Year: 2010

More than 450,000 albums and two million individual songs were sold on iTunes worldwide, according to Apple, since the Beatles catalog was made available Tuesday (Nov. 16). In U.S. the best-selling album was “Abbey Road” and best-selling song was “Here Comes the Sun,” reports “Billboard” (http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i39b5c49ccd74a21f12815b9fb843970c).

The so-called “Apple Tax” is an argument that has been around for almost as long as Macs have been rivaling PCs. And despite the fact that so much has changed over the past few decades, the argument still arises almost every time Apple introduces a new computer.

With holiday demand for the iPad ramping up, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) recently started mass production of the Apple tablets at its new plants in Chengdu, China, reports “DigiTimes” (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20101122PD225.html). Although the production lines can only manufacture about 10,000 units each day, the capacity is still expected to help satisfy demand, the article says.

SmartFish Technologies (http://www.getsmartfish.com) has launched the Whirl Mini Notebook Laser Mouse for Macs and PCs. It “adapts to the natural motion of your hand,” according to Dr. Jack Atzmon, president and CEO of Smartfish Technologies.