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Cisco CEO Comments on iPhone Trademark Dispute

An article over on Macworld UK discusses how Cisco CEO John Chambers has recently termed his company’s legal squabble with Apple Inc. as nothing more than “a minor skirmish.” In an interview with the International Herald Tribune, Chambers claimed the conflict with Apple could have been avoided had Apple been “willing to negotiate.” Cisco has […]

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Sakar Releases iView Portable Video Player for iPod

An article on iLounge points to electronics firm Sakar Inernational’s release of its iView portable video player for Apple’s iPod. The iView is priced at $150 and offers a 7″ screen as well as stereo speakers and allows users to insert an iPod into its dock connector cradle and play back video from the iPod. […]

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Carrier-Funded Study Finds Cell Phone Signals Pose No Danger to Humans

A four-year study of cell phone base station transmissions funded by three of Japan’s largest cellular carriers (NTT DoCoMo, KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile) has concluded that no risk is posed to human health according to an article on Macworld News. The study, which began in November of 2002, gathered data by generating signals identical […]

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VMWare Running Virtualized Mac OS X on X86 Hardware, Parallels to Follow

There are a few things to catch up on, but they prove interesting and an article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog sums it up pretty well: Diane Greene, CEO of VMware, has mentioned that her company’s product is already being used to run virtualized versions of Mac OS X on systems from providers such as […]

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Japanese Inventor Demonstrates Water-Powered Batteries at CES

According to an article on Engadget, Japanese inventor Susumu Suzuki and company recently demonstrated a water-powered battery at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The batteries are built from mostly carbon-based compounds which are activated by a tiny amount of water and can supposedly last longer than a traditional battery without degrading (according […]