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Mac Bloggers Dig Psystar's Grave, Decry DRM, Defend Apple TV November 21, 2008 
There's a lot of great Apple-focused news hitting the blogosphere this week, including rumors that Apple's next OS X version, Snow Leopard, could hit in the first quarter of 2009 -- and that Apple may be waiting on Intel to deliver Core 2 Quad processors for its next revision to the iMac line.
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Goliath Gives David a Pounding as Psystar Antitrust Suit Flops November 19, 2008 
Psystar's chief legal defense in its fight with Apple is off the table -- for the moment at least. U.S. District Judge William Alsup has dismissed charges that Apple is violating antitrust regulations and creating restraint of trade by linking its operating system with its branded hardware.
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A Blade Server Guy in an iPod World: What Gives? November 04, 2008 
A former IBM executive is going against the company's wishes and joining Apple. Mark Papermaster, previously vice president of IBM's blade server unit, will become head of the iPod and iPhone development team, Apple has confirmed. IBM has already filed a lawsuit to try to stop his hire.
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Mac Bloggers Rock Out, Ponder iPhone Data Dams, Dream of Tethering September 05, 2008 
This week, the Apple-focused blogosphere has been whipped into a frenzy over next week's super-secret special announcement. Select journalists received invitations to a Sept. 9 media event, which has fueled speculation over Apple's next big product launch.
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Psystar Stares Down Apple With Antitrust Suit August 27, 2008 
Psystar has turned up the heat in its legal battle with Apple. The small computer vendor first burst on the scene several months ago by audaciously offering for sale a line of Mac computer clones called "OpenComputer." After a few weeks of silence, Apple unleashed its legal hounds on the startup, seeking to shut it down for good.
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Miffed iPhone User Sues Apple for Feeble 3G Performance August 21, 2008 
In the wake of continuing reports of 3G connectivity problems from an unknown percentage of iPhone 3G users, one Alabama woman has had enough: Jessica Alena Smith has reportedly filed a complaint against Apple and is seeking class action lawsuit status. The suit alleges that the iPhone 3G did not provide twice the speed as promised by Apple in the company's "Twice as fast. Half the price" marketing messages.
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Can Apple Break Through China's Great Wall of Counterfeits? July 28, 2008 
Apple may be making a lot of noise lately with its new iPhone 3G, but when it comes to fighting software pirates, Steve Jobs' company prefers to speak softly and carry a big stick -- the stick, of course, being legal action like its recent lawsuit against computer maker Psystar for producing machines that can run Apple software.
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Apple Releases the Hounds on Psystar July 16, 2008 
Nearly three months after a previously unknown company called "Psystar" began selling Intel-based computers running a pre-installed version of Apple's OS X operating system, Apple filed a lawsuit against the computer maker alleging copyright infringement earlier this month.
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Psystar Launches First Sally in Mac Clone War May 02, 2008 
Despite myriad indications to the contrary, Psystar does appear to be an actual company offering a real -- but perhaps not entirely legal -- product. Psystar, of course, is the company that burst onto the national scene with news that it was offering a Mac clone, dubbed the "Open Computer," capable of running the Macintosh OS X Leopard operating system.
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Psystar's Open Computer: A $400 Rotten Apple Scam? April 16, 2008 
News of a $400 Mac clone on the market spread like wildfire this week -- only to be supplanted by suspicions that the offering may well be a giant fraud. The first inkling that something was wrong came when a message appeared on the Web site of the mysterious vendor, Psystar, stating it could not take orders over the phone but only via the Internet.
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Suit Alleges Shady Marketing of iMac's Color Palette April 01, 2008 
Apple faces a legal challenge about its marketing practices for iMac desktop computer. The suit, filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner, in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., claims that Apple falsely marketed the monitor for the new desktop as an improved version of its 24-inch iMac monitor.
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Mac Bloggers Oscillate on Office, Toss Around Slingbox, Puzzle Over Patents March 14, 2008 
The iPhone software development kit has been dominating the world of Apple-focused bloggers this week, in no small part due to an Apple announcement that its SDK was downloaded 100,000 times in a mere four days. In other blogging activity, Microsoft delivered its first update to the Office 2008 for Mac suite, and Apple got sued over its iTunes/iPod model.
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ZapMedia Blasts iTunes With Patent Lawsuit March 13, 2008 
ZapMedia Services has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple for unspecified damages related to Apple's iTunes and related media players, most notably the iPod. ZapMedia said it made multiple attempts to resolve its patent-related concerns, as well as license its system directly to Apple, but was rebuffed by the company.
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Apple Settles Score With EU, Trims UK iTunes Pricing January 09, 2008 
Apple has reached a deal that will have it equalize prices on the European version of its iTunes Music Store and end a European Union probe into the legality of the original pricing policy. As a result of the deal, iTunes users in the United Kingdom will see slightly lower prices for song downloads.
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2007: Apple's Biggest Year Ever? December 11, 2007 
Apple has delivered some amazing and successful products over the years, beginning with the groundbreaking Macintosh in the 1980s. 2007, however, may very well be Apple's biggest and most influential year yet. In January, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs set the tone for the next 12 months with the announcement of the now iconic iPhone, a device that had consumers drooling for months before it ever saw the light of day.
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German Court Backs Apple, T-Mobile on Locked-Up iPhone December 04, 2007 
Apple and its carrier partner in Germany won a key legal victory Tuesday, with a court tossing out an injunction that had forced T-Mobile to offer an unlocked iPhone and upholding the legality of the exclusivity agreement. T-Mobile won the right to offer the iPhone only to customers who agree to two-year contracts with the carrier, overturning a lower court's ruling.
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