New and Noteworthy: Cisco, Apple Settle 'iPhone' Dispute; Apple files 8-K to indicate "Apple Inc." name changed; m

Cisco, Apple Settle 'iPhone' Dispute Forbes reports that after an initial skirmish, Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. have agreed to share the 'iPhone' name. "The Silicon Valley tech giants said they have agreed to dismiss any pending legal actions regarding the iPhone trademark. Cisco's lawsuit, which was filed last month in San Francisco federal court, threatened to derail Apple's use of the iPhone name for its much-hyped new iPod-cellular phone gadget. The sleek multimedia device is set to go on sale in June with a retail price starting at $499. The companies said Apple will be allowed to use the name in exchange for exploring wide-ranging interoperability between the companies' products in the areas of security, consumer and business communications." More.

Apple files 8-K to indicate "Apple Inc." name changed Apple has filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating the company's name change from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. The document states "On February 14, 2007, the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. (the "Company") amended the Company's Bylaws (the "Amended Bylaws") effective as of such date.  The amendments reflect the Company's recent name change to Apple Inc., remove obsolete references, generally update the provisions in light of revisions to the California Corporations Code and incorporate other previously filed amendments." More.

Lightroom 1.0 reviewed Macworld has a review of Adobe's photo management and workflow app Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, concluding "For years, the first program serious digital photographers bought and aspired to learn was Photoshop. That?s still true, but many people soon realized that Photoshop?s power may be overkill for most editing needs, and that image management and workflow are often more crucial tasks when working with large numbers of images. With Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, Adobe has recognized this need and responded by building a strong workflow foundation for serious shooters." More.

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• February 15th updates (Security Update 2007-002, DST, Java R5) [#2]: Kernel panics; Device recognition problems
• DiskWarrior 4.0: Some Mac OS X 10.4.x disk directories cannot be rebuilt from Mac OS X 10.3.x

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