Daily Archives: April 18, 2012

Apple seeks trial over DoJ price fixing allegations

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Apple on Wednesday rose to challenge the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit over alleged ebook price fixing, asking for a trial at the first hearing in Manhattan federal court since the DoJ’s filing last week. Continue reading →

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Apple says decision to face DOJ trial voluntary, talks to EU

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Apple on Wednesday stated that its confronting a Department of Justice lawsuit over e-book pricing was deliberate. Attorney Daniel Floyd told Judge Denise Cote that Apple believed the lawsuit was “not an appropriate case” and wanted to prove itself in court. The company wanted this to be “decided on the merits,” Reuters heard while observing Floyd at a hearing…. Continue reading →

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EditShare to debut all-new, free LightWorks on May 28th

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Lightworks, a non-linear video editor (NLE) with a long history that was announced as going open-source and multi-platform two years ago, is preparing for a release on Monday, May 28th after several delays. While the debut will be Windows-only, developers EditShare plan on making OS X and Linux versions available shortly afterwards. The program will be unique in being the only open-source, multi-platform NLE video app. A pro version will also be made available…. Continue reading →

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Remains of the Day: Taste the rainbow

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Apple’s next iPhone may melt in your hands (not in your mouth), Tim Cook really satisfies, and break me off a piece of those Steve Jobs interviews. Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy S III launch carries Apple-level security

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Samsung’s Galaxy S III launch is running under security levels previously associated most closely with Apple, scoops on Wednesday unearthed. A tip to The Verge understood that test units were being put in generic enclosures that disguise the actual look for field testing. One such example was caught by Gizmodo in Brazil (pictured) and was “not even close” to the final look…. Continue reading →

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Apple Stores perform 17 times better than US retail average

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New sales data from brick-and-mortar retail outlets reveals that Apple Stores see some 17 times more sales than the national average, and lead all U.S. retail chains in sales per square foot. Continue reading →

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Apple Wants Trial in iBooks Antitrust Case [Mac Blog]

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An Apple lawyer has said it wants a trial to defend itself in an antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice over the pricing of e-books. Apple’s attorney said the company “would like the case to be decided on the merits”. Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday. Two publishers took a similar stance in the first hearing in Manhattan federal court since the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice last week accused Apple and five publishers of colluding to break up Amazon.com’s low-cost dominance of the digital book market. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for June 22. Apple has previously come out strongly against the lawsuit, with a spokesperson saying the accusations against the company were “simply not true.” Continue reading →

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Best Buy to run Windows Phone ‘parties’ with giveaways

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Best Buy and Microsoft have teamed up on a Behind the Tiles series of events to spur on Windows Phone sales that borrow a handful of Apple cues. Running from Thursday to as late as May 17, some stores will be holding workshops that both let users try the overall lineup and undertake a “deep dive” into the Lumia 900 with an instructor. The events will be catered, and even developers and enterprise users will get the “latest info,” Microsoft said…. Continue reading →

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Padcaster turns iPad into mini DSLR rig

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Manhattan Edit Workshop founder Josh Apter has been showing off the Padcaster, an iPad attachment allowing users to turn their iPads into a near pro-level video recording setup. The $199 device was only announced this week, and is attracting interest from video professionals and hobbyists…. Continue reading →

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iCloud email sees worldwide disruption of service

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Apple iCloud users from New York to London are seeing selective outages of service that leave them without access their iCloud mail accounts, a problem that has persisted for over a day. Continue reading →

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