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While the desktop is still legal, Rich Brown unboxes the first Mac clone in years: the Psystar Open Computer.
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At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Mozilla Foundation Chairman Mitchell Baker talks about the company's plans to enter the smartphone market with Fennec, a mobile version of its Firefox browser. She also discusses how the new, open platform will encourage Web 2.0 application development.
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