Just Mobile (http://www.just-mobile.com) has released the US$19.95 AluPen, a chunky pencil-shaped stylus designed to offer precise control over your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. It’s sculpted from aluminum with a soft rubber nib.
The AluPen is compatible with all capacitive touchscreens. According to the folks at Just Mobile it works with all iPad and iPhone apps.
Read MoreBeLight Software has released Get Backup 2.4 (http://www.belightsoft.com/products/getbackup/overview.php) for Mac OS X. The upgrade adds disk cloning capability, including bootable backups.
The folks at BeLight say that Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) should be used as the highest level of protection, while AES-128 is a good alternative when faster encryption is required and lower security level is acceptable. Blowfish encryption is thought to be a happy medium by providing sufficient security and a quick encryption process.
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An Apple patent (number 20100213958) systems and methods for providing a system-on-substrate has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Offices. It involves shrinking the size of a system’s circuitry by providing all of the components of the system on the same microchip — such as the A4 processor used in the iPad.
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An Apple patent (number 200100216526) for an audio jack with included microphone has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Embodiments of the invention relate to the field of electrical connectors; and more specifically, to electrical connectors that include a microphone.
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An Apple patent (number 200100214448) that involves video acquisition with processing based on ancillary data has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. The company seems to be investigating ways to improve the features of its video editing titles.
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