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Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju’s admission that Satyam Computer Services Ltd’s (India and also listed in the NASDAQ) Balance Sheet was completely fabricated got the stock crashing down by 66.5 per cent to Rs 60 from Wednesday’s high of Rs 188.70. We feel this is the start of some serious regulations being brought in by the SEBI. The Indian companies don’t regulate themselves as strictly as their western counterparts and I think Raju has done the public a favor in this regard. read more »

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season
with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote
set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even
publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

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According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs’ keynote cancellation. Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined:

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Cygnus, a small Indiana company, has sued the Big Three of Tech — Microsoft, Apple, and Google — claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened. Cygnus’s owner and president, Gregory Swartz, developed the technology laid out in the patent while working on IT consulting projects. The company is looking for "a reasonable royalty" as well as a court injunction preventing further infringement. Cygnus applied for its patent (# 7346850) in 2001. It covers a ‘System and Method for Iconic Software Environment Management’ and was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office in March of this year.

Earlier this week, IBM announced its plans to buy Transitive, a small
cross-platform virtualization company. Readers will remember the company
for providing the technology
behind Rosetta, Apple's PowerPC emulator for Mac OS…

Article:
http://www.ibm.com

Apple is in talks with three of the “big four” record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 AAC format without copy protection measures, a move that could further distance the digital download service from its rivals.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/19/apple_in_talks_to_offer_drm_free_mp3_tracks_via_itunes.html

Apple on Wednesday night released version 2.3 of its Apple TV firmware
to add AirTunes streaming as well as support for third-party remotes.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/19/apple_releases_apple_tv_2_3_with_airtunes_third_party_remotes.html