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Earlier this month, a county court in California ordered Apple to pay the legal fees associated with the defense of three bloggers who talked about the "Asteroid" product. The product was never actually released. But Apple claimed that the web sites had violated California's state trade secret law and were not entitled to First Amendment protection. However, the appeals court ruled that the sites were acting legally. Therefore Apple was ordered to pay all legal costs with a 2.2 times multiplier which make the total $770K. See the full story...
Early in the "rich media" revolution, I predicted it would turn out to be an intellectual properties nightmare. Now, it looks like that prediction is coming true. See: www.ugnn.com
GearLog says be careful when shopping for that dream HDTV for the big Super Bowl game. Why? Showing any copyright media on a screen that is larger than 55 inches is a copyright infringement, which may constitute a public performance. Outdated copyright laws need to be updated in light of projection TVs that project on screens or walls much larger than 55 inches... (Here's the actual code) Here's the Gearlog story
Actually, Fred should call this "Phishing for YOUR dollars" ... Fred's 60-Second Window for February reports on 2007 getting off to a blazing start with new Phishing ploys and techniques that befuddle even the most security-savvy banks... 60-Second Window #190: Phishing for Dollars
Yes, it is that time of year again. I found it interesting that TurboTax is now including the Mac version on the same CD as the PC version. That saves Intuit a lot of shipping and packaging costs without dropping support for the Mac. I applaud their effort here. By contrast, H&R Block's Tax Cut dropped support for Mac. See the full story...
According to NewsMax.com, retailers are already experiencing problems with Windows Vista. Then the security holes allow hackers and criminals easy access... (Read More)
Fred follows his Net Neutrality coverage with this rather terse piece asking the question "Where does net neutrality stand with the Democratic take over? Since Net Neutrality will affect us all, we need to continue to look at all the angles and developments... (Read More)
Not if these representatives have anything to do with it. The Internet Caucus Co-Chairs voice their support for the Internet Tax Freedom Act
Tivo late last month announced that their TivoToGo software for MacOS X. This will enable Mac owners to download and watch their TiVo recorded content on their Macs and thus their iPods. The software was actually developed by Roxio. Mac owners should know that company very well.
The basic version is a free download for both Windows and Macs, but the premium version is available for Windows users for $24.95, but the Mac version only comes with the $100 application, 'Toast 8 Titanium" from Roxio. Full story at: www.tgdaily.com
This Washington post article included a couple of paragraphs about how the Washington Apple Pi helps people use their Apple II and III computers. This takes place on Tuesday nights in their Rockville headquarter where volunteers, including Lorin Evans help retrieve data from disks and hard drive and convert to Macs and PCs. Contrats to the group for the free publicity. See it at: www.washingtonpost.com
This is a web site that lists lots of RSS feeds from various Mac news providers. My only complaints are that we aren't listed and their color scheme makes it hard to read. Some of the sites listed are: Slashdot: Apple, Digg/Apple, MacNewsWorld, MacRumors and MacMinute. There are several more. See it at: www.appleurls.com
In the wake of iPhone vs. iPhone news coverage, would would you say to zPhone... a.k.a. "Zune Phone" ... here's the low-down from GearLog
Finally we have a non-beta release of Adium. Adium is an Instant Messenger application that allows users to have multiple IM services loaded at one time. Really get to chatting. Changes included a new log viewer, better iTunes support and more. Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer. Download: Adium_1.0.dmg Changes are listed at: www.adiumx.com
Andrei Doubrovski has released version 5.0 of video-book "Animated Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements" including 76 embedded clips that can be played alone, or as a single full-length (2-hour) movie (Read More)
In today's world, everything is digital. From shopping receipts to important research papers, peoples' lives often fill their hard drives in the form of emails, PDFs, Word documents, multimedia files and more. Now, you need this (Read More)
AKVIS has released yet another awesome plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop plug-in compatible software programs -- LightShop V.1.1 for Windows and Macintosh. (Read More)
"Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality."
- Les Brown
"A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops."
- Henry Adam
"Education is much more than a matter of imparting the knowledge and skills by which narrow goals are achieved. It is also about opening the child's eyes to the needs and rights of others."
- Dalai Lama
Have a great week... (See last week)
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