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In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn’t just undermine “the security of the whole Web”. He’s made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.

As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.

Yeah I noticed this little Apple update poping up every time I turn my machine on asking me to install Safari. I don’t want Safari and I wish the popup would leave me alone, but no matter how many times I say no it keeps coming back to bother me…

Nice one Apple!

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The method of dual booting OS’s has been around for a while now, most noticeably/recently with OS X and Windows using Bootcamp on Intel Mac’s. Well looks like this marvelous tool/ability is making its way onto the iPhone thanks to the Dev Team and the recently published instructions form MuscleNerd.

Dual Boot an iPhone! The nerd in me just punched the air!

The new TV+ from Archos is being launched to make sure that Apple don’t get a hold of another digital media market. This new box from the French media player maker does everything the Apple TV does, except for one thing. It does it all better!

It comes with a 250Gb HDD, can record direct from your digital signal, and can play pretty much every media file on your network. Which it can connect to via wired or wireless.

The remote sports a full QWERTY keyboard allowing you to surf the Internet easily on your TV. THe Archos also comes with a whole array of connectivity features, s-video, composite, HDMI, and digital or analogue audio connections.

The 250Gb Archos TV+ can be yours for £176, or £126 for the 80Gb version and as an added bonus you don’t have to connect it to iTunes!

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For years, DRM critics have been arguing that the technology isn’t so much about stopping piracy as it is about taking away traditional fair use privileges and then selling them back to you. I’ve agreed with this for a while, but I never thought I’d see a major DRM vendor admit it so candidly: Steve Jobs has apparently been pitching Hollywood studios on the idea of selling “premium” DVDs that include an iTunes-compatible version of the movie. For an extra $3 or $4, you can buy the privilege of playing your legally-purchased movie on the device of your choice—well, the Apple-manufacturered device of your choice, anyway. Only the DMCA makes this kind of extortion possible.

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The courts have held that “space-shifting” your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs.