Reuters reports:

Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. said they have reached an agreement that allow both to use the “iPhone” name, after Cisco sued the iPod maker for using it for a new multimedia phone.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

In a joint statement, they said both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark.

In addition, Cisco and Apple will explore opportunities to work together in the areas of security, and consumer and institutional communications.

ArsTechnica reviewed the newly released final version of Adobe’s “Aperture Killer” – Photoshop Lightroom. Here’s the list of Pros for both apps:

Pros for Lightroom

• More responsive interface
• Faster feedback for edits
• More color correction options
• Much better spot removal and cloning
• Plug-in architecture
• Works well on older hardware/doesn’t rely on a fast video card
• Cross-compatibility with Photoshop via updated Camera RAW
• Multiple filters and adjustments don’t slow down processing
• Better quality non-RAW image adjustment
• History is better than multiple undos

Pros for Aperture

• More control over sharpen
• More color profile and rendering intent options
• Loupe tool is more powerful than just zooming and provides easier quick navigation of image
• Area average settings for white/neutral/black point tool
• Light Table mode
• Vault for one-click backups
• Book printing
• Separate black, gray and white point settings
• Makes a good demo for selling your wife/husband on why you need a new computer when you already have seven

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Steve Jobs writes, “With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to ‘open’ the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future.”

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After quite a long period (one and half years) of active development, my favorite chat client on Mac is finally in it’s glorious 1.0 version. Head over to the official Adium blog for an interesting read on the history of the development of Adium X 1.0:

The big difference between 1.0 and the other releases is that it’s really 2 release cycles combined. We decided around the time that 0.80 came out that we would not be releasing 0.90, and instead forge ahead to 1.0 with a “fix everything” attitude. The additional time spent would allow us, we thought, to create a release that would be truly spectacular. It worked out well, but just not in an acceptable timeframe. We will not ever be doing that again if it can be helped. Taking on too much at once leads to lots of complications and unexpected delays.

Download Adium X 1.0 now »