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Elan v. Apple Battle: Elan looks to Ban Apple Multitouch Products

Arasha — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:52:45 +0000

Recent news is out that Elan Microelectronics has filed a suit against Apple with US International Trade Commission in regards to Apple’s products violating a multitouch patent awarded to the Taiwanese company. Last year in April Elan also filed a related suite with US District Court in Northern California over the same patent No. 7,274,353 which references “a fundamental patent to the detection of multi-fingers that allows for any subsequent multi-finger applications to be implemented.”

To many this may seem ridiculous, but Elan is also filling a patent infringement suit where it seeks to blocking Apple products importing to the U.S. using the multitouch function. This includes the iPhone, iPod touch, Macbook, and even the iPad which is set to release on April 3^rd. Many of us are probably hoping that this does not interfere with the issuance of our pre-ordered iPads coming forth this weekend. Since Apple products are being assembled outside of the U.S.; Elan is imposing a threat to the company from trying to stop such products from reaching America’s shores. It is also said that Apple is using the same strategy in to getting to block HTC from importing phones that Cupertino alleges violate its patents. Let’s all hope that this Elan v. Apple case is not successful for Elan Microelectronics. What are your thoughts?

[via GigaOM]

Free iPad from Seton Hill University

Arasha — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:42:01 +0000

Free iPad’s for students in Seton Hill University!? Well, it’s quite true. Actually according to Seton Hill University, every full time student will be receiving iPads as part of their Technology Advantage Program. Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania recently announced that in Fall of 2010 every full-time student will be receiving an iPad. Dirk, a TUAW reader stated that “Students will be able to download their textbooks to their iPads from the iBook Store. In addition, iPads can be used as phones and for air and file sharing, as well as note-taking.”

That’s not all, in fall the undergraduate students will also receive 13’’ MacBook’s for use as well. Furthermore, it is also known that Mac users will also receive repairs on equipment from their IT department and loaner laptops will also be given when a students own MacBook is gone for repair. Seems as if Seton Hill University can’t have enough of Apple products for their students! This may be incentive enough for many to transfer to Seton Hill soon enough.

[via TUAW ]

‘Professional’ thieves steal $26,000 of MacBooks from NJ Best Buy

Hans — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:40:48 +0000

On Wednesday morning an unknown number of thieves managed to break in to a Best Buy in South Brunswick, New Jersey and steal 20 notebooks valued at $26,000. For the record, these were all MacBooks so no Windows computers were stolen (phew!). These thieves were clever because they were able to avoid cameras, motion sensors, and alarms.

Police believe the thieves broke in to the Best Buy by cutting a hole through the roof using a saw, and slicing a 3-foot wide square in the metal roof. Detective James Ryan said that there was a “high level of sophistication” involved in this robbery since the thieves didn’t set off any alarms or motion detectors, and were also able to avoid cameras. John Harris, a security expert said “I would say they were a professional crew”, and “At least I’ve never dealt with anything like this. From time to time, people break in, but not usually through the roof.” Police are still investigating, and they think that at least 2 or 3 people were involved in this roberry and they may have hit other locations before as well. Anyone with additional information on this incident should call Penney at (732) 329-4646.

[via NJ.com]

Police are still investigating, and they think that at least 2 or 3 people were involved in this roberry and they may have hit other locations before as well.

Apple Black Friday Deals on Macbook, iMac, iPod touch, and iPod nano available tomorrow

Hans — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:44:08 +0000

Black Friday will officially be tomorrow in the US. During this day many retailers will be offering discounts on a lot of their products. Apple is participating in Black Friday, and giving a one day discount on products at Apple.com. Products that Apple is putting on sale include:

13-inch White Macbook – $844.98
15″ 2.53GHz Macbook Pro – $1,544.00
21″ 3.06GHz iMac – $1,068.99
iPod touch – 9-10% discount
iPod nano – 6% off on 8GB model and 4.5% off 16 GB model

The full list of discounts and prices will be available on Apple.com tomorrow for those living in the US. I’ll update this post once Apple launches their Black Friday sale. If you live in Australia, New Zealand, or UK you can get the Black Friday deals right now.