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• China iPad 2 frenzy causes Apple Store scuffle in Beijing - Apple Insider
• Chinese workers are content with their lot, not exploited - The Guardian
• Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square - Computerworld
• Now, to Find a Parking Spot, Drivers Look on Their Phones - New York Times
• Imagining a future MacBook - CNET
• Skype bug gives attackers access to Mac OS X machines - Register
• Apple May Not Have Bought Nuance But… - TechCrunch

China iPad 2 frenzy causes Apple Store scuffle in Beijing - Apple Insider Posted: 07 May 2011 10:20 AM PDT Sydney Morning Herald China iPad 2 frenzy causes Apple Store scuffle in Beijing Apple Insider Just one day after Apple's iPad 2 launch drew long lines in China, conflicting reports emerged Saturday regarding an alleged altercation at an Apple Store in Beijing. AppleInsider reported on Friday that the launch of the iPad 2 in China ... Reports: iPad launch punch-up at Beijing Apple storeCNET Images Show Violent Exchange at Apple's Beijing Store During iPad 2 LaunchPCWorld Chinese entrepreneurs see Apple's App Store as entryway to global...San Jose Mercury News International Business Times -PC Magazine -The Associated Press all 243 news articles »

Chinese workers are content with their lot, not exploited - The Guardian Posted: 07 May 2011 04:02 PM PDT Moneycontrol.com Chinese workers are content with their lot, not exploited The Guardian I am an English teacher, working and living in Guangzhou, China. Your article about Apple products supplier Foxconn gave the impression that foreign companies are exploiting Chinese workers ("Chinese iPad factories are accused of treating their ... Foxconn Factories: How Bad Is It?PC Magazine Foxconn: How to Beat the High Cost of Happy WorkersBusinessWeek Chinese iPad factory workers forced to sign no suicide pactsDigitalJournal.com Digital Media Wire -NewsFactor Network -Hot Hardware all 75 news articles »

Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square - Computerworld Posted: 08 May 2011 02:29 PM PDT Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square Computerworld IDG News Service - Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine, California, architect of silicon for communications ... Broadcom to buy security software firm SC Squaremsnbc.com Broadcom Announces Intent to Acquire SC Square Ltd.PR Newswire (press release) all 31 news articles »

Now, to Find a Parking Spot, Drivers Look on Their Phones - New York Times Posted: 07 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT NDTV.com Now, to Find a Parking Spot, Drivers Look on Their Phones New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — It is the urban driver's most agonizing everyday experience: the search for an empty parking place. A smartphone app in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots. City officials in San Francisco introduced ... San Francisco iPhone App Will Find You a Parking SpotNewser Phone App Helps You Find the Perfect Parking SpotThe Mark all 15 news articles »

Imagining a future MacBook - CNET Posted: 08 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT Social Barrel Imagining a future MacBook CNET The 1.9 pound Toshiba dynabook AZ still serves as a good template for ultralight, ultrathin, relatively high-performance ARM-based laptop. In the wake of the story from SemiAccurate and other, more concrete indications, ... Apple defection would be slap in the face to IntelComputerworld Rumor: Apple plans to move laptops from Intel to ARM processorsApple Insider No, Apple won't be dumping Intel chips for ARM, you craziesVentureBeat PC Magazine -eWeek -The Business Insider all 130 news articles »

Skype bug gives attackers access to Mac OS X machines - Register Posted: 06 May 2011 12:41 PM PDT Social Barrel Skype bug gives attackers access to Mac OS X machines Register Mac users running Skype are vulnerable to self-propagating exploits that allow an attacker to gain unfettered system access by sending a specially manipulated attachment in an instant message, a hacker said. "The long and the short of it is that an ... Report: Skype's Mac Client Has Dangerous ExploitPC Magazine Skype to Fix Wormable Bug in Mac SoftwarePCWorld Security flaw in Skype for Mac fixed, users told to updateDigitaltrends.com Ubergizmo -CNET (blog) -Macgasm all 31 news articles »

Apple May Not Have Bought Nuance But… - TechCrunch Posted: 06 May 2011 08:36 PM PDT Touch Reviews Apple May Not Have Bought Nuance But… TechCrunch This past November, the blogosphere was briefly set on fire when a comment Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made in passing stated that Apple had acquired the voice recognition company Nuance. Wozniak quickly came out and corrected that comment, ... Nuance Deal Could Be Game Changer for Apple's iOS 5PCWorld Briefly: Skype vulnerability; Youku on iPhone; Nuance licensingApple Insider Nuance and Apple recently are working together on iOS 5 projectEmpowered News Gotta Be Mobile -Touch Reviews -tuaw.com all 21 news articles »

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