[SGVLUG] Unauthorized iPhone app stores emerging

[matti]

Well, it's not news that other sales channels
are opening up, but that apple may try to
squash them...


Unauthorized iPhone app stores emerging
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10190573-94.html

..
"So far, Apple hasn't taken any legal action against companies preparing their own iPhone app stores. But the Journal [WSJ] noted that Apple appears to be preparing a legal case. Last month, the company filed a 27-page statement with the U.S. Copyright Office, making the case that modifying the software on the iPhone is illegal."
...

best
matti


-- and on other news --

Firm 'sold workers' secret data'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7927487.stm


Doctors try to silence negative reviews from patients
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/03/doctors-try-to-silence-negative-reviews-from-patients.ars
[ I've seen this one elsewhere also.. scary.. ]


WHAT did they say!?!?!
State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe 
http://news.slashdot.org/news/09/03/05/215209.shtml