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Apple Finally Approves Google+ App For iPhone 162

Posted by Unknown Lamer from the mark-zuckerberg-makes-angry-face dept.
CWmike writes "Apple approved the Google+ app for the iPhone on Tuesday, and posted it to the App Store. It's unclear whether Google has created an iPad-specific app. Two weeks ago, a Google employee said that the company had submitted Google+ to the App Store ... on July 4. According to that timeline, Google's app took twice as long as the majority of submitted apps to win Apple's approval."
Android

Submission + - Apple lawsuits slammed by Google (cnet.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Google chairman Eric Schmidt has slammed Apple's lawsuit against HTC. Apple (and others) "are not responding with innovation, they're responding with lawsuits" he said at the Google Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo.

Comment Chrome Haters (Score 1) 308

by Nominei (#36640586) Attached to: Chrome Hits 20% Share As IE Continues Slide

Why are only the firefox-faithful getting their comments modded up? I use Chrome over FireFox because it has, since day 1, been faster and more stable than any build of FireFox I can recall (anecdotally, of course).

And everyone seems up in arms because a company is promoting their software. *ooo big shock* That doesn't make them evil. Google still has one of the most privacy-friendly, user-friendly mentalities, because they recognize that it's hard to sell advertising to their customers if they drive away their users with "evil" practices ala Microsoft or Facebook.

Submission + - Data-Mining Ban Struck Down by US Supreme Court (medpagetoday.com) 1

Submitted by smitty777
smitty777 writes: The Supreme Court struck down Sorrell vs IMS Health, a law banning data mining which has been in place since 2007. The court ruled that the data on medications prescribed by doctors is protected by the First Amendment and can be used for marketing by the pharmaceutical companies. This follows similar declarations in Maine and New Hamshire.
Games

Submission + - Leaked file shows EVE Online microtransaction plan (joystiq.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In the wake of controversy surrounding EVE Online's new microtransaction store and its not-so-micro prices, a document has surfaced that has raised more than a few eyebrows in the EVE community. The PDF is reported to be a copy of CCP's internal company newsletter Fearless. Ex-CCP employee and current CSM member Seleene was able to verify that the company does circulate an internal newsletter by that name and that the style is very similar to the leaked document.
Google

Submission + - FTC To Open Antitrust Investigation Against Google (itworld.com)

Submitted by
itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to serve subpoenas to Google as a first step in a broad antitrust investigation focusing on whether Google search is unfairly driving traffic to its other sites. Representatives of Google and the FTC declined to comment on the report, although an FTC spokesperson did deny that the report came from them."
Microsoft

Submission + - the Longhorn dream reborn (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gbjbaanb
gbjbaanb writes: Early this month, Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell on Windows developers: the new Windows 8 touch-friendly immersive style would use a developer platform not based on .NET. Cue howls of outrage from .NET developers everywhere, but here Ars Technica descibes what's more likely to have been going on and why Microsoft is finally getting its act together for developers.
Bitcoin

Submission + - Aussie IT Guy Mines Bitcoins On Govt Severs (theage.com.au)

Submitted by
jampola
jampola writes: "Just when you thought there was enough Bitcoin related news floating in the vast cloud *cough cough*, an IT worker at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) thought it would be a good idea to install Bitcoin mining software on government owned PC's. Needless to say, they're not happy and a "serious misconduct case" is underway.

Never fear, I doubt we've barely touched the bottom in Bitcoin related news!"
Technology

Submission + - Of Codebreakers and Mechanical Giants (theepochtimes.com)

Submitted by
jjp9999
jjp9999 writes: "A war of spies and electromechanical machines that took place beneath the wires during World War II not only played a crucial role in the Allies victory, but also helped spark the beginning of the computer age. Among the devices was the Enigma, a cipher capable of producing 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible code combinations, and a hulking machine, the Colossus, the first programmable electronic computer, capable of decoding the Enigma."

Comment Organize Books (Score 1) 1

by Nominei (#35541476) Attached to: Digital Media Libraries
I would strongly recommend Calibre for managing e-books. It is an easy to use open-source program that is regularly updated, letting you organize, sort, read, and convert books. It will also connect with e-readers, including the Kindle, when they are connected to your computer.
Security

Submission + - EMC's Anti-Hacking Division Gets Hacked (yahoo.com)

Submitted by
Nominei
Nominei writes: "The world's biggest maker of data storage computers on Thursday said that its security division has been hacked, and that the intruders compromised a widely used technology for preventing computer break-ins. It is especially troubling because the technology sold by EMC's security division, RSA, plays an important role in making sure unauthorized people aren't allowed to log into heavily guarded networks.

The scope of the attack wasn't immediately known, but the potential fallout could be widespread. RSA's customers include the military, governments, various banks and medical facilities and health insurance outfits."
The Courts

Submission + - arbitrator bans band from playing their song. (2jk.org)

Submitted by
jonklinger
jonklinger writes: "A recent arbitration between two popular Israeli musicians puts the issue of fair use in a whole new perspective.

In 2002, Israeli band Hadag Nachash released an album where one of their songs was either influenced by, or quite similar to, another Israeli classic hit. The artist, Ariel Zilber sought arbitration, claiming they violated his intellectual property rights.

The arbitrator ruled in favour of Zilber and apart from damages issued an injunction prohibiting Hadag Nachash from performing this song in their shows, mandating them to redact their albums from record stores and removing this song from the ACUM (the Israeli equivalent to ASCAP) repertoire."

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