By: Don Reisinger September 29, 2011 8:35 AM PDT Psystar’s Mac clone. (Credit: Psystar) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has sided with Apple in the company’s bitter lawsuit against Psystar. Circuit Judge Mary Schroeder ruled yesterday that Psystar’s Mac clones violated copyrights Apple holds, and the ban on sales will be … Continued
HP CEO change spurred by Oracle worries, report says
HP’s new CEO Meg Whitman(Credit: PRNewsFoto/Procter & Gamble) There might have been more than meets the eye to the decision by Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors to oust Leo Apotheker as CEO, according to a new report. Bloomberg is reporting, citing multiple sources, that the board replaced Apotheker with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman at least … Continued
A Visual History of Twitter
The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus‘ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. Since its launch in the summer of 2006, Twitter has become the leader in microblogging, limiting even its most famous users to a … Continued
Facebook Will Never Charge You to Use It. Here’s Why
The rumor that Facebook will suddenly start charging users to access the site has become one of the social media era’s perennial chain letters. While Facebook prominently advertises that its service is “free and always will be” on its homepage, it hasn’t stopped false rumors of a pay scheme from going viral on numerous occasions, … Continued
Facebook TV Show Stars You & Your Friends
Warner Bros. will launch an experimental live-action show next month that will run exclusively on Facebook and incorporate information from your profile to put you and your friends into select scenes. The show, called Aim High, is story of a young man who is a high school student by day and a government operative by … Continued
Dell confirms XPS 14z will go on sale in the US in the ‘coming weeks’
Remember that XPS 14z Dell teased at IFA? Yeah, well, it’s coming soon. As in, “the coming weeks” soon. The company just confirmed it’s on the cusp of shipping here in the states, and while the outfit stopped short of giving a starting price, it’s good and ready to talk specs. As we reported last … Continued
iPhone 5 cases and realistic unibody dummy show off incredible slimness
While we’re only five days away from finding out the true appearance of the next-generation iPhone, our good friends over at BENM.AT went ahead and crafted their very own unibody dummy using CAD drawings, CNC tools and a block of aluminum — seriously, that’s how they roll! Granted, this work’s only based on various data … Continued
Kobo’s Vox Android tablet appears online briefly, gets Canadian release date and pricing
A day after another little-known e-reader manufacturer announced a tablet, a new Android slate from Kobo made a brief online appearance on Future Shop’s site, only to be quickly taken down. According to the Canadian retailer, the FCC-approved tablet will offer up a 7-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, WiFi, a speaker (perhaps … Continued









