Apple removes 5,000 apps from App Store – Daily Telegraph

Developers report that Apple has started an App Store crackdown against apps featuring ‘overtly sexual’ content Apple has removed around 5,000 apps from its App Store, including some that it claims feature “overtly sexual” content. Dozens of … Read this except’s full story



NEWS FEATURE – E-books: Battle brews over display alternatives – Embedded.com

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest worry for E Ink, maker of the Vizplex technology used in Amazon’s Kindle and a host of other e-book readers, was the two dozen or so e-paper competitors looking to loosen its grip on the market. Then Steve Jobs … Read this except’s full story



163 Million Smartbooks Expected to Ship in 2015 – Analysts. – Xbitlabs.com

Other chipmakers such as TI and NVIDIA that are producing ARM-based processors are active in this market as well. The first waves of devices are coming from established vendors such as Lenovo and Sharp (even Apple’s iPad is technically a smartbook … Read this except’s full story



Apple purges soft-core porn apps after complaints from parents – Times Online

Apple has purged thousands of risqué iPhone applications from its online App Store to try to clean it up before the sale of the first Apple iPad tablets. Programs that feature sexual content, games or even women in bikinis are no longer acceptable … Read this except’s full story



Windows 7 – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Microsoft on Monday released a slew of updated virtualization tools that should help businesses more easily migrate from their old systems to Windows 7 and Office 2010. Now available are Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 (App-V), App-V 4.6 for … Read this except’s full story