Whenever Apple get away one lawsuit , the macrocosm launches another one . Elsewhere , the epic struggle for the nano - SIM comes to a top dog , and HP would like you to know it invented keyboards in a hard candy cuticle . The remainders for Wednesday , May 9 , 2012 are operating within normal parameter .
Judge : Proview Ca n’t Sue Apple in California in iPad Trademark Battle(Wall Street Journal , subscription required )
Mark one for Apple : A judge has approved the party ’s motility to dismiss a hallmark - infringement suit file against it in California by Proview . Of of course , the matter is stillpending colony in China . I ’m still try out to acquire a vintage Proview iPad to go on my shelf next tothe Cisco iPhone .
Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation(Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation )
As long as we ’re in the effectual region , there ’s a class action causa in the offing over the long - run complaint that Apple familiarised iPod firmware to nix playing songs purchased place other than iTunes ( i.e. , Windows Media and Real Player - base audio recording ) . So , if you ’ve bought an iPod in the last six age or so , you now get to decide whether you want to jump on this special bandwagon . You might make enough to incubate a birdcall or two !
Nano - SIM update : Apple design alter to set up concerns , standard will be decided this month(The Verge )
No doubt you ’ve closely been followingthe struggle over the newest SIM card criterion . Apple has apparently ironed out some issues with its pop the question nano - SIM concept , and a suffrage is even now under room . Keep an optic out for white smoke issuing from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute HQ in the , uh , French Riviera .
Rovio Passes a Billion Angry Birds Downloads , Still Mulling IPO(AllThingsD )
Angry Birds maker Rovio is still think over an initial public offering , having report pre - tax profits of $ 67.6 million this week . Or they could skip over the IPO and go straight tomaking amusement parks in China .
H.P. on laptop computer design similarities with Apple ’s : it ’s a struggle as we force back to simplicity(Engadget )
“ Apple may like to think that they own silver , but they do n’t . ” That from HP vice chairperson of industrial design Stacy Wolff , speaking about his school of thought . In a subsequent interview with Engadget , Wolff laments that nobody gave HP deferred payment for occur up with the black - on - atomic number 47 chiclet keyboard in the mid-80s . We await a command from the senior vice prexy of industrial design atCadbury Adams .
Product News :
Office for Mac 2011 14.2.2 Update – The late update to Microsoft ’s office suite for Mac patches several vulnerabilities , including serious ones that could admit for outback code execution via a maliciously craft RTF or Word file . costless .
NetShade 5 – Rayner Software has released version 5 of NetShade , its Internet anonymizer app . NetShade hides your net lead by routing your last connection through a proxy host ; that means nobody can trace your original IP address . Previous translation swear on logins and watchword stored in OS X ’s Keychain ( a arrangement the vendor says was not reliable ) ; this update does away with the penury for logins and passwords of any kind . The user interface has been overhauled . There ’s a free 10 - 24-hour interval tryout ; after that , it ’s $ 29 for the first year , $ 19 a year thereafter .
