Author: dsellers

Another day, another lawsuit. Emblaze, whose companies include Magic Software and Matrix IT, says Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming Application and Microsoft’s IIS Smooth Streaming system used its technology, reports “Reuters” (http://www.reuters.com).

It said it had notified Microsoft, which had until March 15 to reply, and had previously served a similar notice to Apple.

The carries component costs of as little as US$219.35, less than half its retail price, according to a preliminary estimate by the iSuppli market research firm (and as reported by “Business Week” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-10/apple-ipad-parts-cost-as-little-as-219-isuppli-says-update1-.html).

Apple could begin selling US television shows for about a buck, half of its charge on its iTunes digital media store, when the computer maker’s iPad tablet computer hits the stores, according to a “Financial Times” report (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14856f08-168e-11df-bf44-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1).

The test, expected to coincide with the April consumer debut of the iPad, will offer some shows at the lower price as a way to test whether reducing the cost of video programming will ignite sales, “people familiar with the discussions” told the FT.

Nuvo Group, USA (http://www.nuvo-group.com/) has released the US$129 Gitmo Advanced Pregnancy Sound System just in time for Macworld 2010. It allows expectant mothers to continue to get the most from their iPhone or iPod during pregnancy, by delivering music and sound recordings straight from their own iPod playlists in-utero.

MacPractice (http://www.macpractice.com) — an Apple developer of practice management and clinical software for medical, dental, chiropractic, and optometry offices — will demonstrate MacPractice 3.7 at this week’s MacWorld Expo.