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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to the Mercury News of Silicon Valley, the home of the late Steve Jobs was burglarized nearly a month ago on July 17. The intruder was able to make away with $60,000 worth of “computers and personal items,” though it is not yet clear if any of these items belonged to Jobs or another family member. Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Tom Flattery , a member of the high-technology crimes unit, spoke with the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In the calm before the new iPhone storm, the world looks to the ongoing drama in San Jose, California to busy themselves as they wait for the next best Apple smartphone. One has to wonder: When will these patent lawsuits become old? Perhaps they’ve already become old for many. Maybe the new private information being brought into the public eye is just interesting enough to give you that special sort of satisfaction you can...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Sales figures for some prominent Apple and Samsung devices have been released as a result of the ongoing legal battle between the two tech giants, and the numbers show that the Cupertino, California-based iPhone and iPad developer has a sizable lead on their South Korean rivals, various media outlets reported on Friday. According to Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor for the UK newspaper The Telegraph, the Samsung figures,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Remember those Apple TV rumors? Earlier this year, it seemed all we in the Apple press could talk about was Apple’s inevitable entrance to the television box market, Steve Jobs’ famous “I cracked it” comments, and by how much Apple would crush any competitors that might stand in between Cupertino and total domination. It’s not entirely clear what happened to our collective excitement about this fantasy box. As rumors of...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MyService, a leading nationwide Apple Authorized Service Provider and Reseller, now carries the Momentus XT 750GB hybrid drive by Seagate. This Mac upgrade delivers the capacity and value of a traditional hard drive combined with speeds that are close to that of a solid state drive. The hybrid drive technology combines a 7200RPM hard disk with an 8GB solid state buffer. The drive's firmware assigns commonly used files to the solid...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Apple’s ad agency is saying they’re not reacting or responding to waves and waves of criticism, but they’ve finally stopped showing those horrendous, Sitcom-y Genius ads. “Josh the Genius” made his way to American TV last week during the opening week of the 2012 London Olympic games. Immediately following the virginal showing of the ads, forum boards, tech-centric blogs and most importantly, Twitter was set alight with...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As they say, another day, another Apple suit. More specifically, Apple now has to ward off yet another suit in China, adding additional hurdles in their great Westward expansion. When Apple finally settled their legal issues with display maker Proview earlier this summer, other suits immediately followed. Only hours after Apple agreed to pay out $60 million to the debt-ridden display maker, a household chemical company by the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Though Apple normally likes to keep a tight lid on what their employees say to the press, the company's co-founder gets an obvious free pass to say what he will. As such, Steve Wozniak (affectionately known as Woz among the geek set) is prone to giving his opinion about all things tech, even if they aren’t at all favorable for Apple. In the most recent example, Woz has expressed his concern and frustration over Apple’s...

FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Apple and Samsung are finally having their day in court, and while the news and drama coming from the trial are entertaining to many, the outcome of the battle will have a real impact on the mobile industry as a whole. Patents - and the desire to file for them or avoid being sued for infringing on them - are heavily influencing the direction of the mobile market, and industry watchers, investors, businesses, regulators, and aspiring...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Somewhere in the middle of Apple and Samsung’s row are little tidbits of interesting information for the rest of us. Though Apple notoriously prefers to keep a tight lid on their decision and design process — a fact that’s hard to imagine considering all we think we know about the next iPhone — this case is pulling Apple execs out of the woodwork as attorneys representing both companies cross-examine them, asking questions...