A somewhat sensationalist press release from Russian forensic-cryptology company ElComSoft claims that it can “crack” passwords users put on documents created in Apple’s iWork software (which comprises Pages, Numbers and Keynote). However, the company admits that the attack is just a variation on a brute-force cracking method that attempts to guess the password….

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Apple’s lawsuit retaliation continued on Friday after it sued Motorola in the US over 3G patent issues. The iPhone designer sought to block Motorola from making patent violation accusations based on its use of Qualcomm’s MDM6610 cellular chipset as well as any others it might use

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Mashable – There’s a rumor going around that Google is planning some kind of home-entertainment device — possibly and answer to the (also rumored) Apple iTV. Apparently Google’s living-room product will be Google-branded, controlled via Android phone or tablet and may eventually expand to do things like control your room lights or kitchen gear. It really sounds like a wonder gadget.

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Apple has updated its “iPad in Business” promotional page with a new profile, the Theatre Consultants Collaborative. The firm designs and builds theater spaces around the world, and Apple is marketing the iPad as an essential part of TCC operations

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A Mizuho Securities hire, Abhey Lamba, has started Apple coverage at his new firm with a $635 target, says Barron’s. The analyst argues that Apple will continue to succeed, and that Wall Street consensus figures are probably too low, despite more intense competition. Android smartphones are mainly taking away share from Nokia and Research in Motion, not the iPhone, he notes…

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Motorola has failed in its bid to force another 3G/UMTS-based patent injunction against Apple in the Mannheim Regional Court, according to Foss Patents. German Judge Andreas Voss dismissed the evidence presented in court by Motorolaís lawyers on the grounds that it had failed to demonstrate conclusive evidence that Apple had infringed upon the patent in question.

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More if indirect support for an early March iPad 3 launch came Thursday night through assertions that Apple was in “crunch mode” rounding up apps to demo the tablet. The rumor’s sources at The Next Web had Apple stepping up the process of finding apps that would showcase the new iPad’s very high resolution display. Apple was focusing on “graphics-oriented applications with high-definition assets,” the tipsters said….

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The ability of Apple to dominate the telecom industry while only selling about nine percent of all handsets comes mainly from its ability to leverage a healthy profit off its products, something most of the other manufacturers are unable to do, according to a new report from Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley. Apple earned 80 percent of all profits in cell handsets (both feature and smartphone) with an operating margin of 47 percent, about nine times the industry average…

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As promised, activists representing Change.org and SumOfUs delivered petitions to Apple Stores in New York City, Washington, San Francisco, London, Sydney and Bangalore on Thursday, according to AdAge.

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Apple has been exploring the idea of a 3D iOS interface that reacts to its surroundings, a newly-published patent application reveals. Called Three Dimensional User Interface Effects on a Display by Using Properties of Motion, the document notes that products like the iPhone have the benefit of numerous different sensors, such as accelerometers, compasses, cameras, and GPS receivers. “However, current systems do not take into account the location and position of the device on which the virtual 3D environment is being rendered,” Apple writes.

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