A.R. Rahman, the artist behind Oscar-winning song “Jai Ho” is shown using the Apple iPad to create an original song using the Apple iPad. And he doesn’t own just one iPad, he has eight. When Rahman’s flight landed in New York at 4AM this past Monday, he went straight to the 24/7 Apple store on 5th Avenue.

“They wouldn’t give more than two for each person,” but “there were so many emails from friends and directors [from India] wanting them.” Members of Rahman’s entourage bought some with him. Rahman showed MTV what programs he uses. The program he uses is Bebot – Robot Synth. Check out the video below:

Server company Media Temple has raised $15 million from a group of investors. The funding was led by Triangle Capital and also includes GMB Mezzanine Capital. Media Temple was founded in 1998.

The new $100 bill has a 3D Security Ribbon in order to fight counterfeiters. When you tilt around the bill, you will notice digits and bell images appear to pop-out. The U.S. Treasury even uploaded a YouTube video talking about how advanced the new bill is. I don’t know whether Ben Franklin would think this is too much or think it is fancy. Check out the video below:

PersonalMovieTheater.com has an Apple store made out of a shoebox. Check out a video of the diorama below:

Computer accessories company Belkin International Inc. has acquired Zensi, an energy monitoring company. The financial details are unknown. Through the acquisition, Belkin will be moving into the energy conservation market. Belkin’s energy management product portfolio is called Conserve. Zensi’s technology is based on intellectual property from the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in the Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments of the University of Washington. [soCalTech]

Rumor has it that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has expressed interest in acquiring ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARMH). ARM’s stock price shot up as a result. ARM designs CPU designs for a variety of Apple devices include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. “A deal would make a lot of sense for Apple,” stated a trader. “That way, they could stop ARM’s technology from ending up in everyone else’s computers and gadgets.” The takeover offer is rumored to be about $8 billion. Apple has about $41.7 billion in cash reserves. [MacRumors]

SendGrid of Boulder, Colorado has raised $5 million in a round of funding from Foundry Group and Highway 12 Ventures. SendGrid develops e-mail software that helps ensure delivery and monitor analytics. Angel investors involved in this deal include Postini founder Scott Petry and WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg. [TechRockies]

Pictured here is a virtual horse that sells on The Blizzard Pet Store for $25. Blizzard made $2 million in sales of the virtual horse within 4 hours. Called the Celestial Steed, it allows WoW players to travel in style. [1up.com]