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If Google Inc. would agree to make a preliminary enjoinment become permanent in a lawsuit Microsoft Corp. file against it connect to a former employee who has go to exploit for Google , the matter could be settled , Microsoft said in a statement issue Tuesday . “ We can settle this lawsuit tomorrow if Google will agree to take today ’s preliminary injunction , keep every word without a unmarried change , and enroll it as a permanent enjoining that will last until July 18 , 2006 , ” Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said in the inclined statement ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Mobile phone with iTunes built - in If you ’ve pick up any applied science journal in the last three years that features the wordConvergencesplashed across the cover , you know that the hunt is on for the do - it - all gadget — a equipment that makes and charter calls , surfs the web , deal email , sends and receives text messages , plays medicine , captures and expose pictures and video , check your menage AV organisation , and supply three minutes of compressed air for those occasions when your main tank runs out at 15 fathoms ....

Using the Date & Time System Preferences panel , you may display the current sentence either in the bill of fare bar or as a drift windowpane ( one that lives above all other windows ) . Unfortuantely , it seems you ca n’t have both a menu barroom clock and a be adrift clock — the option is presented via radio buttons , and when you aerate one , you fall back the other ....

When it ’s time to burn up euphony , photos , or flick to Cd and DVD , many Mac users grow to Toast , which has just undergone a major overhaul fromRoxio . sure as shooting , this latest version bears some resemblance to Toast 6 , but Toast 7 Titanium have some of the most substantial changes to the program in geezerhood . Announced a month ago , Toast 7 began shipping August 31 ....

DoorStop X 1.0 is intended as an easy - to - use replacement for the software firewall build into OS X , and it offers finer restraint of configuration and logging . The program ’s software documentation and interface achieve a good balance of simplify the basics of configuring a firewall while avoiding complexness that might flood out novice users . The program ’s centering on simplicity may explicate its deficiency of feature article in comparison to other third - party firewall programs ....

Quark on Friday unveiled its unexampled corporate logo ; a change the company say signifies a shift in the way of life it work with its customer and the lookout they have for the hereafter . Quark representatives enunciate the troupe has been working with its customers in many dissimilar way to get feedback and to make the Quark experience more positive . “ We have been going through a company change that ’s been very of import — that is a change in our outlook and customer commitment , ” Glen Turpin , Quark ’s director of corporate communication , told MacCentral ....

Amidst the brouhaha of Wednesdays ’s announcement of the iPod nano , most mass — peculiarly those of us lucky enough to see the new player in soul — were enthralled by just how incredibly modest , yet full - feature , the nano is . But as the initial turmoil take place , the query many people are likely to be asking is this : “ Will theiPod accessoriesI already own , or the 1 currently on the marketplace , work with the nano ?...

In this week ’s Dashboard roundup , I shroud ways to take projection screen capture ; get help with geometry ; and listen to Internet NPR . I also pick a “ Why ” of the week . Capture 0.7.9 (; destitute ) . When it do to take screenshots , my favorite utility is the commercial-grade Snapz Pro X , thanks to its advanced features and flexibility . But if your requirements are more modest , Vanilla Soap ’s Capture Widget is a nifty utility that provides approach to many hidden option of Mac OS X ’s built - in screen - capture feature ....

Apple made two announcements Wednesday that still have citizenry talking a day by and by — the going of a cell phone able of play music from the iTunes Music Store and a stain new iPod fashion model hollo thenano . As substantial as those proclamation are — and they are very , verysignificant — they may have pull attending off from some other noteworthy news Apple bear Wednesday : unexampled railway car caller have signed on to suffer the iPod ....

Sony Corp. on Tuesday launched its biggest challenge yet to Apple ’s ascendancy in the digital music player market with the unveiling of five thespian and a jukebox software software that ties into an online music depot . The Modern credit line - up includes three flash - memory - based model with capacities of 512 M , 1 GB and 2 G , and two hard - disk parkway - based models with mental ability of 6 GB and 20 GB ....

Apple Computer Inc. at a special event in San Francisco on Wednesday delivered what one analyst called a one - two punch . The release of the long - awaited iTunes phone and the debut of the sleek iPod nano put an already strong line - up of iPods in a skilful spot for the upcoming holiday buying season . “ It ’s a one - two punch that covers all for the bases for Apple , ” Jupiter Research analyst , Michael Gartenberg , told MacCentral now following the event ....

I just crash out of Apple ’s medicine event where Steve Jobs unveil the iTunes - enable ROKR nomadic phone , the minty - slight iPod nano , and an update version of iTunes 5 . I ’m going to bang hard on all of them in the near future , but before I do I thought I ’d toss out a few titbit I picked up after the event ....

Our lively coverage of today ’s special euphony event has concluded . Please see MacCentral for more reportage . On Wednesday , at a special event in San Francisco , Apple took the wraps off the long - wait iTunes phone from Motorola , the ROKR . Apple also updated iTunes to version 5.0 and stick in its permutation for the iPod mini : the iPod nano . “ give thanks you all for come and welcome to our medicine consequence today , ” Jobs said ....