Type of Article: MacNews News Article

If your iPod battery dies, Apple will replace the iPad

If your iPod battery dies, Apple will replace the iPad

Posted by | Mar 15, 2010 | , |

If you buy an iPad and the battery conks out, Apple will replace it with a new iPad, Apple says on a web page called “Battery Replacement Service” (http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/service/battery/).

According to the page, if your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee. The service costs $99, plus $6.95 shipping. The total cost is $105.95 per unit.

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PA Semi founder leaves Apple, joins Silicon Valley start-up

PA Semi founder leaves Apple, joins Silicon Valley start-up

Posted by | Mar 15, 2010 | , |

PA Semi founder and CEO, Dan Dobberpuhl, has apparently left Apple to join a Silicon Valley startup company founded by other former PA Semi employee, although exactly when he left is uncertain, as reported by CNET (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10465618-64.html).

Dobberpuhl isn’t alone. Other key PA Semi team members have left Apple, including one of PA Semi’s leading members, Mark Hayter, adds “CNET.”

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iWebTemplate releases free iWeb templates, themes

Posted by | Mar 15, 2010 | |

iWebTemplate (http://www.iwebtemplate.com) has added free a iWeb themes and templates section, to be used with iWeb. iWeb is the web site building component of Apple’s iLife suite.

iWeb Free Themes includes seven themes: Sky, Picture, Church, Joy, Love, Billiard and Cat. Each template incorporates a number of different graphic elements which can be removed, moved and changed in size, opacity or color.

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Small Tree introduces new 2TB GraniteSTOR ST-RAID at NAB 2010 

Posted by | Mar 15, 2010 | , |

Small Tree (http://www.small-tree.com) will introduce its new 2TB GraniteSTOR ST-RAID direct attached shared storage system at NAB 2010.

Offering real time editing for Final Cut users while supporting 12 streams of ProRes 422HQ with no dropped frames, ST-RAID provides consistent performance over Ethernet networks. The 2TB system is available in eight, 12 or 16-drive configurations. 
 

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Apache Module MGI 3.2 with new PHP processor released for Mac OS X

Posted by | Mar 15, 2010 | , |

PagePlanet Software (http://www.PagePlanetSoftware.com/products.html) has announced the golden master release of Modular Gateway Interface (MGI) 3.2 for the Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. MGI is an Apache 2 module that adds full functionality to every web site on your server using a simple tag structure.

MGI includes 67 tags to enhance a web site with everything from simple counters and form processing to custom databases and shopping carts. You can also combine MGI’s programming tags to make your web site accomplish a variety of things.

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