Jeff Gamet

The Drobo 5D with dual Thunderbolt portsBoth models include two Thunderbolt ports along with USB 3.0, a redesigned hardware and software architecture for improved performance and reliability, and by adding what the company is calling SSD acceleration the Drobo D5 and Drobo Mini offer substantially faster data transfer speeds.The Drobo drive arrays use the company’s…

Mr. Gou told reporters that when the iPhone 5 ships it will put Samsung’s Galaxy S III to shame, according to Focus Taiwan.Considering Mr. Gou’s position as the CEO overseeing the company that builds iPhones for Apple, he could potentially have early information about the company’s next update for the combination iPod and smartphone. He…

AdColony snags Apple iAd exec Mike OweniAd is Apple’s own service for delivering in-app ads to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The service supports interactive advertisements and has been touted as a tool for drawing in more potential customers.Mr. Owen isn’t the first executive to leave Apple’s iAd program. Andy Miller, Apple’s vice president…

The Time Capsule lets users back up data over their local Wi-Fi network via OS X’s built-in Time Machine feature. “The defect with the Time Capsules, which invariably destroyed the stored data, amounts to a fundamental and total breach of contract,” Perminder Tung said in his filing with the court. “The alleged ‘Time Capsule’ did not…

The decision to get into the tablet space with its own hardware is a reversal of Microsoft’s previous stance where the company said it would partner with hardware makers instead of competing with them.Microsoft’s own tablet could look something like thisIf that sounds vaguely familiar, it should because Microsoft made a similar promise to portable…

“I think HTC did the right thing. I never believed that its first complaint against Apple had merit,” said Florian Mueller of Foss Patents. “HTC could certainly have afforded to continue with the appeal, but it would only have annoyed the CAFC and the ITC.”HTC drops appeal in ITC ruling on iPhone patent infringementApple and…

Samsung gets to sell its Galaxy SIII smartphone in the U.S.Judge Koh’s decision, according to Reuters, doesn’t imply that Apple can’t get an injunction; instead, it’s simply a matter of timing. With only a week to review all of the information in the case, she doesn’t have enough time to work through all of the…

Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app will get some help from WazeTechCrunch noted that Waze was listed in the legal notices in iOS 6’s code, as were several other mapping-related companies. Along with TomTom and Waze, Getchee, Localeze, Urban Mapping, DMTI, and MapData Sciences were also listed.Apple showed off its Google-free map system on Monday during…

Apple to pay $2.5 million settlement in Australian iPad false advertising lawsuitApple found itself on the wrong end of the law after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accused the company of misrepresenting the third generation iPad’s wireless data capabilities by including the term “4G” in product advertising. The country’s cell carriers don’t support the 4G…

WWDC banners tout great ideas and great thingsWWDC is Apple’s annual event to give iOS and OS X developers details on the company’s roadmap, and also offers developers the opportunity to work directly with Apple engineers for a few days. The event will include over 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers, and 100 hands-on…

Judge Koh is overseeing the mobile device patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung. She told both sides she won’t have jurisdiction to issue a preliminary injunction until the U.S. Court of Appeals finishes its process, so for now Apple must wait, according to Bloomberg.Judge: No Galaxy Tab injunction for Apple… yet.The Court of Appeals…

The seller, talking with Wired anonymously, said, “I don’t know if it was stolen from Apple, or if the person who was working with it kept it. Judging by how Apple works, it’s most likely stolen, but I’m not sure about that.”The mystery seller said he expected Apple to contact him about the prototype, but…

Apple to MobileMe users: It’s time to move to iCloudThe launch of iCloud on October 12, 2011, started the countdown to the end for MobileMe. iCloud replaces the service, although it doesn’t offer all of the features that were included with MobileMe.iCloud kept MobileMe’s me.com and mac.com email accounts, along with calendar and contact syncing,…

Gartner looks product supply chains and buying patterns to estimate how quickly companies burn through their available inventory. In Apple’s case, that works out to once every five days.The research firm said,Maintaining its record in the Number one slot was Apple, delivering total solutions to its customers through tightly integrated design of hardware components, firmware,…

ETSI stated,The fourth form factor (4FF) card will be 40 percent smaller than the current smallest SIM card design, at 12.3mm wide by 8.8mm high, and 0.67mm thick. It can be packaged and distributed in a way that is backwards compatible with existing SIM card designs. The new design will offer the same functionality as…

Writing for Seeking Alpha, James Altucher said that part of Samsung’s defense against Apple in the United States includes citing Neonode’s patents and claiming that invalidates Apple’s own claims that it owns the swipe to unlock patent.Neonode filed its patent describing touch-based “sweep gesture interfaces” in December 2002, and was finally granted the patent in…

The iTunes Store describes the collection like this:There’s lots of video of the late Steve Jobs, primarily from his famous introductions of Apple products over the years, and from his oft-quoted Stanford commencement address.But by far the largest trove of video of the legendary innovator candidly answering unrehearsed questions and explaining his views on technology…

“There is more that it can do,” Mr. Cook told Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher during the interview. “I think you’ll be really pleased with some things you will see over the coming months.”Tim Cook talks about Siri at AllThingsD D10 ConferenceEven though Siri is still in beta it has drawn criticism for failing to…