Apple, HP, Dell laptop owners sue Nvidia
Five owners of Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard laptops have combined their lawsuits against Nvidia in an attempt to make the company replace allegedly flawed processors, according to court documents. The five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint last week in San Francisco federal court that accused Nvidia of violating the consumer-protection laws.
Apple Freezes Snow Leopard APIs
DJRumpy writes in to alert us that Apple’s new OS, Snow Leopard, is apparently nearing completion. “Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software’s release. …`Apple is said to have informed recipients of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard build 10A354 that it has simplified the`… APIs for working with Grand Central, a new architecture that makes it easier for developers to take advantage of Macs with multiple processing cores. This technology works by breaking complex tasks into smaller blocks, which are then`… dispatched efficiently to a Mac’s available cores for faster processing.”
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Rupert Murdoch in a snit over iPhone loophole
The WSJ simply had to release an app for the iPhone if it was going to remain relevant. Unfortunately for the Journal, Apple hasn’t yet figured out a safe or easy way to charge iPhone users for the things they do within apps. So anything from the Journal that you can read on an iPhone (or an iPod Touch) is not charged.
Apple’s Woz Boosts Tech for Schools
Apple Rejects BitTorrent Control App
Apple Refusing Any BitTorrent Related Apps?
jamie pointed out what appears to be an unfortunate policy for Apple’s app store that is refusing anything to do with BitTorrent. The example is a remote control app that allows a user to interface with their Transmission BitTorrent client. This certainly isn’t the first complaint over app store policy. Issues from the return policy to the “objectionable content” of Nine Inch Nails have some developers concerned over what Apple is doing to the market. Of course, many are quick to remind that it is Apple’s store and they are free to do whatever they want with it.
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