A few tech stories from around the web

Here are some great links to our pick of this weeks tech stories – enjoy!

Apple blocks rival smartphones – From The BBC
Apple have blocked a loophole in iTunes, which allowed devices, like the Palm Pre, to pretend they were an iPhone.

Making sense of the ’1984′ Kindle kerfuffle – From Cnet
In a move of monumental stupidity, Amazon decided to delete books from Kindle owners remotely! Amazon were surprised by Kindle owners complaints, and have said they won’t do this again.

Yahoo and Microsoft said to be close to search deal – From The NY Times
Once again, the on-off search deal between Yahoo and Microsoft looks as if it just could be back on again.

And finally….

Twitter and the cloud – From The Tech News Blog
What are the lessons for cloud computing users and providers, after a raft of embarrassing documents from Twitter are published by a hacker?