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Larry Bodine’s recent commentary detailing his Macintosh G5 frustrations brought out the worst in some Mac fans. His less than flattering opinions induced what editor Monica Bay calls “raw rage.” Bay responds to a few bad Appleheads, not the whole bunch.

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When changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure become official on Dec. 1, who picks up the tab when a nonparty to the case must conduct e-discovery? John F. Baughman and H. Chrisopher Boehning, litigation partners at Paul Weiss in New York, weigh how Rule 45 may shift the costs of EDD.

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Adobe Systems Inc. is contributing some of the computer code behind its widely used Flash player to the Mozilla Foundation — the largest code contribution it has received — so the code can be improved upon and blended into an upcoming version of Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser.

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Daniel G. Rhodes, Foley & Lardner’s IT director, faces the challenge of enabling attorneys to securely exchange large files. To put users in charge, not IT support, he tries a user-friendly but secure file-transfer appliance. See the results so far.

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Microsoft Corp. has upgraded its online mapping service to include three-dimensional tours of 15 U.S. cities, another step in its pursuit of Internet search leader Google Inc. Microsoft is hoping to upstage Google’s popular “Earth” software.

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While Yahoo Inc.’s reported flirtation with AOL highlights the company’s struggles to catch up with Google Inc., Yahoo isn’t just looking outwardly. The company is betting that a new, internally developed search platform will make it more competitive with its rival.

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It’s election day, and it’s time to cast your vote: Firefox 2.0 or Internet Explorer 7? Attorney and media consultant Robert J. Ambrogi finds much to like in both Web browsers. But with IE 7′s upgrades, Internet observers are finding the two harder to tell apart. Which side are you on?

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Microsoft Corp. has embraced Novell Inc.’s open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists who want to make it easier for the still-dominant Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together.

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In-house lawyers are late bloomers in the blogosphere, but their numbers are growing. They post serious points on issues such as public policy and emerging tech. And, as Sun Microsystems GC Matt Dillon puts it: “Lawyers are closet authors and want to be Grisham or Thoreau.”

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Reporter Anick Jesdanun’s first reaction to Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer 7 was “no big deal.” After trying it out, however, she found enough improvements to justify switching to IE7 — except that rivals like Mozilla’s Firefox have been pushing forward as well.

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