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Apple and Google offered bids between $150 million and $250 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. Those bids, however, could climb quickly come Wednesday as the two companies fight to keep Kodak’s patents out of each other’s hands.Kodak’s patent auction may not bring in as much cash as it wantsApple partnered with Microsoft is…

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak (via AFP) Cloud-based computing will experience “horrible problems” in the coming years, according to comments made Saturday by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Issues surrounding security and content ownership will create a “horrendous” atmosphere for users over the next five years, the tech icon predicted. Mr. Wozniak made his comments following a…

Macs played an important role in landing Curiosity on MarsMission specialists had rows of MacBook Pro laptops up and running as they monitored the probe and the spacecraft that carried it to Mars. So many Macs, in fact, that seeing a lone ThinkPad in the mix seemed out of place.And yes, those Macs were running…

Apple is reportedly in talks to acquire The Fancy, a social e-commerce site in the style of Pinterest, according to information obtained Saturday by Business Insider. With the acquisition, Apple allegedly hopes to grab a slice of the growing e-commerce market, expanding the choices for the company’s 400 million iTunes customers from digital media to…

It’s time for another episode of TMO’s App Highlights, featuring a little sum’ sum’ for everyone. But if you don’t see your particular brand of something here, definitely let me know in the comments. I am an equal-opportunity sum’ sum’ writer. Amazon Instant Video Depending on where your video interests lie, Amazon has been one…

Sir Jon, who doubles as Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design when he’s not being a knight, made the comments during a presentation at the British Business conference. The event is being held in London alongside the 2012 Olympics to help promote British business and culture. “We nearly shelved the phone because we thought…

The ruling covered the ‘218 and ‘335 patents, two of the key patents that Kodak is trying to sell as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. Apple has claimed that the patents are based on technology that Kodak misappropriated from a technology sharing agreement between the two companies dating back to the 1990s. Judge Gropper essentially…

“Contrary to the representations Apple’s counsel made to this Court, Samsung did not issue a general press release and more importantly, did not violate any Court Order or any legal or ethical standards,” Samsung’s legal team said in a court filing, according to CNET.Samsung says sending journalists excluded evidence was OKSamsung had hoped to convince…

AMD hires Jim Keller away from Apple“Jim is one of the most widely respected and sought-after innovators in the industry and a very strong addition to our engineering team,” said Mark Papermaster, AMD’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology and engineering. Mr. Papermaster is a former Apple alum, too, having left the…

GoSmart has introduced a pair of styluses that advance the stylus technology by using a Teflon impregnated stainless steel nib. It looks like a miniature radio antenna, but has very specific design elements that assist the stylus user. Plus, they look good and feel good in the hand. _________________ If you’ve been following this series…

HTC taking Apple to court over standards essential patentsHTC claimed Apple is using its patents without licensing, although so far the smartphone maker hasn’t been very successful in keeping its complaint in front o a judge. Five of the eight patents in its complaint were tossed out by an ITC Judge for lack of standing,…

Apple first notified iWork.com subscribers in March that the service was shutting down, then reminded users in May to copy their files back to their computer from the website to avoid losing any data. Any files stored in iWork.com accounts will be lost after today if they aren’t backed up to other locations.iWork.com users aren’t…

  Cirrus Logic announced results for the June quarter on Monday, and Mr. Um noticed that the company is, “anticipating a solid ramp and guided September quarter revenues to increase roughly 70% sequentially.” The company, “expects a further ramp into the December quarter.” More specifically, the firm guided investors to 70 percent sequential increase in…

 Sir Jonathan Ive“Our goal isn’t to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it’s the truth,” said Ive. “Our goal and what gets us excited is to try to make great products. We trust that if we are successful people will like them,…

Grand Central Apple Store Credit: Apple Apple leased the space in mid-2011 in a deal that included Apple buying out the then-current leaseholder, restaurant Metrazur, for US$5 million. That price was negotiated between the MTA, Apple, and the restaurant long before the bid process was opened to the public. The state’s comptroller’s office announced the…

According to Patently Apple, the first patent in question was filed in October 2005 and awarded in April 2010 and covers “a method and system for matching speech data.” The second covers a “speech recognition system” and was filed in December 2002 and awarded in September 2007. Siri was introduced in October 2011. The lawsuit covers…

Shin Nishibori Source: COVO Mr. Nishibori is at the center of a tempest in a teapot stirred up by Samsung over some 2006 design work he did for Apple. He was reportedly tasked by Apple’s designer-in-chief Jonny Ive to show what an iPhone designed by Sony might look like. Samsung wants to use that to…

The Maxthon Browser for the MacMaxthon for the Mac has just been released. It’s a beta version (and requires OS X 10.6 or later) so it only has a fraction of the feature set that the finished product will sport, but at this point it has at least one trick that Safari cannot do and…

Apple’s new ads are great for the right marketSince the cessation of the renown “”I’m a Mac” ads starring Justin Long and John Hodgman, every Apple ad I can think of has featured an iOS device — pimarily the iPhone or iPad. Apple’s new spots put the spotlight squarely Back on the Mac, and while…

The legal battle started in March 2011 with Apple filing a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Northern California claiming Amazon “unlawfully used the App Store mark to solicit software developers.”Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said at the time that Apple “asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead…

Bankrupt Kodak has 10 patents that Apple has laid claim to involving technology that allows previews of photographs to be displayed on LCD screens. The patents have brought in billions in licensing fees over the years, and Kodak wants to keep them as part of a 700 patent portfolio the company is trying to auction…

TMO’s Artist Rendition of Possible Apple Ad Judge Colin Birss issued a ruling on July 18th ordering Apple to post notices on its site and in UK newspapers stating that Samsung hadn’t copied Apple. This followed an earlier ruling where Judge Birss said Samsung’s devices simply weren’t cool enough to be considered copies of Apple’s…

“We are really excited to be here,” Mr. De Atley said during his opening remarks at what AFP described as a packed Caesars Palace ballroom. He added, “When we were developing the iPhone we realized there were aspects that make it different from computers.” The Black Hat conference is an annual gathering of security professionals…

 TMO Artist’s Rendition of Apple’s Argument “Samsung’s documents show the similarity of Samsung’s products is no accident or, as Samsung would have it, a ‘natural evolution,’” Apple argued in a court briefing uncovered by AllThingsD. “Rather, it results from Samsung’s deliberate plan to free-ride on the iPhone’s and iPad’s extraordinary success by copying their iconic…