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Mac cloner Psystar is claiming in new court papers that Apple's copyright suit against it should be dismissed, because Apple has never filed for copyright protection on Mac OS X 10.5 with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Infoweek is reporting that the claim, if it holds up, could open the door for third-parties to enter the Mac market without fear of legal action from Apple. In its latest set of allegations, Psystar is also accusing Apple of bricking Macs that don't run on genuine Apple hardware.
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Microsoft has set up a Web site that uses inkblot images to help users create passwords, InformationWeek is reporting. The way it works: users view a series of inkblots, and write down the first and last letters of whatever word they associate with each inkblot. Then they combine the letters to form a password. Microsoft claims it's a way to create passwords that are easy to remember but hard to crack. But word of warning: the story notes that Microsoft is collecting and storing users' word associations.
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This InformationWeek story points out a recent deal between Microsoft and Japanese printer maker Kyocera Mita, under which Kyocera obtained from Microsoft a license to patents used in "certain Linux-based embedded technologies." The question everyone's asking is why Kyocera needs a patent license from Microsoft to develop its embedded Linux products.
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InformationWeek is reporting that Novell and Microsoft aren't the only ones concerned about certain provisions contained within the final draft of GPLv3.
"If the currently proposed version of GPLv3 is widely adopted, we may be unable to incorporate future enhancements to the GNU/Linux operating system into our software, which could adversely affect our business," TiVo warns in a regulatory filing cited by InformationWeek.
The problem: Tivo boxes are Linux-based. They're also designed to shut down if the software is hacked by users trying to circumvent digital rights management features.
But GPLv3 would prohibit Tivo's no-tamper setup.
