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We’ve been fielding a number of tips this morning from eager Apple users who have been experiencing issues downloading Apple’s latest operating system update. There’s the usual round of server errors that come with major software upgrades and some issues with those download codes provided for folks who recently picked up a new Mac. We confirmed the issue with Apple support, who told us to try again in about an hour. Have your Mountain Lion dreams been temporarily put on hold? Let us know in the poll below, and please sound off in the comments.

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Poll: Are you having problems downloading Mountain Lion? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yesterday saw Microsoft publicly unpack Office 15. Part of the deal was the forthcoming dedicated OneNote MX Metro-styled app. While we knew it was coming, it was one of the few things we didn’t manage to get much time with. It looks like we might not have to wait that long though, as it’s the first of new gang to be up for grabs. It’s available to download now, from the Windows Store in Windows 8 Release Preview, just set a final reminder in your current note taking app to go get it.

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OneNote MX Metro-styled app for Windows 8 now available for download originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week it seems that the collective known as Anonymous has taken to picking up trash in the streets in order to push forth as a positive force in the world of activist computer hacking. This protest has been made against a recent revision of Japanese laws against illegal downloads of media on the web. This protest is an effort to show the world that Anonymous is not a terrorist organization, instead representing themselves with an act of public good to show their dissent against what they feel are unfair internet laws.

It was a collection of 80 members of the Anonymous conglomeration that hit the street this week in Tokyo, complete with their V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes masks and their iconic black suits as well. They hit Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward and made a quick thing of it, making sure there were plenty of photographers around to capture the event as it went down.

The folks in Anonymous have been vocal, for their part, in letting the world know that they feel Japan has not done an adequate job of representing the full truth about the laws they’re protesting and the changes that have been made in Japanese law as of late regarding web downloads. This protest has been called just one of many upcoming “Cleaning Service” protests Anonymous has said they’ll be making, with future litter removal dates planned for the future around the world.

Hopefully they’ll be showing up in your local town soon, clean streets as a protest for everyone!

[via Japan Daily Press]

Anonymous picks up litter in latest protest effort is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Not all of the numbers are bad around RIM headquarters. The company’s celebrating the big three billion — that’s the number of app downloads it’s seen since the launch of App World. According to RIM, that number amounts to 2.5 million downloads a day — certainly nothing to sneeze at. Naturally, Research in Motion is using the opportunity to do some “myth busting,” regarding the perceived lack of selection for BlackBerry handsets and the PlayBook tablet. At present, there are 90,000 apps “up for sale” through the mobile app market.

RIM marks three billion BlackBerry app downloads, wants to set the record straight about App World originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google has opted to deliver Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as an OTA update to the ICS already on the Nexus phones and tablets it just handed everyone at I/O 2012, and there’s a manual download link available too. As Android Police notes, only GSM phones running the IMM330D firmware will take the update (which you probably don’t have, although a fresh phone from the initial Google Play run might work.) With this release already in the wild it’s surely only a matter of time before various third parties open it up to a wider variety of hardware. As always with early and somewhat untested software YMMV, keep an eye on those XDA Developers threads for the latest updates.

Update: Just that quickly, an SDK port has already popped up for the HTC One X. Of course, it’s described as unstable and the author has no plans to try to fix the numerous problems but if you’re desperate to see Jelly Bean you can, you just probably shouldn’t.

Update 2: And almost as quickly, a rooted version for ClockWorkMod Recovery and ROM Manager has appeared. Check the latest thread for all the details.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preview download is live, probably won’t work on your Galaxy Nexus — yet (Update) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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