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HTC, a manufacturer of several phones containing the Android mobile operating system, retaliated against Apple Wednesday with a complaint to a federal agency aimed at blocking further importation of iPhones, iPods and iPads into the United States. The complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission claims those products infringe on five HTC patents.

HTC Retaliates With Apple Patent Punch

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Turn on an Android OS phone, and that little yellow robot pops up all over the touchscreen like R2D2 on bionic steroids. A mini-chorus line of them shows up first, then just one robot decides to play hide and seek with you; there he is peeking out from the left side of the screen. Now he's upside down, waving at you with a tiny cyber-arm.

Strategy Wars: Android's Wide-Open Assault vs. Apple's Tight Grip

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With Apple's announcement on Friday regarding availability of the iPad in nine new countries later this month, a number of potential customers expressed dismay at the apparent higher prices in those countries relative to those in the United States. Several of those customers took the time to email Apple CEO Steve Jobs with complaints on the issue, two of whom shared his identical responses with us.

Steve Jobs Weighs in on iPad International Pricing and Taxes

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World of Apple reports that Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6.4, termed Build 10F46, to developers. The report notes that the update currently weighs in at 573.1 MB and asks developers to focus on GraphicsDrivers, SMB, USB, VoiceOver, and VPN. Apple also highlights nearly a dozen issues addressed in the update and lists one known issue in the current build involving an error message with fonts.

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.4 Build 10F46 to Developers

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Do you want hemlock, or will a cyanide capsule do? That was Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson's response to a question being debated in the Linux blogosphere in recent days. Specifically, is Apple or Microsoft worse for FOSS? Cupertino was the choice of Alastair Otter, the blogger who originally raised the question. Apple is an even bigger threat than Microsoft, he asserted.

Apple vs. Microsoft: Linux Bloggers Pick Their Poison