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A judge in San Francisco ruled that Psystar, the Florida-based company that installs OS X on its custom Mac-clone computers, infringed on Apple's right to exclusively create derivative works of its software. Psystar's summary judgment against Apple, which argued Apple misused its copyright, was denied. The two companies are expected to go to court in January.

In addition, Psystar was found to be in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by circumventing Apple's protection barrier that prevents installation of its operating system on third-party hardware.

A researcher has discovered a zero-day flaw in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 that could be exploited to remotely crash a computer. Microsoft is aware of the hole and is currently working on a patch. The recommended quick-fix is to disable TCP ports 139 and 445.

"Microsoft is concerned that this new report of a vulnerability was not responsibly disclosed, potentially putting computer users at risk," the advisory said. "We continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities."

Rumor has been circulating the web about a possible release of Google's Chrome OS within the coming week. Chrome OS is an open source operating system built on top of a Linux kernel that focuses on web-driven applications. It is believed that the OS will initially be geared towards netbooks with full desktop and laptop support coming shortly.

Launching the OS as soon as possible makes sense, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I would expect the Chrome OS will show up shortly because they need the ecosystem ready by the end of 2010," he told TechNewsWorld.

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