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The Mac OS version of Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam will be released on May 12, the company last night confirmed, “Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12. Please stay tuned for more information,

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Adobe’s CEO didn’t mince words on his feelings for Steve Jobs’ comments earlier today. 

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Initial manufacture of 5-megapixel cameras for Apple

HP buys Palm, Bono gets some money back, HP gets mobile, WinMob may face new competition, speculators speculate, weathermen try to see which way the wind blows, watch the skies, all interesting. Ahem, HP’s Press Release says:

HP and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors. 

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Things may get serious in the case of the lost iPhone 4, with Gizmodo

Apple once again takes a top slot in this year

AdMob has released new data offering mutiple insights into the mobile ads market, not least the really rather curious statistic that nearly 30 per cent of first-gen iPhones are still in use.

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iSuppli has moved to pour some cold water on those recent ARM for Apple acquisition rumours, saying such a move would be of little value for Cupertino.

The iSuppli comments follow a denial of the reports from ARM chief executive, Warren East, who said,

News this morning: the man behind The Boy Genius report has been revealed, and it is Jonathan Geller.

Geller took his kimono off for a public naming early this morning when he announced the acquisition of BGR by Mail.com Media Corp. (MMC).

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Following rumours last week that Apple may (or may not) be plotting an ARM takeover, we read yet more cafuffle from the processor and graphics industry, this time involving a move by Apple-part-owned company, Imagination, to take a shot at ARM.

What the story is:

OK, Rixstep isn’t looking entirely credible at this point, is it?

Whispers emanating from Apple developers suggest the company will begin signing devs up to the Mac OS X 10.7 developer program by early autumn 2010. Updates at the end of the tale.
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Following those exciting ARM/Apple takeover rumours, ARM chief exec, Warren East, has cast some cooling balm upon the party.

Nokia is feeling the pain as Apple

Apple has slammed Adobe right back in the latter

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Steam for Mac went into Beta today.  MacStories found some interesting screenshots:

The Mac version of the hugely popular gaming application is very similar to the Windows counterpart, with the same overall colours and look and feel as Valve. Games are accessed in the Library and you can browse the Store.

In early March the company said Portal 2 will be Valve’s first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows when it ships this Holiday season.

“Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step,” said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead.

“We’re always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac.

Things between Google and Apple takes on a weird new twist on news the search giant has purchased a stealth start-up featuring some of the top flight processor people the iPhone-maker originally bought into the fold on its $278 million purchase of PA Semi.

Reuters’ PEHub informs us Google has acquired Agnilux, a firm comprised of ex-Apple folk, including several key PA Semi people, including that company

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