The Cold War 2.0: Apple vs Google
March 4, 2010 by Nick Clayton · 1 Comment
Apple seems to have been taking lessons from the Cold War strategists. Just as the Soviet Union and the USA avoided direct confrontation choosing instead to use smaller nations in a battle by proxy, Apple has launched a wide-ranging legal attack on the little-known Taiwanese manufacturer HTC.
But it is clear who Apple’s real target is [...]
Google grabs picture-editing site Picnik
March 2, 2010 by Nick Clayton · 1 Comment
Online photo-editing website Picnik has been bought by Google. This fills a gap in Google’s Picasa service which already allows users to organise and edit pictures on their computers and display them in web albums. What has been missing is the ability to edit photographs online.
The services offered by Picnik are similar to cut-down versions [...]
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate sells on eBay for £6.50 instead of £229.99
January 25, 2010 by puirseal · 24 Comments
Traders on eBay are selling hundreds of activation keys a day which allow users to install Microsoft’s most expensive version of Windows for less than a twentieth of its lowest discounted price.
And the world’s largest software company seems incapable of stopping the trade.
The Caledonian Mercury paid £6.50 to one of dozens of eBay sellers offering [...]
