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Germany: Apple, others must come up with data protection guidelines

Germany’s government has told Apple, Google and other providers of online map services to come up with their own guidelines on data protection by Dec. 7 or face new regulations on the market, reports “Total Telecom” (http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=3&ID=458750).



Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said after a meeting between German officials and Internet executives that they had one last chance to adopt voluntary measures or Berlin would draw up legislation to protect consumers. Representatives of the companies involved didn’t attend the news conference.



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Greg’s bite: Adobe Flashes away privacy

By Greg Mills

I read an article in the “Wall Street Journal” this morning about another problem with Adobe Flash that I had never heard of. It turns out Adobe Flash, in addition to the other known issues related to crashing, memory hog problems etc, also exposes users to being tracked as they surf the web.  

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 20

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Andrew & Alexa has announced Ruler, an US$0.99 iPhone/iPod touch innovation of the universal tool. While conventional rulers involve mentally discerning measurements from small markings, using Ruler is just a matter of aligning the pointer, according to the folks at Andrew & Alexa.

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Mailplane for Mac OS X flies to version 2.2

Uncomplex gmbh has released Mailplane 2.2 ( http://mailplaneapp.com), a new version of the Google Mail client for Mac OS X. The upgrade adds support for Gmail’s Priority Inbox, improved attachment downloads, integrated Rapportive and TrueNew plug-ins and more.

Acting as a site specific web browser for Google’s Gmail, Mailplane is a full fledged Mail client for the Desktop. It integrates the Gmail web interface into the Mac experience. It supports multiple Gmail and Google Apps accounts and lets you switch between accounts without the need to sign in/sign out from the Gmail accounts.

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CoverScout update ready for iTunes 10

equinux (http://www.equinux.com) has released CoverScout 3.3.2, an update of the software for completing album covers in iTunes. The upgrade is ready for iTunes 10.

The interface of CoverScout is based upon the principles of Cover Flow. Its interface lets you flip through your music library and find all their missing cover are. CoverScout scans your music library as soon as the application is launched showing all covered and uncovered tracks. It searches for appropriate cover art on the Internet, which it can automatically apply to entire albums or individual tracks.

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