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Submission + - Mac skeptic Vents (provocativepenguin.com)

JameskPratt writes: SEAMUS GEARIN opens with, "Overpriced, overly simplified, less than impressive technology – there are a lot of reasons not to buy a Mac. Yet people still do." He makes the standard claims that the only reason that there aren't more viruses for Macs is because more people us PCs. But he also makes a strange claim that "Apple products are built with an expiration date. The battery in an iPod is only meant to last 18 months, for example." And that Apple spends less than other companies on R&D.

Submission + - NZ Illegal Downloading Crackdown Law in Effect (newstalkzb.co.nz)

sfranklin writes: "As of Sept 1 at midnight, "anyone caught downloading copyrighted content illegally could face fines of up to $15,000 and have their internet cut off" in New Zealand. You don't even have to do the deed yourself. The "account holder needs to know what's going on even if they themselves don't do anything online..." Scary stuff, although I wonder how much actual enforcement is likely to happen."

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