Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

PADACS iPad case comes with built-in keyboard

PADACS (https://www.padacs.com/cart/) has announced the US$69.95 Toccata, an iPad case that sports a built-in Bluetooth keyboard. Charged by an included USB cable, the Lithium battery-powered keyboard runs for as long as 45 hours, according to PADACS founder Raaj Menon.

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Pixelmator for Mac OS X gets Aperture support

The Pixelmator Team (http://www.pixelmator.com) has updated Pixelmator — a US$59 GPU-powered image editing tool for creating, editing and enhancing still images — to version 1.6.1. The upgrade, free to registered users, adds Aperture support, an improved Photo Browser palette, a revamped Stroke feature, bug fixes, and more.

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Apple: Cook not going to HP

As I suspected, Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t considering going to HP as CEO, despite rumors to the contrary. Eric Savitz of “Barron’s (http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/09/28/apple-cook-not-going-to-hp/?mod=yahoobarrons) shoots down the rumors.

He says he talked with Gleacher & Co. analyst Brian Marshall, who follows Apple. Marshall says he had just spoken to Cook about the rumor.

— Dennis Sellers

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