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Apple

Adobe targets Apple in ad campaign launched today, publishes open letter from founders
If you don't know what we're talking about, it's the advertisements that start with "We [heart] Apple." Along with the web ads, the company has also snagged a full page in today's Washington Post to address the battle in which the two companies have been engaged . All of this links back to a new statement from Adobe, as well as an open letter from founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock ("Our thoughts on open markets"), addressing Apple's recent spate of clear and direct attacks against the company and its products.

Gizmodo e-mail to Jobs: 'We have nothing to lose'

The affidavit, prepared by detective Matthew Broad in the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, says Jobs contacted Gizmodo editor Brian Lam on April 19, the same day the gadget blog published a story about the 4G iPhone.

Jobs requested via phone that the blog's editors return the device--but Lam refused to do so, unless a company would confirm that it was Apple's.

Microsoft

Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity With Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for business customers worldwide. More than 90 million businesses can now deploy the 2010 suite of products, and customers can expect to see significant productivity gains and greater return on their software investments.

Hardware

New hard drive write method packs in one terabit per inch
In a paper in Nature Photonics this week, researchers describe a way to combine two hard drive writing methods to store data at densities of up to one terabit per square inch, and suggest the media could be stable up to ten terabits per square inch.

Online

The Real Story Behind Twitter's Ridiculous Follow Bug
...a Twitter bug let anyone force anyone to follow their accounts . It was a hilariously simple trick, and equally bizarre. Even better? This bug was discovered by accident, by a Turkish Twitter user. Here's what happened.


Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking
Which is longer, the United States Constitution or Facebook ’s Privacy Policy?

If you guessed the latter, you’re right. Facebook’s Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.

Personal cellphone data end up for sale at Mexico flea market
...They were proved right last month when the confidential data of millions of Mexicans from official state registries suddenly became available for a few thousand dollars at Mexico City's wild Tepito flea market.

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Your Turn
So, did I miss anything? What online story really got you going this week? Link to it in the comments!

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New hard drive write method packs in one terabit per inch... this is going to be expensive.