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Palm Ignores USB-IF Warning, Restores iTunes Sync 656

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 03, 2009 @02:34PM from the gauntlet-firmly-on-floor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Palm's cat and mouse game with Apple continues. Ignoring the warning from the USB Implementers Forum, with its WebOS 1.2.1 release this morning Palm has restored iTunes media synchronization in its new Pre smartphone — and gone so far as to extend sync to photos. And, according to Digital Daily, it has done this, once again, by using Apple's USB vendor ID. Does the USB-IF have any recourse here? Does Apple?"

Comment Hmmm (Score 2, Funny) 114

by NRO826 on Saturday June 02, 2007 @02:24AM (#19361373) Attached to: Nanoglue Could Be Used To Make Spiderman Web-Shooters

So, despite the fact that this could ultimately mean "faster and more powerful chips," the scientists seem far more concerned about whether or not they get to dress up in their spidey suits and swing from building to building. At least they have their priorities

Submission + - Microsoft says Vista sales doubling XP pace

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26, 2007 @07:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that it sold more than 20 million Windows Vista licenses in the first month since the operating system's general debut on January 30. The world's biggest software maker said the pace of Vista adoption is at more than twice the rate of its predecessor, Windows XP, which had sold 17 million licenses after its first two months of release.

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