An Apple patent (number 20110050706) for modifying graphical paths has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Offices. It indicates that Apple has plans to further beef up the Faces and Places features of iPhoto — and perhaps incorporate such technology in other apps, as well.
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Apple has been granted a patent involving iCal. Also, several other patents have popped up at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
Read MoreGood news of sorts for those of us who hope that, somewhere down the line, a device such as the Apple TV can free us from cable and satellite TV fees. However, to challenge the cable and satellite TV industry’s dominance in the living room, online video services need hit movies and TV shows to attract viewers, and access to high-speed Internet networks to reach them.
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Two Apple patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office show that Apple is dedicated to making your Mac “wake up” faster whether or not it’s equipped with a solid state drive (which is faster than the traditional hard disk drive).
Patent number 7899923 is for a method and apparatus for waking up a sleeping system. It relates to a method and an apparatus for waking up a sleeping system that resides on a computer network.
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By Rick Sutcliffe
For the last two months the Spy has digressed from the reader’s usual fare to cover two endemic ethical issues — to wit, the misconduct of the spammer, and that of the rogue board member. For March, there are many interesting technology news items to consider. To complete the title, the Spy may borrow a rumour or two, and will certainly consider things Blue (-Ray, that is.)
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