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Archive for December 22nd, 2007

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Dec22

Apple Lawyering Up On “Fake Steve Jobs”

An anonymous reader sends us to The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for a developing situation. Daniel Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, made a post earlier today revealing that Apple was offering him some money (in the wake of the ThinkSecret shutdown) to close down his blog. He said he was interested in taking it. A few hours later, Lyons posted again revealing that Apple’s lawyers had contacted him angrily, saying the details of the deal were supposed to remain private. Fake Steve replied ‘we either deal out in the open, completely transparently, or we don’t deal.’ A third post gives details of Apple’s lawyers’ next response, going totally medieval on him. Since then the situation has calmed down a bit.

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Dec22

iGoogle grew 267% and Google Products shrunk 73% in 2007

Out of all the Google services, iGoogle saw the largest growth this year with a 267% increase according to comScore data. iGoogle is a personalized homepage where users can install “Gadgets” — anything from egg timers to interesting news feeds. iGoogle was launched May 20, 2005, and so the comparison between 2006 and […]

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Dec22

Effects of Network Shutdown on Analog Devices

Carriers will begin to shut down the country’s oldest cellular network, for analog devices, in February. How to know if your gadgets will be affected.

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Dec22

Egyptian Mummy: DNA Not Yet Conclusive

Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a 3,500-year-old corpse as female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, scientists are still analyzing the DNA to try to back up the claim aired on TV.

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Dec22

Apple Re-Releases Security Update 2007-009 (v1.1)

Apple has updated Security Update 2007-009 to v1.1, available in 10.4.11 PPC and Universal and 10.5.1 Universal flavors.

According to Apple’s documentation, the new version does not affect the security content of the original update, b…

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Dec22

Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard

akintayo writes “Digitimes reports that first-tier notebook manufacturers are increasing the standard installed memory from the current 1 GB to 4GB. They claim the move is an attempt to shore up the costs of DRAM chips, which are currently depressed because of a glut in market. The glut is supposedly due to increased manufacturing capacity and the slow adoption of Microsoft’s Vista operating system. The proposed move is especially interesting, given that 32-bit Vista and XP cannot access 4 GB of memory. They have a practical 3.1 — 3.3 GB limit. With Vista SP1 it seems that Microsoft has decided to fix the problem by reporting the installed memory rather than the available memory.”

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Dec22

High-Def Goes High-Profile

Cedric Wouldfolk’s mother-in-law doesn’t know it yet, but a framed photo of her that graced the wall in the family’s den was just replaced with a high-definition TV. For the Wouldfolk family of Chicago — and much of the rest of the nation — this holiday is about HD. Consumers are gaga over TVs with pictures so sharp they can count the piercings in Britney Spears’ navel.

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Dec22

Chipping Away at Unix in the Data Center

In Gartner’s forecast for the server operating systems market, there’s nothing listed under the category of emerging products. Although the market is by no means static, the pace of change inside many corporate data centers is slow. Windows and Linux are growing, both in terms of importance and in terms of the number of installations within data centers, eroding Unix’s share of the server operating systems market.

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Dec22

Looking for Silicon Valley’s Edge in Asia

Four years ago, Chuck Cheng left Palo Alto to launch a computer chip design company in Hong Kong, a city known more for financial acumen than tech prowess. He was lured by the Hong Kong government’s generous incentives, such as subsidized rent in a new science and technology park, and strong intellectual-property laws.

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Dec22

Apple’s 2007: That Was the Year That Was

In the history of Apple Computer, it is possible that there has been a better year than 2007, but you would be hard-pressed to find it. Never mind that Apple’s stock has soared (at least briefly) to over $190. Never mind that its Mac market share has apparently grown from around 2 percent to over 8 percent. Never mind that it continues to dominate the MP3 player and music/video download markets.

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