Cody Taylor

Toy retailer ToysRUs has paid .1m (£3.6m) for the Toys.com domain name.

mikesd81 writes “ZDNet Australia writes that NSW state corporation RailCorp has threatened a Sydney software developer with legal action if he fails to withdraw a train timetable application that is currently the second-most-popular application in its category in Apple’s App Store. Alvin Singh created Transit Sydney after he began teaching himself how to program in Cocoa Mobile. Within days of its Feb 18 release, Singh received a cease and desist notice from Rail Corporation NSW, the government body that administers Sydney’s CityRail network. The email states: ‘I advise that copyright in all CityRail timetables is owned by RailCorp. … Any use of these timetables in a manner which breaches copyright by a third party can only occur through the grant of a suitable licence by RailCorp.'”

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You know that Apple computers are overpriced, don’t you? The latest Mac desktop refresh brought the hardware inside new Mac desktops in line with the rest of the industry but the same cannot be said for their price points. While iMac can compete with Dell and HP all-in-ones on both specs and price, Mac mini and Mac Pro carry a hefty 40% premium.

The Web browser’s second security update in a month addresses eight issues, six of which are deemed critical.

Putting fuel in my truck was the last place I expected to get into a confrontation.Especially concerning Free Open Source Software. I mean, come on…

These are ads that start out as regular box or rectangle ads, but then expand into much larger ones that sit on top of content. Yes, they are annoying. Luckily, Google’s ads won’t auto-expand or do so on a mouse roll-over – only when the user clicks.

Microsoft is suing TomTom because of Linux-related patent violations. One reason why they think they can get away with it? It turns out Microsoft already has Linux-using customers who’ve signed similar deals.

notthatwillsmith writes “Counting public betas and release candidates, there are a whopping nine different web browsers out today with enough market share to be considered mainstream. Maximum PC explains the differences between the browsers, future and present, so that you can make a more informed decision about the primary tool you use to browse the web. From the rendering engines used to the features that set the different browsers apart, this is a comprehensive, blow-by-blow battle between Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.1, IE 8, Safari 4, and Opera 10.”

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A video of The Mentalists performing MGMT’s ‘Kids’ on iPhones and iPods is proving an online hit.

Samba’s Jeremy Allison says it’s all about forcing TomTom either to violate the GPL or to switch from Linux to Microsoft’s embedded software – and that this isn’t the first time a company has had to choose.