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‘MUG Event Calendar’: iLife ’11, Mac as media center, more

‘MUG Event Calendar’: iLife ’11, Mac as media center, more

Posted by | Jan 3, 2011 | |

“The MUG Event Calendar” comes back to life this week, even though quite a few groups have decided to extend their vacation until February.

Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra is first out of the gate with a visit to a Pennsylvania group, while Microsoft representatives will visit a California group. Other topics on the agenda for the first week of the year include Google Reader and RSS, several meetings focused on iLife ‘11, the Mac as media center, DropBox and more.

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The Northern Spy: combatting spam

The Northern Spy: combatting spam

Posted by | Dec 29, 2010 | , |

By Rick Sutcliffe

Spam is used either as a noun to refer to unsolicited bulk email, or as a verb to refer to the act of sending same. There are two categories of spam — the difference depending on whether or not the mail has a commercial or monetary aspect;that is, the sender is attempting to obtain money from the recipients for a service, product, or cause.

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Microsoft co-founder refiles lawsuit against Apple, others

Microsoft co-founder refiles lawsuit against Apple, others

Posted by | Dec 29, 2010 | , |

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has re-filed his patent suit against Apple, Google and several other major tech companies, adding specific examples of the alleged infringement, reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).

In August it was announced that Interval Licensing, a tech licensing company controlled by Allen was suing 11 companies, including Apple, for violating patents on “fundamental web technologies” developed by Interval Research, the now-defunct Silicon Valley lab that Allen created with Xerox PARC veteran David Liddle in the 1990s.

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