An Apple patent (number 20110216079) has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office and involves partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit. Techniques to generate partial display updates in a buffered window system in which arbitrary visual effects are permitted to any one or more windows (e.g., application-specific window buffers) are described.
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By Greg Mills
Apple’s tendency to hold cards close to the vest is tempered only by the real world testing required to make sure everything just works. That is the case with iOS 5, due to be launched soon. The cellular giants like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile get the latest versions of iPhone software and hardware to do the “can you hear me now?” sort of thing around their networks. Rumors are that Sprint will also get the iPhone this time.
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Expect Apple’s fortunes to keep growing as things as the tea leaves portend a good future for our favorite tech company.
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Apple has been granted several patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
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Apple seems determined to phase out built-in optical drives on Macs. However, if it reconsiders — and I think it should as I’m convinced that the future of storage isn’t all in the iCloud — they might work with a fairly young company named “Millenniata” (http://millenniata.com/).
Millenniata makes the M-Disc, which the company says is designed to last for 1,00 years or more. Increasingly, data is stored on computer media such as hard disks, CDs and DVDs. Most of those won’t last beyond 10 years, according to some studies.
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