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Apple News: It’s Time For Apple To Unleash A Major Software Overhaul The Apple backlash is in full swing right now. But it really started this summer. In our office, the people who review gadgets started grumbling that iOS was stale. These grumbles were crystallized in Farhad Manjoo’s story for Slate titled, “The iPhone is Boring.” Manjoo wrote, “Apple’s mobile platform used to be unquestionably the best smartphone operating system…

Mac News: Apple copycats still on the loose? New reports accuse HP of copying Apple’s keyboard and trackpad designs, and Samsung of copying the company’s earphones. HP has just unveiled its new Spectre One all-in-one, which has been greeted by negative comments about the very familiar design of the wireless trackpad and keyboard that accompany the Windows 8 computer. Read full story => Macworld UK Technology News: Building Canada’s Cloud Identity…

Mac News: Bruce Willis goes after Apple over iTunes music ownership    Die Hard trilogy star Bruce Willis is reportedly considering legal actions against Apple over iTunes policy which governs the ownership of digital music files. The actor has amassed a music collection worth thousands of dollars that is being accessed via “many, many iPods”.     Read full story => iDownloadBlog Technology News: Scientists to announce quantum chip technology…

Mac News: How to Enable “Save As” functionality in Mountain Lion OS X    Are you one of those who have not liked the fact that ‘Save As’ functionality is no more there in OS X Mountain Lion? And are you one of those who secretly wish it back there in this operating system? If your answer to these questions is a ‘Yes’, then we have a good news for…

Mac News: Samsung’s ‘Beat Apple’ files: Are these the smoking guns?    The tech reporters covering the big Apple v. Samsung trial last week feasted on the testimony of two senior Apple (AAPL) vice presidents and their carefully selected secrets from inside One Infinite Loop. But it was Apple’s grilling of its final witness Friday — Samsung’s chief strategy officer Justin Denison — that most interested me. His testimony gave the…