Apple wins patents for Time Machine, Cover Flow, Mighty Mouse
Apple has won patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office for Time Machine, Cover Flow and the Mighty Mouse.
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Year: 2010
Sintek: touchscreen iMac? what touchscreen iMac?
Sintek has denied previous reports the company is trialling touchscreen displays for a future iMac, reports “9to5 Mac” (http://www.9to5mac.com/29313/sintek-denies-touchscreen-imac-claims?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29). Sintek Photronics spokesperson Barry Wu denied Digitimes’ claims contained in a report last week.
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Apple TV parts may cost under $64
The components in the latest Apple TV, which sells for US$99, may cost less than $64, according to market research firm, iSuppli (http://www.isuppli.com), as reported by “Bloomberg BusinessWeek” (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2010/tc2010104_872952.htm).
The most expensive part, at $16.55, is the A4 processor, designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. The same chip is used in the iPad and iPhone 4.
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Mercedes-Benz Financial goes nationwide with iPad program
Mercedes-Benz Financial (http://www.mercedesbenzfinancial.com/mbfsr/en/misc/index.do) says its going nationwide with its program to put iPad into the hands of its dealers, becoming the first automotive finance company to give dealers mobile access to its proprietary point-of-sale dealer system called MB Advantage. Mercedes-Benz Financial is one of the first companies to adapt the consumer-oriented iPad as a mobile business tool.
Read MoreApple forks out $1.7 million for data center land
Apple needed land owned by Donnie and Kathy Fulbright for a US$1 billion data center in rural North Carolina and were willing to pay big bucks for the Maiden property.
The Fulbrights say they spurned one offer, then a second, “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-05/apple-s-data-needs-mean-1-7-million-jacuzzi-for-carolina-pair.html?cmpid=yhoo) reports. Finally, they agreed to sell for $1.7 million, county records show, opting to leave the single-story house on the less than one acre of land they purchased for $6,000, the article adds.
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