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It’s going to be a very happy holiday season for Apple — overall Mac sales in the United States were up 21 percent year over year in October and November, according to the NPD Group. Another analysis firm, Gartner, projects that smartphone sales will increase over the next few years, with software, services and content being much bigger drivers than hardware.

I feared that the Apple vs Psystar battle would just fizzle out, but it’s ending with a strong punch as Apple Insider reports that Apple has been granted a permanent injunction against Psystar, marking the end of shady Mac clones.

Apparently Psystar has until the final second of this year, midnight on December 31, to cease all of these activities:

• Copying, selling, offering to sell, distributing or creating derivative works of Mac OS X without authorization from Apple.
• Intentionally inducing, aiding, assisting, abetting or encouraging any other person or entity to infringe Apple’s copyrighted Mac OS X software.
• Circumventing any technological measure that effectively controls access Mac OS X, including, but not limited to, the technological measure used by Apple to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X on non-Apple computers.
• Playing any part in a product intended to circumvent Apple’s methods for controlling Mac OS X, such as the methods used to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X on non-Apple computers.
• Doing anything to circumvent the rights held by Apple under the Copyright Act with respect to Mac OS X.

It’s noted that those rules laid down by judge William Alsup may not apply to “Psystar’s Rebel EFI software, a $50 application that allows certain Intel-powered PCs to run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard,” so this may not be the last we hear of the company. For now though, we can enjoy a few moments of quiet after this legal knockout. [Apple Insider]

Ars Technica puts font to screen explaining how, even after the jump to version 10.6 Snow Leopard (and several updates), Apple’s own Mac OS X Server still fails to integrate push notification and other compatibility for the iPhone:

The iPhone’s e-mail, contact, and calendar features integrate poorly into a Mac OS X Server environment, [...]

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Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server Not Playing Nicely with iPhone?

Release date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:00 GMT

CWmike writes “Microsoft’s Windows ran to stay in place last month as Window 7’s market share gains made up for the largest-ever declines in Windows XP and Vista, data released today by Web metrics firm Net Applications showed. By these numbers, Windows 7’s gains were primarily at the expense of Windows XP. For each copy of Vista replaced by Windows 7 during November, more than six copies of XP were swapped out. Meanwhile, Apple’s Mac OS X lost share during November… betcha Ballmer is having an extra giddy time with that news. Linux came up a winner last month, returning to the 1% share mark for the first time since July. Linux’s all-time high in Net Applications’ rankings was May 2009, when it nearly reached 1.2%.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

I don’t know whether it is a positive trend towards enhanced experiences or early signs of ADHD, but these days I have 3 screens with me in the living room. I am sitting on the sofa with the TV on, the laptop on my lap (or on the coffee table) and my mobile by my [...]

Japanese monitor makers Ilyama have released a new multi-touch enabled monitor for the UK.

With touchscreens beginning to make a major splash following the release of the touch-friendly Windows 7, Ilyama has decided that the time is right to release the T2250MTS monitor.

As the name suggests, this monitor is a 22-inch Windows compliant panel with the all important multi-touch capability.

Multi-touch means you can pinch, stretch, highlight and rotate to your heart’s content on your PC.

16:9 1920 x 1080

“The Multi-touch monitor is feature packed with true 16:9 High Definition and a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 showing it doesn’t compromise on image quality, says Ilyama.

“It also combines fast 5ms response time with 1000:1 Contrast Ratio and 270cd/m2 typical brightness.

“Eco-friendly, it has 1W max power output in standby mode and connectivity inputs of Analogue and DVI guarantees compatibility with all Apple Mac and PC computers.”

The cost of the monitor is set at £239, with the UK release date set as December; just in time for Christmas.

Regarding that picture making its way across the internet, the one at Microsoft’s invitation-only Mobius event where Big Redmond discusses their secret plans for all things Microsoft and Zune, and heartless bloggers show up with Apple Mac hardware…

Yes, that’s our very own editor-in-chief, Dieter Bohn hard-left in the pic, and he assures us, even as [...]

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Regarding that Mostly-Mac Image from Microsoft’s Mobile Event

Apple would argue that Microsoft has been ripping off its Mac OS GUI ever since Windows was first introduced, a notion Microsoft has dismissed on more than one occasion. That being the case, we’re willing to bet the Redmond company isn’t too thrilled that one of its managers is flapping his gums about Windows 7 taking a liberal cue from Mac OS X.

"One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use," said Simon Aldous, partner group manager with Microsoft. "What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 — whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format — is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics."

Spending a little time with the redesigned Taskbar is all it takes to see what Aldous is talking about, and it’s not too difficult to find other similarities, either. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, though it’s not something you want to flaunt if you’re Microsoft, or one of Microsoft’s managers. These types of admissions have a way of ending up twisted, taken out of context, and capitalized on by Mac OS pitchmen Justin Long and John Hodgman.

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