The US Patent Office today announced a patent filed by Apple Computer, covering, amongst other things, a camera built into the latch of a portable computer. “The portable computer further includes a latch including a data capture device such as a camera that is configured to secure the lid to the base.,” states the application. [...]
Ars Technica is covering the quiet release of Apple’s support for Video Podcasting.
The field of People’s Media is about to get more interesting. A similar effort was actually pioneered by ParticipatoryCulture.org and their DTV platform.
Nick had also written a piece on finding audio and video content by subscribing to a custom RSS feed in iTunes. [...]
Video of today’s Apple Special Event has been posted.
Today has turned out to be a very exciting day for Apple fans, with an updates triple whammy to keep the punters happy - the Motorola ROKR iTunes phone, iTunes 5 and the iPod nano, the flash-based iPod mini replacement that had been rumoured for weeks.
We visit the event in progress:
(Latest updates at the top of the list.)
- IPOD NANO! ROSE WAS RIGHT!
- color screen
- thinner than a number 2 pencil
- same docking port as other iPods
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According to a recent article on macosxhints.com, the random password generator widgets may not be so random after all. Apparently, the JavaScript call Math.random() is quite repetitive in its creation of passwords. I was delighted when I found a widget that destroyed my only excuse for using the same password over and over again, but [...]
According to Engadget, Apple plan to introduce a new line of iPod minis in the coming month. They will be 75-80% smaller than the existing models, and offer a colour screen. There may also be an 8gb model introduced, likely to be priced at $299. The only downside is that the screen will be approximately [...]
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Taking a second for an off-topic post to plug what a few of us finished very [...]
On Tuesday Creative Technology made a claim that they have a patent on technology that Apple’s iPod uses. They’ve yet to say if they will be filling suit but technology lawyers believe it to be almost certain that they will.
Creative said the patent covers the way music tracks are selected on a device using a [...]
Apple’s stepping up for hurricane relief in the wake of Katrina by including a link on the iTunes Music Store that accepts donations for the American Red Cross. All donations through the iTMS donation page are billed to whatever credit card you normally buy music with as a transaction with the iTunes Music Store, and [...]
The Opera browser is celebrating its 10 year anniversary today, and in celebration, is giving out free licenses for its advanced browser for free! Opera was the browser that got me away from IE when I was still on PC. The tabbed interface was so useful that I eventually migrated to Firebird, and then Firefox. [...]
Developer David Watanabe has released a beta version of the 1.2 update to his popular RSS reader NewsFire. The update features a souped-up interface for feed groups, as well as advanced ad blocking. A full list of changes can be found here. Because this is a beta release, the download is only recommended for power-users [...]
Google has decided to enter the IM and VoIP market with a new service called Google Talk. Based on the open standard Jabber protocol for instant messaging, with audio chat thrown in for good measure, Google Talk is a full-fledged IM client. Unfortunately, the current client is only available for (guess what?) Windows. There is [...]
We here at The Apple Blog are once again in need of more writers. You MUST have previous writing experience and be able to show examples of it. Writings about anything technology related will probably make you way cooler than anybody else…so show those off.
This is NOT a paid position. You will only be [...]
The director of Microsoft’s security response center, Debbie Fry Wilson, said the computer giant was in an “emergency response” mode. “Right now, we’re mobilizing our two war rooms,” she told CNN.
DTV is a new, free and open-source platform for internet television and video. An intuitive interface lets users subscribe to channels, watch video, and build a video library. Our publishing software lets you broadcast full-screen video to thousands of people at virtually no cost. The project is non-profit, free and open source, and built on open standards. A Windows version of DTV and a full website are well underway and will arrive in the next several weeks.
Apple has just released a graphics update for 15 and 17 inch 1.67 GHz PowerBooks. The update is intended to “improve graphics stability on some 1.67 GHz machines”. The update can be downloaded via Software Update.
Back in June, I wrote that Apple was supposed to be bringing iTMS to Japan in August, but soon updated that post to note that according to an article in the Register, it was all rubbish.
Apple Japan’s home page today
Well it seems that it was true after all. According to this article in the Asahi [...]
Wow - this came out of Left Field. Apple released the Mighty Mouse today. In typical Apple style, it looks really sleek. But will the features perform as well? Hopefully someone will soon get their hands on one and let us know. Meanwhile, here’s the lowdown.
It’s got touch sensitive areas [...]
Ever since I started using Mac portables, I have been using Raging Menace Software’s SideTrack. Just in case you are unfamiliar with this program, SideTrack is a replacement driver for the track-pad on either iBooks or PowerBooks which allows much greater control over what you can do with your track-pad. Long before Apple introduced the [...]
