It ’s a globe of conflict we live in . If it ’s not Google taking potshot at rival Apple , then it ’s Palm employees leaving for Google or NBC and Time Warner taking Adobe ’s side in the Flash versus iPhone debate . register about it all in the difference for Thursday , May 27 , 2010 .

Google ’s Gundotra on Apple , the conflict for developers ’ hearts(TechCrunch )

Google vice president of engine room Vic Gundotra state TechCrunch that he wasjust foolin’aboutlast hebdomad ’s jabs at Apple . We ’re sure this hasnothingto do with the fact that Apple CEO Steve “ Wild Man ” Jobs istaking to his   own stagein just over a week and is n’t precisely know for his restraint .

Steve Ballmer not showing up at WWDC keynote(Microsoft )

Speaking of WWDC , psychoanalyst Trip Chowdhry started this morning off with a thrill , speculating that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would amount on stage during Jobs ’s keynote on June 7 . By the good afternoon it had gained so much child’s play that Microsoft deal to Twitter to blast it out of the water . Mark my word , masses , we ’ll seeEric Schmidt on stage in a dunk shot tankbefore Jobs lease Ballmer within 800 miles of his stage .

confirm : Palm ’s Matias Duarte join Google as User Experience Director for Android(Engadget )

Money ca n’t buy you everything , but perhaps it can corrupt you a better user interface . Matias Duarte , the design guru behindPalm’sHP ’s webOS mobile operating system has jumped ship for Google , where he ’ll be the User Experience Director for Android . Hey , HP , maybe you should n’t have narrate him he ’d be writing glorified   printing machine software package .

Time Warner , NBC Universal back Adobe ’s Flash vs. Apple(New York Post )

In the battle over Flash and the iPhone , media giants Time Warner and NBC Universal have reputedly decided to side with Adobe , say they wo n’t convert their Web video capacity into an iPad - compatible format ; instead they ’ll adhere to the omnipresent Flash . This is n’t the first time NBC has play chicken with Apple — in 2008,its content was briefly polish off from the iTunes Store during a pricing dispute . So we ’d call this another example of NBC ’s saying “ show me the money ” if it were n’t for the fact that we hesitate to unwittingly summons the ghost ofCuba Gooding Jr. ‘s act career .

FTC , FCC reveal complaints filed against Apple(InformationWeek )

InformationWeek has reprinted a tidy sum of complaints against Apple published by the FTC and FCC under the Freedom of Information Act . Many have to do with familiar matter such as the prohibition on Flash , App Store restrictions , and , uh , iPhones catching flak ( okay , maybe they should look into that one ) . But my money ’s on the complaint that refers to Apple ’s “ elitist and totalistic control”—that ’s a winner in my book . Myelitist totalistic leger .