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Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” users: Apple has just released the next major update, version 10.7.3. Here are the details straight from Software Update:

Mac OS X 10.7.3 Software Update Info:

The 10.7.3 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac including fixes that:

• Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support
• Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X
• Resolve issues authenticating with directory services
• Address compatibility issues with Windows file sharing

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5048

For information on the security content of this update, please visit:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Today’s Apple Special Event was all about book, specifically textbooks and iBooks 2. You can watch it here:

• Apple Special Event: January 2012
• Apple in Education: The textbook. Reinvented for iPad.

Via the Apple web site:

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com

Steve Jobs has officially resigned from his CEO position at Apple:

• Apple: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
• WSJ: Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

At his own request Jobs will take over as Chairman of the Board. He has also recommended current COO Tim Cook take over as CEO.

As usual, John Gruber at Daring Fireball provides some nice insight:

• daring fireball: resigned

Today’s announcement is just one more step, albeit a big and sad one, in a long-planned orderly transition — a transition that no one wanted but which could not, alas, be avoided. And as ever, he’s doing it his way.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Apple should be very flattered indeed by this complete (and completely bogus) knockoff of their brick-and-mortar Apple Stores in China:

• Are you listening, Steve Jobs?

You have already guessed the punchline, of course: this was a total Apple store ripoff. A beautiful ripoff – a brilliant one – the best ripoff store we had ever seen (and we see them every day).

What’s really amazing to me is even the people working in the store think they’re working for Apple!