:
BlackBerry's Era May Be Ending — Research In Motion's future looks bleak. R.I.M., which makes the popular BlackBerry devices, has had a traditional stronghold in sales to American companies. But that has been cracked open. — Apple said last week that more than 80 percent …
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
HTC Vision headed to T-Mobile in new spy shot, dubbed G1 Blaze? — While high-end QWERTY sliders loaded with Android aren't nearly as uncommon now as when HTC's Vision first leaked onto the scene, it appears this particular handset may be destined for T-Mobile with its (alleged) 1GHz processor …
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
UFC Demands Justin.tv and Ustream Give Up Pirates' IP Addresses — The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is looking to crack down on illegal live streams of its pay-per-view events, going after users that have uploaded its content to sites where viewers are able to watch those events for free.
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Ross Miller / Engadget:
Mystery HTC Windows Phone 7 device: in the wild and lacking any Sense — A candybar slate from HTC with a 3.7-inch SLCD and 1GHz Snapdragon processor — sounds about right for the Desire, but this little puppy is actually running Windows Phone 7 (presumably a developer build, given the apps catalog).
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Will phones and 3D Web boost new OpenGL? — Khronos Group, the industry consortium that develops OpenGL, announced a new version of the graphics interface on Monday that it hopes will compete better with Microsoft's DirectX—and that could get a boost from 3D Web technology.
Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:
AT&T Begins Fix for Glitch That Slowed Some IPhones — AT&T Inc. said it began a fix for a glitch in software supplied by Alcatel-Lucent SA that was causing slower speeds in some areas of the U.S. for customers using Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 and other devices.
Evan Ramstad / Wall Street Journal:
On Hold in South Korea — Apple Hears Static After Dropping Country From Next iPhone 4 Launch Markets — SEOUL—While Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 weathers a public-relations storm over reception issues in the U.S., it is facing a different tempest in South Korea: People are upset the country …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Britain's set-top box maker Pace acquires 2Wire for $420M — British set-top box firm Pace has agreed to acquire enterprise networking technology firm 2Wire for $420 million in cash. — Under the deal, Saltaire, UK-based Pace will buy 2Wire for $475 million in cash.
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John Ribeiro / Computerworld:
Yahoo may fund hackers with good ideas — IDG News Service - Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and technologies, a company executive said on Saturday. — “We are open to many ways of having a stake in creative young companies,” said Jeff Kinder …
