Macworld.com - The entry level of the archival-quality photo printer market is heating up right now, with the simultaneous release of Epson’s Stylus Photo R1900 () and HP’s Photosmart Pro B8850. HP’s entry is a lower-priced version of the Photosmart Pro B9180 (), offering that model’s very good print quality and strong features (with a few intelligent omissions) at a lower price. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apple accuses Atico International USA of patent infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition by selling unauthorized iPod accessories. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apple has signed iPhone deals that show it is willing to deviate from its insistence on having only one service provider sell its cell phone in each country. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The iPhone's reach is expanding. Orange, France Telecom's flagship brand, announced that it will sell Apple's phone in additional countries in Europe, as well as the Middle East and Africa. -- read full article
Macworld.com - ConvenienceWare/AssistiveWare on Wednesday announced the release of GhostReader 1.5, a significant update to their text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. It costs US$39.95, and the update is free for registered users. -- read full article
AP - Deutsche Telekom chief executive Rene Obermann said Thursday the company has so far sold more than 100,000 of Apple Inc.'s iPhones since the device's November debut in Germany. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Many believe Apple is reducing inventories before releasing a new version of the smartphone next month. -- read full article
Reuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd
plans to launch a touch-screen version of the
wireless e-mail device in the third quarter as an answer to
Apple Inc's iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported
on Thursday.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Questions about a one-per-customer policy may suggest Apple is reducing inventories to make way for a new version of a 3G iPhone. -- read full article
Macworld.com - HighPoint Technologies has introduced a new firmware update for its RocketRAID 3522 host controller card to support booting on the Mac Pro and Xserve. -- read full article
AP - French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.
Macworld.com - Prosoft Engineering released an update for its backup, restore and synchronizing utility. Among the changes is a fix for an issue that caused full and incremental backups to not work properly with network disks. -- read full article
