A Norway consumer body says it wants to take Apple to court over its iTunes music store for not changing its DRM technology to make its music available on all music players.
Two years ago, Consumer Ombudsman Bjørn Erik Thon criticized iTunes for the use of unfair contract terms in breach of the Norwegian Marketing Control Act.
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Microsoft Millionaire Buys 2nd Trip to Space Station
Wired News - 4 hours ago By Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides September 30, 2008 | 12:22:27 PMCategories: Space Microsoft millionaire Charles Simonyi will be returning to the International Space Station in the spring of 2009 after two years on terra firma. Space Tourist Simonyi Prepares For Second Flight Slashdot US billionaire trains for second spaceflight MSNBC The Associated Press - Seattle Times - RIA Novosti - The Canadian Press all 195 news articles |
So much for Redmond and Washington. According to an announcement made by none other than Steve Ballmer, Microsoft is moving its main development center for enterprise search technology to Oslo, Norway.
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IBM Offers Lotus Notes For Apple’s IPhone
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- International Business Machines Corp. ( IBM ) said Tuesday it was making its Lotus Notes tools, including email and calendar applications, available for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone. IBM releasing iNotes for iPhone CNET News iPhone finally gets Notes support through AppStore Computerworld New York Times Blogs - The West Australian all 6 news articles |
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Microsoft tries to put fear of God into scareware vendors
Ars Technica - 4 hours ago By Joel Hruska | Published: September 29, 2008 - 09:20PM CT Microsoft and Washington State officials announced a new partnership today aimed at fighting scareware in general and one specific vendor in particular. Microsoft, Washington State Sue Scareware Purveyors Washington Post Microsoft, Washington AG sue over ’scareware’ pop-up ads CNET News InformationWeek - CRN - Register - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 25 news articles |
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Apple Tweaks App Store Policies
InformationWeek - 8 hours ago The company is hoping to stop shady developers from propping up their applications with fake reviews, as well as keep users who haven’t tried it from posting negative reviews. Apple tweaks App Store listings CNET News Apple Irks iPhone Developers With App Store Restrictions Washington Post Brighthand - Macworld - Apple Insider - xchange Magazine all 15 news articles |
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Norway To Apple: iTunes For Everyone
CRN - 1 hour ago By Michele Masterson, ChannelWeb After a two-year losing battle, Norway’s consumer ombudsman is bringing his case against Apple to the Norwegian Market Council, hoping it will somehow force the company to open up its DRM technology and allow devices … Apple Faces Fight to Free iTunes From DRM PC World Apple Under Attack By Norwegian Legislators eFluxMedia Ars Technica - Computerworld - The Associated Press - ZDNet all 123 news articles |
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Washington and Microsoft declare war on scareware
Register - 1 hour ago Washington state’s top law enforcement official has filed suit against a man accused of bombarding end users with misleading messages designed to trick them into buying software to fix PC problems that don’t exist. Microsoft, Washington State Sue Scareware Purveyors Washington Post Microsoft, Washington Battle ‘Scareware’ Sellers CRN InformationWeek - CNET News - ITworld.com - Computerworld all 22 news articles |
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Microsoft straps open source jQuery to Visual Studio
Register - 2 hours ago Microsoft is softening its attitude on shipping open-source code with Windows with a decision to distribute the handy jQuery JavaScript library with Visual Studio. Microsoft to back jQuery library InfoWorld Microsoft taps JQuery for Visual Studio CNET News ZDNet - eWeek - InformationWeek - IT Business Edge all 19 news articles |
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Apple Selling Unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong
CNET News - 1 hour ago Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong, letting consumers pick whichever carrier they so choose. Apple begins selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong Afterdawn.com Want a truly unlocked 3G iPhone? Head to Hong Kong Computerworld PC World - eFluxMedia - Turkish Press - Apple Insider all 214 news articles |
