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According to The Washington Post, Apple accused Mr. Bijan of using the domains in “bad faith” because they forwarded to pages featuring products that compete with Apple’s products. The domains were registered between 2006 and 2009. A cursory check of a few of the domain names shows that they either fail to connect to a…

Next, I was finally off to the main hub of CES: the multi-hall Las Vegas Convention Center. iPod and iPhone products My first stop: the iLounge Pavilion, occupying a moderately-sized section of the North Hall. With over 100 vendors, the Pavilion was billed as “an exhibition of new iPod, iPhone, and Mac hardware and software.”…

The group gave Apple, Sony Ericsson, and Nokia top grades for having the most products free of the worst hazardous substances, while Samsung, Dell, Lenovo and LG Electronics were dinged for not following through on promises to get toxic chemicals out of their products.Greenpeace also noted that “green credentials” were a common theme at CES,…

What he wanna do that for? The avalanche of negative responses was absolutely amazing. People called Fred an Apple shill, a pompous brat, stupid, and it gets worse. According to responders Wired is now resting all cozy in Apple’s pocket, and the iPhone is a “chick phone,” whatever that means.I don’t know Fred Vogelstein. He…

Available in regular or Pro versions with 4GB of flash memory or a 250GB hard drive, respectively, Volcano lets users schedule TV recordings remotely and transfer content to their smartphones, either via a 3G cellular network or an 802.11n Wi-Fi connection. Live programming can also be viewed remotely.Volcano connects to the analog output of a…

The Times’ sources said that Microsoft’s tablet PC could be available by mid-year; it’s expected to be “a multimedia whiz with e-reader and multi-touch functions,” the venerable newspaper said. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft and HP spokespeople declined to comment on the rumors.Times blogger Ashlee Vance also mused: “This product better be good because Apple is expected to…

The deal mirrors Google’s earlier purchase of AdMob, a company that offers similar services to Quattro Wireless. It also puts Apple in a better position to manage the in-app ads iPhone, iPod touch, and other smartphone owners see.The company didn’t say how much Apple is paying, but earlier rumors set the price tag at about…

MileBug 1.5 is priced at US$1.99 and is available for download at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

Skype goes HDSkype-ready HDTVs from LG and Panasonic will include embedded Skype software that supports Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls, Skype phone calls, Skype voicemail, and voice conference calls. Both companies plan to offer HD Webcam accessories for their televisions.LG will be rolling out its new HDTVs with NetCast Entertainment Access lineup in Spring 2010…

The new suit is in addition to a an iPhone-related patent infringement lawsuit Nokia filed against Apple in October, where Nokia alleges that Apple violates 10 of its wireless technology-related patents in manufacturing the iPhone. Apple fired back with a countersuit in December with its own patent infringement claims. Nokia responded to Apple’s response with…

Changewave’s research focuses on future planning, and respondents in its surveys are asked a variety questions about their purchasing plans. In the case of this survey, respondents were asked whether they own a smartphone (42% do, a record high in the survey), which smartphone they own, if they plan on buying a smartphone in the…

SyncMate 2.5 is priced at US$39.95 and is available for download at the Eltima software Web site.

be-ez has introduced a new computer case design called LE rush. I have used one of them for a couple of weeks and can attest that there is much to recommend. The BasicsHolds a 13 or 15-inch MacBook Pro (a version for each size). One main compartment with three slip pockets and zipper closure. An…

Presumably Mophie’s card reader will use the iPhone’s wireless data connection to process transactions, letting users handle credit card sales anywhere they can get a cell signal.CES is the annual consumer electronics trade show scheduled to run from January 7 through January 10, 2010, in Las Vegas. The Mac Observer will be on location offering…

Reuters reported that a three-judge panel of the 9-member court also upheld the lower court’s dismissal of claims that Apple was violating California’s unfair competition law. At the heart of the dismissal and the 9th Circuit’s upholding of that dismissal is that the plaintiffs didn’t claim damage inflicted on them, nor did they claim that…

As for the other locations in the Apple universe, things are as quiet as 2:00 AM in a one traffic light town at the far end of nowhere. Both Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) and iPhone OS 3 have been out for months. It’s even been some time since either one has had a…

The MobiValet is a simple device billed as, “the smart place to park your mobi.” It’s primarily for use in a car but there’s no reason you couldn’t affix one to a desk, table, chair, or almost anyplace you need to park your “mobi.”What’s a mobi? I think it’s short for your, “mobile device,” which…

“Where we haven’t met our own high standards then there’s no question, we apologize to customers for that fact,” Mr. Dunne told FT. “But it would be wrong to say that O2 has failed its customers en masse.” To address the issue, O2, which is Apple’s iPhone partner in the UK, is adding some 200…

The domain name was first registered in October of 2004, and MacRumors traced its life to 2007, when it was transferred to Mark Monitor, a firm that specializes in “brand protection” for large corporations, including half of the Fortune 100, according to the company’s Web site.. The Web site found documentation showing a period of…

First, some background: Numbers is one of the 3 applications included in the iWork package.  The other two are the Keynote presentation solution and the word processor Pages, and the whole iWork package costs $79.Numbers is a spreadsheet application, and that’s what we’re here to talk about today.  While similar to Excel, Numbers is not…

Gendai said it will announce finalists on January 29, 2010, and the grand prize winner will be decided by a panel of judges and Twitter participation, with each weighted equally. All finalists will receive a Macworld 2010 Platinum Pass and have their games showcased during the awards presentation – the grand prize winner will get…

“The #1 CEO on the list, Steve Jobs,” writers Morten T. Hansen, Herminia Ibarra, and Urs Peyer said, “delivered a whopping 3,188% industry-adjusted return (34% compounded annually) after he rejoined Apple as CEO in 1997, when the company was in dire shape. From that time until the end of September 2009, Apple’s market value increased…

There are two versions of this app. One is free and the paid version ( US$1.99 ) adds a heads up display (HUD), full screen zoom for each instrument, a chart mode of the data displayed (like a cockpit recorder), an analog compass, and a few other niceties. One should definitely download the free version…

Food, I mean the good stuff, is a huge part of any holiday gathering regardless of what the occasion. Of course, this isn’t Star Trek or Hogwarts so food does not magically appear before us when we sit down to dine (unless you are rich enough to not have to deal with such trifling concerns)…