Original: Apple and Palm kicked a lot of dirt at each other last week -- acting Apple CEO Tim Cook flatly told analysts that "We will not stand for people ripping off our IP" when asked specifically about competition like the Palm Pre, and Palm responded with a similarly-explicit "We have the tools necessary to defend ourselves." 

Shrinked: $appl & $palm kckd a lot of drt at ch thr lst wk -- ctng $appl CEO Tim Cook fltly tld nlysts tht "We won't stnd 4 ppl rppng off our IP" whn skd spcfclly abt cmpttn lk the $palm Pre, & $palm rspndd wth a smlrly-explicit "We hv the tls ncssry 2 dfnd rslvs."