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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.
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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 …
Joelle Tessler / Associated Press:
New gov't rules allow unapproved iPhone apps
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Michael Siliski / Google Mobile Blog:
An Even Better Way to Find Places Nearby — With six updates in six months, Google Maps for Android has been getting plenty of new features, both big and small. A continued focus with each update has been on giving you better ways to find places nearby. In the most recent updates …
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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.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Not Only Is Google Places Going After Yelp, They're Doing So With Yelp's Content — Earlier today, we noted that an update to Google Maps for Mobile was the clearest sign yet of Google going directly after Yelp. But it's actually even more interesting than we thought.
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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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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” …
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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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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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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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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 …
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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.
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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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 …
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.
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Christina Warren / Mashable!:
Now You Can Bump iPhones to Connect on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn — Bump, the app that makes it super simple to exchange information with other users by bumping phones, has just released Bump 2.0 [iTunes link] for the iPhone. — The app features an updated and refined interface plus …
Kara Swisher / All Things Digital:
Exclusive: Is Yahoo Japan Poised to Switch to Google Search? — In what would be a stunning blow to the massive search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo, Google is apparently zeroing in on a deal to grab the algorithmic search business for Yahoo Japan, said several sources.
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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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