Apple patents involve power functions, hash functions, more
Five Apple patents that only the most tech savvy could love (though I’m sure they’re great patents) have appeared at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Here’s a summary of each.
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Note to Apple: Blu-ray is catching on
New research from The NPD Group (http://www.npd.com) shows that Blu-ray is, indeed, catching on. Which, it seems to me, shows that Apple is making a mistake in ignoring the technology.
Read MoreMicrosoft, Adobe, Apple and security
Everyone knows that Microsoft products are the main targets of malware and hackers, and Adobe products are catching up in this regard. What’s more, some pundits think Apple may be next.
Marc Maiffret, co-founder and chief technical officer of eEye Digital Security, told “InfoWorld” (http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/the-security-hole-baton-passes-microsoft-adobe-129?source=rss_infoworld_news) that “most people in the Apple world have a false sense of security and an elitism.”
Read MoreOpinion: The magic of Apple is hard to replicate
I read with some amusement that Microsoft dropped their tablet concept project within a month of iPad being released. Redmond knew when they had been licked — which was before the race even started.
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Apple patents involve digital audio input, video acquisition, more
Apple patents involving digital audio input, video acquisition and more have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here’s a look at each of them.
Patent number 7,710,294 is for an externally clocked digital audio input, determining a valid clock and muting audio during synchronization. The present invention relates broadly to digital input in a computer device. Specifically, the present invention relates to clock synchronization in a device that supports digital audio input.
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