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Apple to debut online music streaming service at WWDC?

Apple to debut online music streaming service at WWDC?

Posted by | May 14, 2010 | , |

Apple is allegedly set to announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. How soon? As in next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several online rumors.

Speculated to debut on June 7, the service — if it is coming — would likely be based on Apple’s purchase of Lala six months ago. A note at the Lala web site (http://www.lala.com) says “The Lala service will be shutting down on May 31” and “unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users.”

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‘MacNotables’ looks at Facebook and privacy issues

Posted by | May 14, 2010 | |

The latest edition of MacNotables (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress/), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.

“Macworld” Senior Editor Christopher Breen recently completed an article on his concerns about the privacy issues generated by the latest revisions to Facebook, and proclaiming that he has left the service. He explains exactly why he left, his decision to deactivate his account vs. deleting it, and why he feels this situation represents a disturbing trend for Facebook.

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Mini Ninjas scampering onto the Mac next month

Mini Ninjas scampering onto the Mac next month

Posted by | May 14, 2010 | |

Feral Interactive has announced the release of Mini Ninjas for the Mac on Friday, June 11 — as reported by “Inside Mac Games” (http://www.insidemacgames.com). Developed by Io Interactive, Mini Ninjas follows the young ninja, Hiro and his friends as they travel through spellbound lands to do battle with a magical army of animals-turned-samurai.

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Apple could become the largest company in the US

Apple could become the largest company in the US

Posted by | May 14, 2010 | , |

Apple is now America’s third-largest company by stock market value. Over the past three years, its shares have more than doubled in price, while those ofnumber one, Exxon Mobile, and number two, Microsoft, have fallen slightly. If that trend continues, Apple will be America’s largest company by year’s end, according to a “SmartMoney” report (http://www.smartmoney.com/Investing/Stocks/apple-may-soon-be-americas-largest-company/?afl=yahoo&hpadref=1).

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Overture, HPL1 Engine and OALWrapper released as open source

Posted by | May 14, 2010 | , |

Frictional Games has released the source code (http://github.com/FrictionalGames) for their first game Penumbra: Overture, together with the source code for the engine and tools used in its creation.

This comes as a reply to the great success of the Humble Indie Bundle, in which over US$1 million dollars has been donated to the participating developers and charities, says Thomas Grip, programmer and co-founder of Frictional Games. Apart from Penumbra, the source codes for the indie games Aquaria, Gish and Lugaru (all available in the Humble Indie Bundle) are also released.

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