Yesterday Apple filed a lawsuit (http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_sues_htc_for_patent_infringement) against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface. And the reaction has been, well, all over the map.
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Apple is trying to lure music labels away from Amazon’s Daily Deal, according to “Billboard” magazine (http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/upfront/e3i5207f9d259b81f62d46a894f7a55e1bd). With the Daily Deal, music labels offer Amazon new music a day before it’s sold elsewhere, and the music then gets promoted at the top of the Amazon music download page.
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Gamestreamer (http://www.gamestreamer.com), a digital distribution platform, says that their technology now supports sales and delivery of Mac games. Merscom Games, PlayFirst, Layernet and National Geographic provided the initial titles to GameStreamer for distribution using the new technology.
Read MoreSonnet Technologies (http://www.sonnettech.com) has introduced the latest addition to its Fusion line of RAID storage systems: the D800P2.
The D800P2 is a mid-level, software-configured RAID storage system containing eight hard drives, which can be formatted in RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 sets, or JBOD (individual drives) for individual projects or daily backups. The unit’s dual port multipliers offer high-performance data transfers of up to 390 MB/second write, 475 MB/second read.
Read MoreApple has released ProKit 5.1 for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. The upgrade (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1008) fixes issues with user interface software resources that are shared by Apple’s pro apps.
The issues addressed include: corrected an issue with improper scrolling behavior; resolved memory leaks for improved performance; and addressed layout of interface elements in certain application alert windows. The update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Final Cut Express, Soundtrack, Logic Pro and Logic Express.
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