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Orbicule has announced Undercover 4 (http://orbicule.com/undercover/mac), an upgrade to their theft-recovery software for Mac OS X. The new version offers users the ability to remotely monitor a stolen Mac using the UndercoverCenter.com web application.

The US Department of Justice is investigating a number of Silicon Valley giants, including Apple, over hiring practices that allegedly include agreements to not poach each others’ top talent, according to “The Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304703104575174293867620832.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews). Such agreements could potentially violate labor laws.

Apple’s iPad will grab 51% of the tablet market this year, with machines based on Google Android taking 24%, according to data from IMS Research.

As reported by “eWeek” (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPad-Google-Android-to-Grab-75-of-Tablet-Market-in-2010-819756), the IMS reports shows that Windows 7 will garner 10% market share, with the remaining 15% going to some proprietary and Linux-based platforms for the home.

Doxie (http://www.getdoxie.com), a paper scanner that scans directly to the cloud, is now shipping. Designed for home and small businesses, the US$129 portable scanner is for scanning, sharing, and organizing paper and photos.

It weighs 10.9 ounces and is built for travel. It’s compatible with any Mac (OX 10.5 or 10.6) or PC and has USB connectivity. Doxie integrates directly with desktop and web apps like Google Docs, Flickr, iPhoto, Tumblr, Picnik, Evernote, Picasa, and Backpack. A single button, Doxie’s Heart Button, implements sharing.

Google’s Chrome browser draws heavily on the WebKit browser engine project led chiefly by Apple, but now WebKit is adopting one Chrome idea: separation between some computing processes, according to “CNET” (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20002103-264.html).

WebKit is the system framework used on Mac OS X by Safari, Dashboard, Mail.app, and many other OS X applications. It’s based on the KHTML engine from KDE.