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Apple pays $100m to Creative in patent lawsuit settlement

by David Chartier (Aug 23rd, 2006)

Remember all that talk of Creative beating Apple to the punch with patenting various elements of the iPod's UI? Today these talks came to an end, with Apple whipping out the checkbook, and Creative (I'm assuming) throwing a party. That's right: Apple has shelled out USD $100 million to Creative for ...

"My Mac Won't Start!" pocket guide

by Dan Lurie (Jun 19th, 2006)

For their 100th QuickTips email newsletter, Seattle area mac support agency CreativeTechs has published a handy little troubleshooting guide that fits neatly in your shirt pocket. The "My Mac Won't Start!" pocketmod tiny guide is available as a free PDF download, and covers basic ...

Apple to release new in-store brochures, t-shirts

by David Chartier (Apr 30th, 2006)

I'm delighted to see ifoAppleStore reporting that Apple will be releasing a new series of brochures and employee t-shirts in their retail stores to advertise the wide range of creative capabilities their Macs and software offer to consumers. The cover of the 12-page brochure (pictured) seems largely ...

Widget Watch: CreativeBits Widget 2.0

by David Chartier (Mar 22nd, 2006)

CreativeBits, a design and OS X-centric creative community, has produced a really slick looking update to their widget that acts as a portal for their site. Users can view the latest articles, forum posts, critiques and links. Clicking on a title in the widget opens the entire article in your ...

Creative attempts to redefine "Podcast"

by Dave Caolo (Jan 9th, 2006)

This is a good one. When they aren't busy trying to sue the pants off of Apple, Creative gets very creative indeed with the definition of "Podcast." While most of us would define "podcast" as the distribution of audio/video content to an iPod via an RSS feed (more or less), ...