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The American Civil Liberties Union in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the US government. The suit alleges that the National Security Agency’s phone monitoring program violates the groups’ first and fourth amendment constitu…

With the announcements at WWDC yesterday, the forums are alive with discussions about the announcements made. Forum-goers quickly started debating the practicality of the upcoming Mac Pro in a thread started by Administrator “reader50” immediately foll…

Apple’s online store currently has a wide selection of refurbished MacBook Air models priced as low as $749 — starting with the 11.6-inch MBA with a 1.7GHz Intel dual-core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of flash storage, which is $749 after a $250 …

Intel, who originally developed Thunderbolt networking technology with the help of Apple (which made it a standard feature on most current Mac products) has revealed that the name of the improved version of Thunderbolt — originally known by its codena…

As the Moscone Center prepares for the capacity crowd to arrive for Apple’s sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference next week, an early clue to the tone and tenor of the convention often comes in the form of the logo and banners put up in preparation …

Cannon Security Products has unveiled the RadioVault — a dual-purpose biometric access safe and iOS device 30-pin dock with integrated radio alarm clock. The hidden security door is reinforced with steel and disguised to look like speakers. Once the …

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An “anonymous party,” likely Samsung or one of its affiliates, has requested the US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) reexamine two design-related patents crucial to the Apple versus Samsung patent battles. One patent being reexamined was responsible for…

Testimony on the second day of Apple’s trial as a defendent against the US Department of Justice on allegations of conspiracy to raise book prices appears to have gone reasonably well for the Cupertino-based electronics giant, with some mixed but frien…

In a move that surprised developers, the Apple developer portal is displaying app icons as perfect squares with sharp edges, rather than the rounded corners normally seen. It is as yet unclear if this is a hint of changes to come in the forthcoming iOS…

As expected, Apple has issued Security Update 2013-002 for older versions of OS X that are limited to the security-oriented changes present in the latest Mountain Lion update, v10.8.4, which was issued earlier today. Updates for Snow Leopard (10.6), th…

Market analysts comScore MobiLens has issued its quarterly report on mobile phone usage derived from data surveys. The latest report continues to demonstrate that both Apple and Samsung are increasing usage marketshare mostly from smaller Android maker…

[Updated with Apple and Samsung statements on the ruling] Despite finding in September that Apple had not violated Samsung’s patent rights and that Samsung didn’t have a “domestic industry” that utilized the patents in dispute, the US International Tra…

Speaking at All Things D’s D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook has credited the company’s senior vice president of industrial design, Jonathan Ive, with helping drive iOS development. Although Ive is better known for his work on physical hardware, Cook …

Among many other topics mentioned during CEO Tim Cook’s talk at D11 today, one bit of genuine previously-unannounced news came out: Apple has hired the former head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, to head up its environmental responsibility efforts. Jackson w…