Daily Archives: April 23, 2012

Remains of the Day: Antitrust fund

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Apple may settle ebook price-fixing allegations, but only across the pond; Eddy Cue has some tough love for news publishers; and a boardwalk classic finds a new home. Continue reading →

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Motorola wins initial ITC ban on Xbox 360

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Motorola landed a major early victory in its dueling lawsuits with Microsoft on Monday after the International Trade Commission ruled (PDF) that Microsoft had violated four of its patents. The initial findings would effectively ban the Xbox 360 for its use of the H.264 video format, a claim it has leveled against other Microsoft products as well. As a first ruling, it’s not automatically in effect and faces a review by a panel, due in August, before it’s enforced…. Continue reading →

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To-do list Clear hits v1.1, offers user-requested tweaks

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Realmac Software has updated its popular to-do iPhone app Clear to version 1.1, adding in several user-requested features such as a better UI for alerts and a “shake to undo” feature. The update also adds support for new themes, some of which are hidden or must be “unlocked” through usage, and the app has now removed the character-count limit and added an option to show the iOS status bar, which was previously always hidden…. Continue reading →

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Norton Identity Safe syncs, locks down passwords

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Norton dipped into a new field for itself Monday with Identity Safe. The app gives Macs, Windows PCs, iOS devices (App Store) and Android (Google Play) a cloud space that stores an encrypted keychain of passwords, similar to AgileBits’ 1Password. Going beyond its rival, Norton adds both a unified social sharing shortcut as well as a preemptive anti-phishing system that will check for faked websites in search results, not just when the page loads…. Continue reading →

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Boston’s MBTA to turn your smartphone into a personal ticket machine

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The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority this fall will become the first American railway system in the United States to allow riders to preorder and display their tickets entirely through their smartphones. Continue reading →

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Real time mobile usage data sees iOS dominating Android

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Despite owning only a fraction of the mobile market share enjoyed by Android, iOS is taking a commanding lead in actual usage, with the number of unique impressions accounting at times for more than three quarters of all traffic in the past week. Continue reading →

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Intel releases Ivy Bridge: New Mac models coming soon?

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Intel on Monday unveiled the Ivy Bridge processor family, the third generation in the company’s line of Core processors. Does that mean new Macs are around the corner? Continue reading →

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Google’s Andy Rubin: Java APIs were copyrighted

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Google’s mobile VP Andy Rubin gave testimony on Monday in Oracle’s lawsuit that Java was likely copyrighted, raising the possibility Google owed royalties for Android. He wouldn’t link the copyrighting to Sun, but he agreed with an Oracle attorney that a 2006 e-mail had said the java.lang app programming language (APIs) “were copyrighted,” according to CNET’s account of the conversation. Rubin did acknowledge a statement earlier that same day that he didn’t think Google could go ahead without permission from Sun…. Continue reading →

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DropKey allows easy public-key cryptography for documents

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A new utility from WellRedApps aims to make public-key encryption of sensitive documents easy enough that business and other users will routinely do it rather than risk data interception. Called DropKey, the drag-and-drop program uses a 256-bit version of public-key cryptography, which uses a matched-pair standard for encryption and decryption. The program features Address Book integration, and support for multiple files into a single encrypted archive…. Continue reading →

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Analysis: Improved SkyDrive is a threat to Dropbox

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Microsoft rolled out some significant changes for its SkyDrive cloud storage service that pit it directly against the popular Dropbox service. Continue reading →

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