72704
submission
Nrbelex writes:
Giving David Pogue a break, the Times' Randall Stross makes a fresh and surprisingly accurate review of one of the biggest "features" in the upcoming iPhone and the iPod in general, 'fairplay'. Stross writes, 'If "crippleware" seems an unduly harsh description, it balances the euphemistic names that the industry uses for copy protection. Apple officially calls its own standard "FairPlay," but fair it is not.... You are always going to have to buy Apple stuff. Forever and ever.' Can mainstream media coverage help the battle over DRM or will this warning, like those of the pas, continue to go unnoticed?
72698
submission
DECS writes:
After heading off the top ten myths of the iPhone, Daniel Eran of RoughlyDrafted has written a series of articles looking "Inside the iPhone," exploring why Apple didn't target faster 3G networks in EDGE, EVDO, HSUPA, 3G, and WiFi, a substantiated look at how the iPhone is indeed running OS X (contrary to reports that it isn't), what it means to users and developers, and how ARM is involved, in Mac OS X, ARM, and iPod OS X, and why the supposedly "closed system" Apple describes for the iPhone won't preclude third party development in Third Party Software.
71738
submission
Adeptus_Luminati writes:
Check out the new logo on The Pirate Bay's (TPB) front page and you will notice it resembles that of the contravertial Sealand once featured (July 2000) in the front page of Wired magazine. Click on TPB's new logo and you will redirected to their buysealand.com website where they have setup a public forum allowing anonymous posts, but specifically stating their very brief Plan A & Plan B intentions and asking for Paypal donations. Apparently, the owners of Sealand are looking to sell the man-made island for an unspecified sum — which some external sources value at an incredible 750Million Euros! Seeing as the entire Wikipedia is struggling to raise even $1Million in donations, I doubt the TPB will succeed in raising enough funds... but hey, maybe if enough slashdotters contribute, perhaps they can at least proceed with a much needed paint job.
71502
submission
Harrington writes:
Microsoft collaborated with the NSA in creating Vista OS. German paper asserts that US Secret Services controls Vista:
http://www.watchingamerica.com/diewelt000013.shtml
71420
submission
X4NR-EH writes:
When Steve Jobs announced, during his keynote address at MWSF 2007 Tuesday, that Apple Computer, Inc. would be changing its name to Apple, Inc., one would expect to hear an announcement of another law suit by Apple, Corp. Not only is there no word of complaint from Apple, Corp., but a brief visit to the respective web sites of Apple, Inc. (http://www.apple.com) and Apple, Corp. (http://www.applecorps.com) reveals something startling. The look and feel of Applecorps.com is very, very similar to that of Apple.com.
Of particular interest is the font used for the word "Apple" beneath Apple Corp's apple logo. It is identical to the font used by Apple, Inc. beneath the image of the new iPhone. Is it possible that we will be hearing an announcement of something bigger than the Beatles' catalog being available on iTunes? Is Apple, Inc. in the process of purchasing Apple, Corp?
71350
submission
joeflies writes:
The dispute arises out of whether the blogger can use clips of show recordings in grassroots activism against the station, and where to draw the line on digital free speech for both parties. The story has been picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle
