While law-enforcement officials ponder the legality of computer equipment seized from the home of a blogger, analysts on Tuesday say Apple may be doing itself harm in the case of a missing iPhone prototype that ended up on the Internet, according to a "MarketWatch" (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-doing-itself-harm-in-case-of-miss...) report.

Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates said in an interview that Apple blundered by making the case a criminal one, as opposed to a civil case.

"There is no way that this is not negative in some way for the company," Kay told "MarketWatch." "The question here is what is Apple hoping to get?"

"Apple has been drifting into looking like the wrong side of their...

One of the reason some folks think 3D will be slow to catch on in home is the fact that home 3D screens, like those, in movie theaters, require those funky 3D glasses. Toshiba may have solved that.

According to "TG Daily" (http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/49540-toshiba-designs-glasses-f...), has designed a 21-inch autostereoscopic high-definition display for use with next-generation 3D monitors. The display also purportedly helps to "significantly" reduce 3D-related eye fatigue.

"Most 3D products have used special glasses to separate a picture into two images: one for the left eye and the other for the right eye. But the market has strongly desired a more versatile and glasses-free approach that could be used anywhere," Toshiba says in a press release. "This new...

Apple has released iTunes 9.1.1. You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.

According to Apple, the 102.1MB download addresses several stability issues with VoiceOver, addresses a usability issue with VoiceOver and Genius Mixes, addresses issues with converting songs to 128 kbps AAC while syncing and addresses other issues that improve stability and performance. iTunes 9.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.

"Valleywag" (http://gawker.com/5525569/conference-comeback-for-steve-jobs) says Apple CEO Steve Jobs may appear at the "Wall Street Journal's" D Conference (http://allthingsd.com/d/) in June for the first time in three years. "May" is the key word.

Speakers confirmed for the event -- with tickets are priced at US$4,500 -- tickets cost $4,500 -- include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, movie director James Cameron and AOL co-founder Steve Case. The event will be held in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, June 1-3.

All Things D's Kara Swisher told "Valleywag" that Jobs has been "invited" to D and wouldn't comment further. If he showed up, it would be his first D appearance since 2007 when he appeared on stage with Bill Gates.

Ortery Technologies (http://www.ortery.com) has launched PhotoCapture 360M to complete their line of software-controlled turntables used to simplify and automate 360-degree product photography.

360-degree product animations have been popping up all over the web. They allow website consumers to view a product from multiple angles, with click-and-drag control, before purchasing.

PhotoCapture 360M features a motorized turntable and professional control software that when used with a compatible digital camera designed to integrate and simplify the complete process of creating product animations. The turntable and compatible digital camera are connected to a computer via USB.

The PhotoCapture 360 software provides a live camera view displayed on the monitor screen so users can conveniently view the object spinning and adjust position, zoom, lighting and crop markers before proceeding to image...

Consumer confidence in the overall direction of the economy showed slight improvement from last month while confidence in technology dropped to its lowest level since March 2009, according to the latest figures released today from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and CNET.

The CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Expectations (ICE) rose to 164.1 points in April, an increase of more than one point. The ICE, which measures consumer expectations about the broader economy, is down more than four points from this time last year. Although there was a small improvement from last month’s lowest point of the year, the figures still reflect consumers’ hesitation towards the overall economy.

The CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE) fell in April to 72.3, down more than 11 points from last month. The ICTE is at its lowest level since reaching an all-time low in March 2009. The ICTE is down more than five points from this time last year.
“With tax season...

The iPhone 3GS captured 39% of iPhone OS requests in the latest AdMob report for March, followed by the 2nd generation iPod touch (25%) and the iPhone 3G (20%). The two most recent versions of the iPhone OS generate 86% of the traffic. In March 2010, 44% of iPhone OS traffic came from devices running iPhone OS 3.1.3 and 42% from iPhone OS 3.1.2.

The Android platform has experienced significant growth in monthly traffic over the past year. Android traffic has grown at a compounded monthly growth rate of 32% per month, going from 72 million requests in March 2009 to 2.0 billion in March 2010.

Two Android devices, the HTC Dream and HTC Magic, collectively represented 96% of Android traffic in September 2009. Seven months later, 11 devices represented 96% of Android traffic in the AdMob network. In March 2010, Android traffic share on the AdMob network was divided relatively evenly between the three primary versions of the Android OS: Android 1.5 (38%), Android 2.0 / 2.1...

The criminal probe into Apple's "misplaced" iPhone prototype is expected to broaden, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told "CNET" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003477-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&ta...).

San Mateo County's investigation may expand beyond Gawker Media's Gizmodo.com, which acknowledged buying the prototype for US$5,000, and the unknown person who sold it to the gadget blog, the source said. Police obtained a warrant to search a Gizmodo editor's home on Friday evening.

"CNET" says that one reason for an expanded investigation is obvious: law enforcement wants to learn who found the so-called 4G prototype and offered it for sale. California law makes it a crime for someone to find lost property but not...

The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to investigate a multi-touth related patent infringement complaint against Apple filed by Taiwain’s Elan Microelectronics.

Last month the Taiwanese maker of chips and touch-screens asked the U.S. trade agency to ban the import and sale of some Apple products, including the iPad, because of alleged patent infringement. The company claims Apple “knowingly and deliberately” used Elan’s technology, while continuing to introduce infringing products The petition also seeks to ban imports of the iPhone and iPod touch products, Elan said in the complaint.

Elan sued Apple in April 2009 , alleging infringement of two of its touch screen patents, The lawsuit alleges that Apple products -- including its MacBook, iPhone and iPod touch -- use technology that infringes on two of Elan’s patents.

Kerio Technologies (http://www.kerio.com) says that Kerio Connect 7, a messaging and collaboration server, now natively supports the iPad. Kerio Connect now allows users to access email, calendars, and contacts on the Apple device, expanding the choice of mobile devices.

With Kerio Connect, iPad users can synchronize their email, contacts, and private calendar, search the global address book (GAL), manage invitations, and perform a remote wipe, all using Exchange ActiveSync. Users can also access shared and global calendars with the integrated CalDAV support.

Kerio Connect includes distributed domain clustering for IT management of a single domain supporting multiple branch offices. The latest release also has a newly implemented CardDAV protocol to synchronize contacts with Apple Address Book. Kerio runs on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and is available as a virtual appliance on the VMware and Parallels...

Bare Bones Software (http://www.barebones.com) has released BBEdit 9.5, an update to its strength HTML and text editor. The upgrade introduces a new in-window Live Search bar that actively searches for text as it is typed and highlights matches in the window's editing view.

The new Live Search bar also includes "previous" and "next" arrows, as well as their corresponding key commands and Emacs key bindings. The new Live Search bar supplants
the modal Quick Search window.

Complementing its support for attaching scripts to menu commands, BBEdit 9.5 introduces the ability to attach scripts to more than a dozen specific application and document events, including "open" and "save." BBEdit 9.5 also includes support for directly browsing Zip files, enhancements to text completion, a new "Reveal in Project List" command for quick identification of the active document and contextual Subversion...

Adder (http://www.adder.com) -- a developer of KVM switches, extenders and KVM over IP solutions -- has released the CATxIP5000. 

It sports a 16-port CATx KVM switch that delivers four independent non-blocking remote access sessions over standard network infrastructure. Adder's continued Research and Development in KVM over IP technology and the use of unique chipsets from Adventiq has resulted in a design breakthrough that enables an enterprise grade multi-session KVM-over-IP switch to be delivered at less than half the cost that would normally be expected for such functionality, according to Chief Technical Officer Nigel Dicken.

The device will ship with the Adder.net network management suite. The CATxIP5000 is available immediately from Adder at a launch price of US$1,750.