Western Digital (http://www.wd.com) has introduced its new WD Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit, a HomePlug AV compatible solution that enables consumers to use their existing electrical outlets to extend high-speed Internet connections throughout the home.
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I’ve been predicting that we’ll see a touchscreen Mac in the near future. And an European Apple patent (W)/2010/006210) — first reported by the “Patently Apple” site (http://www.patentlyapple.com/) — reinforces the idea that Apple has plans for a touch screen iMac, as well as a tablet style laptop.
Read MoreRed Sweater Software has updated MarsEdit (http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit), weblog publishing software, to version 3.0.5. It’s a maintenance update with some performance tweaks and bug fixes.
MarsEdit costs US$29.95; upgrades from previous versions are $9.95 (though version 3.0.5 is a free update for registered users of version 3.x). A 30-day demo copy is available from Red Sweater Software. MarsEdit 2 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher; it’s Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.
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Apple has been granted patents for a variety of items, including the design of the original iPod and iPod touch. Summaries of each are below.
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Apple wants to make it easier to connect media players to external devices, as evidenced by a patent (number 7783070) at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s for a cable adapter for a media player system.
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