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Annabelle Bennett, the Judge overseeing the case in Australia, agreed that Apple only needed to show only relevant parts of its partner contracts with Vodafone, Optus and Telstra, and that Apple’s assurance that the specific clauses Samsung was hoping to find in the documents weren’t there is enough.Apple gives Samsung limited contract infoAccording to ZDNet…

Steam is an online service that delivers Windows and Mac games through direct downloads. The service also offers player matching for head to head and multiplayer gaming, leader boards, achievements, and more. The original attack occurred on Sunday, November 6th, and was first thought to involve forum accounts only. Valve Software, which operates the Steam…

For instance, Amazon could be looking to add some form of Siri-like voice controls to its $199 tablet, the Kindle Fire, which ships on November 15th. On the other hand, the company could be looking at ways to enable voice-activated shopping for its enormous online retail operations. The company could conceivably do so through telephone,…

In a separate full report (PDF), Greenpeace notes that Apple scores well on green products and sustainable operations, but scores poorly on energy use policy, especially with regard to advocating a clean energy policy.Apple’s Greenpeace Scorecard from the Greenpeace Report In positive news for Apple, the report strongly praised the company for its product line,…

Chart by The Mac Observer from comScore dataWhile the fourth quarter is the biggest quarter of the year, this year has shown strong, steady growth from 2010. Gian Fulgoni, the chairman of comScore, which released the data Wednesday, said “As we approach the critical holiday shopping season, we are optimistic about the continued health of…

The program as announced allows Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership the ability to borrow up to one title per month for free with no due date. Amazon created a Lending Library mostly from books that were self-published, published by Amazon or its affiliates, or from houses that published by the wholesale, rather than…

Samsung to Apple: Show us your contractsSamsung also asked for the iPhone 4S firmware source code to help prove Apple is infringing on its patents. Apple already handed over 220 pages of code-related documents, but Samsung still wants more.“Someone out there is attempting to obfuscate,” said Samsung attorney Cynthia Cochrane.Apple and Samsung have been locked…

Customers line up for the iPhone 4S in San Francisco“We believe the Commercial Times report is without merit and believe iPhone 4S demand is not an issue,” Mr. Um said. “Our recent checks indicate that iPhone 4S is still selling out and experiencing 1-2 week waits for online orders with demand also driven by accelerated…

Heading down to the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, VA we arrived to a typical early evening crowd. We were greeted at the door by the designated Apple employee but we declined assistance and headed to the back of the store where the accessories are kept. As of this post, Apple’s EasyPay system only works…

The video was posted to Facebook the day Mr. Jobs passes away by Craig Elliott, an Apple employee who worked at the company from 1985 to 1996. Chris Espinoza, a member of the original Mac team, tweeted a link to it the same day, but as we mentioned it didn’t get much attention. It was…

Hong Kong iPhone 4s pre-sales ran dry in 10 minutesApple hasn’t officially confirmed that pre-sales iPhone 4S inventories have already been depleted in Hong Kong, although Mr. White’s own research seems to indicate that no more are available, according to Barrons.The quick sell out should ease concerns that the iPhone 4S wouldn’t sell well in the…

The incident involved the hunt for a lost iPhone 4S prototype that Apple security tracked to a San Francisco house. They were allowed into the house by Sergio Calderon, who later said he thought the men were police and wouldn’t have let them in if he’d known otherwise.San Francisco police were on hand during the…

Steve Jobs, a frame from The Lost InterviewIn 1995, Steve Jobs had already founded Apple Computers and been pushed out of it. He had not yet returned to the company he founded, not yet brought to market the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone, or the iPad. But it was at that pivotal time that Mr.…

News of the job opening at Apple comes courtesy of 9to5 Mac sources that claim Mr. Theriault left the company some time in the past few days.The incident that may be behind Mr. Theriault’s departure involved the hunt for a lost iPhone 4S prototype that Apple security tracked to a San Francisco house. The home…

  According to Reuters, that’s the best performance of any book since George W. Bush’s Decision Points and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. Both titles were released in November of 2010, and both sold 400,000 copies in their first week. Steve Jobs was released on October 24th, a little more…

As noted by Domain Name Wire, all seven sites contain the word “iPhone” in their names, including  names such as “porn4iphones.com.” However, there are some alarmingly innocuous-appearing names, such as “iphone4s.com” and “iphonecam4s.com.” AppleInsider reports that while Apple owns iPhone4.com, the iPhone4s.com domain was successfully registered in August 2008, over three years before Apple unveiled…

Just Mobile is known for creating useful products with that extra something that no one else has considered, and the AluPen+AluCube is no exception. When I received this product to review, I suddenly realized that it was from the same company that makes one of the most unique and useful notebook stands that I have…

The Amazon website stated, “Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free, including over 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers — as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.”Along with the one book a month limitation, Amazon is also limiting its library service to actual…

Samson’s Meteor Mic is compact, shiny, retro, and totally cool. It also works perfectly for making music with Garage Band, recording podcasts and communicating through Skype and iChat. The MSRP is US$99, but I found it for around US$40 at Amazon.  The USB Meteor Mic from SamsonThe integrated legs fold and bend for carrying and…

The tablet maker, working under the name nt-k, was accused by Apple of copying the iPad design in November 2010, and then was hit with a customs ban blocking the import of its Android devices into Spain. Apple followed up by filing criminal charges against nt-k in December.“The Spanish company’s blog suggests that other small…

Chart by The Mac Observer from data provided by Net Applications The iOS market share was up from 54.65% in September and from 44.34% in October 2010. Android was the only other operating system that also grew during those times. The rest have all seen declines. October was an eventful month for the iOS platform…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Mr. Cook was named CEO on August 24th when the ailing Steve Jobs stepped down from the position—Mr. Jobs passed away on October 5th. On August 25th, the day after he assumed the helm of Apple, Mr. Cook wrote a letter to the company’s employees that said, in part: I want…

For those not familiar, Courier was the code name for a journal-like tablet that was being developed by Microsoft. According to the CNet report, the project was headed by J. Allard, the man who had led the development of Microsoft’s popular Xbox console gaming platform, and the 130-person team was months away from having the…

iTunes Match is part of Apple’s iCloud service. The US$24.99 a year add-on allows users to match music in their local library not purchased from iTunes to Apple’s own servers, and then access that content from any device with their iTunes credentials.iTunes Match: MIAApple has been testing iTunes Match with iOS developers, but earlier in…