Apple submits filing insisting Amazon is the monopolist and Apple helped foster competition

Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

Ars Technica reports that Apple has made a 31-page filing (PDF) regarding the Department of Justice’s antitrust proceedings against it and publishers Macmillan and Penguin, the only two of the “agency five” not to settle. Apple’s filing is about what ...
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Income inequality revealed from space [Research]

Source: Ubergizmo

The two satellite photos that you are seeing above are from the Ball Square in Somerville and West Cambridge. Do you notice the differences? I’m sure you have. But did you notice that the photos reveal that West Cambridge ...
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Apple says Department of Justice "sides with monopoly"

Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

In Apple's eye, the U.S. government has cast its lot with monopolies . Apple's legal response to the Department of Justice lawsuit, which the company filed May 22, claims that the case against Apple and other publishers ov ...
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Apple Strikes Back at Government E-book Lawsuit

Source: The New York Times

A few days ago, Apple filed a formal response to the antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice in April against it and several book publishers. The gist of the 31-page filing is the same as Apple’s previous comments on ...
Full article at: The New York Times  More like this  12 hours ago, 5:17pm CDT

Windows 8 Dev Kit Only Does Metro Apps (Unless You Pay)

Source: Wired

If you use the upcoming free version of Microsoft's Visual Studio 11, you'll have to build Metro apps. Image: Wikicommons Microsoft has said that the upcoming free version of its new Visual Studio 11 programming kit will on ...
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Week in Words

Source: Wall Street Journal

However, a "Greek parallel currency to the euro," which it dubbed the "Geuro," could emerge, if Greece issues debtor notes to meet current obligations, the bank's analysts said in a recent note. The Geuro is a bl ...
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Apple’s legal response to DOJ in eBook price-fixing case

Source: 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence

Ars Technica posted Apple’s legal response (PDF) to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company, and six publishers, for allegedly conspiring to fix eBook prices. In the document, Apple condemned the federal gover ...
Full article at: 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence  More like this  15 hours ago, 2:46pm CDT

Is Microsoft Adding Flash to Metro-Style IE10?

Source: PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. Will the Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 have Flash access after all? When asked about the report, a spokesman said "Micros ...
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Kingdoms of Amalur developer lays off entire staff

Source: Ars Technica

For metaphorical purposes, lets say the big red guy is the ballooning loan payments that 38 Studios (in armor) was fighting to stave off. 38 Studios / EA For many first-time game developers, selling 1.3 million copies of their first game in 90 ...
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