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Apple-Nokia legal slugfest to recommence in 2012

Apple-Nokia legal slugfest to recommence in 2012

Posted by | Mar 12, 2010 | , |

The next round of legal smackdown between Apple and Nokia won’t take place for a while. And look for a long, drawn-out battle.

The two will seek a U.S. court hearing in a key patent battle in mid-2012, a court filing shows — as reported by “Reuters” (http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE62A2JN20100312?rpc=44). Last week federal judge in Delaware signed an order staying litigation in a lawsuit in which Nokia claims that Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products ranging from the iPhone to computers.

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Apple now America’s third most valuable company

Apple now America’s third most valuable company

Posted by | Mar 12, 2010 | , |

Apple’s shares have surged on iPad pre-orders, making Apple America’s third most valuable company, reports “CNN Money” (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/12/apple-overtakes-wal-mart/?source=yahoo_quote).

Ninety minutes after Apple opened its online store for iPad pre-orders Friday morning, a burst of trading — roughly 2 million shares in 30 minutes — pushed its stock price to US$227.73 and its market cap to $206.5 billion.

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Alesis releases Mac compatible MultiMix 6

Posted by | Mar 12, 2010 | , |

Alesis (http://www.alesis.com/), a manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, has released the MultiMix 6 USB six-channel USB mixer for Mac and Windows. It costs US$149.

The MultiMix 6 USB is a six-channel desktop mixer designed for integration into a computer-based recording environment. This compact mixer is built for use in recording setups, video editing and production studio,s as it outputs not only line-level analog audio, but also stereo 16-bit, 44.1 kHz digital audio over USB for low-noise computer connection.
 

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Task Timer adds daily total to dock and status menus for Mac OS X

Posted by | Mar 12, 2010 | , |

BKeeney Software has updated Task Timer (http://www.bkeeney.com/products/tasktimer4), a project management and time-tracking tool for Mac OS X (10.4 and 10.5), to version 4.3.3. The new version adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users and fixes some minor bugs.

Task Timer allows users to track time spent on individual tasks and projects to the minute. It generates a variety of reports using relative and specific date ranges and other filters. Users may also synchronize their data on their local machine with a database server.

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Go for a Swim

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Go for a Swim

Posted by | Mar 12, 2010 | , |

“Skin. It’s what holds your insides in.” – Allan Sherman

As always, the English vocabulary takes words and either morphs them into new meanings or adds another definition to the word. Like skin. He escaped by the skin of his teeth. After the hunt, he skinned the kill (with apologies to PETA). And the ancient “slap me some skin.”

In the tech age, skin has come to describe a cover that you place on any electronic device to make a statement or display your personality (or give you one).

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