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It isn’t until you start studying the specs, however, that you discover that the most significant changes in the new nano are not what features have been added, but what have been subtracted. To fully appreciate how much has disappeared, I went back and listened to last year’s September 2009 iPod Event. The new nano was…

Like in the U.S., ACN members must pass Apple Certification exams for support professionals, technical coordinators or system administrators. They’re also required to pay an annual £329 membership fee.ACN members get a listing on Apple’s Web site, product discounts, online training, and more. As the U.K. program grows, Apple will likely add a more robust…

Amazon.com was offering pre-release orders of the iLife 11 Family Pack for US$99, although its unclear if anyone successfully completed the order process before the listing was pulled.Apple hasn’t announced a new version of the iLife suite yet. The most recent release was iLife 09 which shipped in January 2009. The suite includes iPhoto, iMovie,…

 Just what we needed—another reason not to get up off the couch. Logitech’s Touch Mouse turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless mouse, perfect for those moments when you want to do something on your computer without actually touching it. Although the application and its accompanying computer server software is slightly more involved…

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 is a SDHC memory card for your digital camera.  What sets it apart from other memory cards is that it contains a tiny WiFi radio.  This gives you the ability to send your pictures to your computer or online sharing site, without having to plug your camera or memory card into…

iTunes 10 users can keep on top of what their favorite bands and artists are up to, see when and where concerts will be, and purchase tickets to events in the application.“We are thrilled to power the concert listings feature on iTunes and deliver this new and simple way for millions of iTunes users to…

Apple announced iTunes 10 Wednesday during its annual Fall media event. The new version of the company’s media management and playback software (and online music, video, and application store) gets an updated icon for the first time, and the company added a new social networking platform called Ping, as well.During the media event, Apple CEO…

“The industry was abuzz that this business unit was on the market, and there were a number of competing companies for it,” Mr. Otellini said. “I think [Apple was] very happy that Intel won the bid.”Infineon builds 3G wireless chips, and Apple has been among the company’s clients. According to Intel, the Infineon Wireless Solutions…

“Contractors must deal fairly with the government when doing business with federal agencies,” commented Department of Justice Civil Division assistant attorney general Tony West. “As this case demonstrates, we will take action against those who seek to taint the government procurement process with illegal kickbacks.”HP’s settlement was part of a larger DOJ investigation into companies…

ATI’s product lines will continue with the same names, according to The Tech Report, but with an AMD label. The company also has plans to roll out new products that include its own microprocessors bundled with Radeon graphics tech on a single chip.AMD plans to release Radeon and FirePro products later this year that don’t…

The source of the strobe was not Devine in nature, nor was Donna Summer mutely sympathizing with bad girls. The light came from a school bus that happened to be loitering outside my home. School is now in session here in Central Florida, and as I made my way to work (TMO Towers South) through…

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Interval Research Corporation, a company that Mr. Allen co-founded in 1992 with David Liddle, by Interval Licensing. Interval Research closed its doors in 2000, but its patents are apparently still alive and kicking, and under the watchful care of Mr. Allen’s Interval Licensing.Along with Apple, Google, Facebook, Office…

As part of the deal with the FTC, Reverb agreed to pull all of the reviews it posted to stack its clients App Store ratings, and also agreed to include proper disclosure in its client promotional efforts, according to the New York Times. The company isn’t, however, being hit with any fines or penalties.“It became…

“Kindle is the best-selling product on Amazon.com for two years running and our new generation Kindles are continuing that momentum,” Steven Kessel, senior vice president, Amazon Kindle, said in a statement. The Kindle is Amazon’s own ebook reader, a dedicated device for reading ebooks, newspapers, and magazines. Many see the Kindle as being in competition…

O2 gave phone makers a list of 63 questions that it used to rank products on a scale of one to five. The questions covered the ecological impact of the device’s raw materials, how long the devices will likely last, energy efficiency, and ease of reuse or recycling.The environmental activist group Greenpeace took the opportunity…

The patents Apple claims HTC is infringing on relate to the iPhone interface, the device’s hardware, display technology and the underlying architecture.In its answer, HTC asserts that Apple’s infringement claims are invalid “for failure to comply with one or more of the conditions for patentability set forth in Title 35 of the United States Code,…

“The happy client from the United States ordered a ten minute show with Brees Kelly but was satiated enough to hang up after just over five minutes,” the company said in a statement. FaceTime is the video call platform Apple announced with iPhone 4 that allows users to speak face-to-face with the iPhone 4’s front-facing…

“He had over $150,000 stored in shoe boxes,” Department of Justice Attorney Michelle Kane said in court. “We have identified a significant number of accounts overseas and a significant amount of money.”Ms. Kane made the revelation during a hearing to decide Mr. Devine’s bail. Ultimately the court ordered Mr. Devine to transfer an undiscloded amount…

The L5 Remote from L5 Technology is the fourth* in a series of universal remote control hardware/app combinations I’m reviewing. Like the first three I tested, it can control most of your electronic entertainment devices — televisions, AV receivers, cable boxes, and such — as long as they use an infrared remote control. Compatible with…

Wireless document syncing, for example. Why don’t we have it? In fact, why don’t we have wireless everything syncing? Apple manages to sync my contacts, email, and even my browser bookmarks, so what is so hard about documents? I’ve been using Pages to write my articles on my iPad. I enjoy Pages as a word…

Flash Player 10.1 comes pre-installed on the Droid 2, a new smartphone that runs Google’s Android 2.2 operating system, marking the first time what Adobe is calling a full-featured Flash Player for mobile devices is not only available, but is also ready to go without any downloads out of the box.Thanks to the Adobe Flash…

“Today’s security approach does not fully address the billions of new Internet-ready devices connecting, including mobile and wireless devices, TVs, cars, medical devices and ATM machines as well as the accompanying surge in cyber threats,” Intel said in a statement. “Providing protection to a diverse online world requires a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware…

While record labels, radio broadcasters and the National Association of Broadcasters are on board with the idea, the Consumer Electronics Association thinks the proposal is a bad idea and said that it isn’t “in our national interest.”musicFIRST, which includes the RIAA as a member, sees the forced inclusion of FM receiver chips in electronic devices…

Despite her suspension, Pegatron executives claim the Kaedar manager wasn’t aware the money was part of a bribe. “She believed that she had paid the money for commercial purposes and not for kickbacks,” commented Pegatron finance director, Jonathan Chang.Pegatron is currently conducting an investigation to determine whether or not the Kaedar manager thought the payments…