Apple wants to facilitate hot unpluggable devices
Apple wants to make it easier to disconnect devices from your Mac, according to a new patent (number 7,698,472) at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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Apple wins patent for Smart Garment
Apple has won a patent (number 7,698,101) for a smart garment. It’s a sensor authenticated to a garment that transfers information, either wirelessly or wired, to an external data processing device.
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Apple patents range from wall portions to glyph construction
Several Apple patents have popped up at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here’s a summary of each.
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iPad, meet the i-PAD
Whoops. Apple may have an iPad problem in Brazil. CU Medical Systems’ i-PAD NF1200 is a “semi-automated external defibrillator” distributed by Transform Tecnologia de Ponta, which registered the name with Brazil’s National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) last year, reports “The Register” (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/13/brazilian_ipad).
Read MoreAdobe to sue Apple over its non-Flash stance?
Apple’s determination to keep Flash off the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, etc., may be leading toward a lawsuit. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing for “IT World” (http://www.itworld.com/legal/104320/adobe-vs-apple-going-get-uglier), says “sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.”
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