There’s talk once again of Apple moving into HDTV arena
There’s talk again that Apple will eventually come out with its own line of television sets. Or at least one model. I’m dubious — but stranger things have happened.
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Greg’s bite: AT&T’s ‘no bars in more places’
By Greg Mills
I submitted my original slogan “No bars in more places” to AT&T some time ago and they never got back to me. If anyone notices them using my slogan without compensating me, I plan to sue …
Read MoreNinety percent of cell phone drivers concerned about safety
According to the latest study from the Consumer Electronics Association, most drivers who use cell phones consider safety their number one priority when in an automobile. It’s just too bad that this sentence is modified by “most” instead of “a..”
Read MoreWhy no USB 3.0 on the latest iMacs, Mac Pros?
I’m still mulling over the possibility of selling my current 27-inch, “tricked out” iMac and buying one of the new models so I can see how the new memory, new graphics card and an SSD drive feels.
On the other hand, those features are nice, but my current iMac is plenty fast enough and Apple didn’t include any “gotta have” features in the latest rev of the consumer/prosumer desktop. I was certain that Apple would include USB 3.0, but they didn’t. Why? Who knows. I’ve written Apple about the exclusion, but — no surprise — I’ve received no answer.
Apple wants to beef up graphic equalizers on idevices
An Apple patent (number 20100202630) has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office for a method and system for approximating graphic equalizers using dynamic filter order reduction. It relates to media devices and, more particularly, to equalizer effects for media being presented on media devices.
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