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- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technology
- Apple is the target of a lawsuit by Tsera LLC, a technology firm based in Texas, claiming it infringed on its patent for a touchpad interface. Briefs filed in Federal District Court in Texas claim that Tsera owns “all right, title and interest in†a patent filed...
- Tags: Patent, Apple Inc., Trackpads, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
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- Apple introduces multitouch Magic Mouse, single or multi-button; $69
- Wow...imagine that.A mouse that can do more than single-click. What an innovation!Um...The Mighty Mouse has had 4 programmable "buttons" two are touch and not mechanical since it came out years ago. If you can't make an informed comment them...you know what to do...it involves a rolling donut.This mouse is multi-touch...do...
- Tags: Mice, Mighty Mouse, mouse, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Will Apple ever make a good mouse?
- RE: Will Apple ever make a good mouse?That is like saying I should buy a car with a crappy steering wheel. The mouse is important and it should be flawless, just like everything else Apple does.AgreedI hope they are cooking up something nice.But it's a mouseThey can make it different,...
- Tags: Mice, scroll ball, mouse, Apple Inc., Mighty Mouse
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- LiveQuartz 1.8.4 (Mac)
- LiveQuartz is a simple and powerful free photo editor for Leopard. It is based on non destructive layers and lters. The layers are at the left and the lters are at the right of the window. To edit a photo, just drag it into the window (or...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Layer, Photograph, RhapSoft, LiveQuartz, Construction
- Software downloads 2009-10-02
- MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of
- Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...
- Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Windows 7 works great on the MacBook Pro
- I concurI've been very happy with Windows 7 on my MBP. I also just ordered Snow Leopard for the improved Windows drivers. Don't get me started on having to pay for a driver upgrade since I'm rarely (never?) going to use Snow Leopard itself. Only Apple would have the nerve.Windows...
- Tags: Operating systems, Looks like window, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, trackpad, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- (Our Apple tablet hardware/software wish list)
- (Our Apple tablet hardware/software wish list)WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER TABLETWe need a larger iTouch device that you can easily carry around...Size:imagine 3 iTouch devices next to each other, built-in accelerator for orientation controlMultitasking: A must haveNetwork:support all WIFI standards specially the newer faster; optional support for 3GConnectivity: Full...
- Tags: Tablets, Smart phones, Apple Mac OS X, Notebooks, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, tablet, Apple Tablet, hardware, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technology
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technologyHere comes the patent trolls, sigh.The patent trolls strike again.IMHO we should have "use it or lose it" laws in the patent system: If you don't use a patent in an actual product, you risk losing it and can't renew it.Not to...
- Tags: patent, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Apple MacBook Pro Summer 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 13-inch)
- Radically overhauled last year, Apple's MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminum construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and oversize multitouch trackpads (with the exception of the lone $999 white plastic model). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some much-sought-after...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-06-10
- Apple MacBook Pro Summer 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 13-inch)
- Radically overhauled last year, Apple's MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminum construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and oversize multitouch trackpads (with the exception of the lone $999 white plastic model). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some much-sought-after...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2009-06-10
- Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09
- Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09I have a Macbook......and to be honest wouldn't use a Windows laptop for personal use at least until they sort out decent multitouch trackpads.That said, there is no way in hell I would pay ?929 for a Macbook for...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Dads & Grads, laptop computer, Top 10 laptop, Top 10
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- Apple goes on the defensive: brings chips in-house
- Apple goes on the defensive: brings chips in-houseIt worked for Trackpads so why not...Apple used to use synaptics for their touchpads on the iPod/Powerbook. Then they went in house and iPod prices went down (unrelated?) and Macbooks now have pretty cool trackpad features. So if they want to do this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, Semiconductors, Desktops, Apple Inc., chip
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Cook issues veiled threat to iPhone competitors (Updated 2x)
- One thing that stuck out to me in Apple's Q1 2009 earnings conference call was Apple COO and acting CEO Tim Cook's multiple mentions of competitors who might "rip off our IP" Intellectual Property relative to the iPhone. Well that and his raspy voice â€" get that man a lozenge!...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Pre, Intellectual Property, Network Technology, Smart Phones, Networking, Research & Development, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Is our resident millennial a dinosaur, too?
- Is our resident millennial a dinosaur, too?Hmmm...Touché Chris... touché ;)I don't see much of an issueI'm not sure what's Zack point - bringing up the fact that a touch screen, when used by a lot of people, can be unhygienic. Keyboards are very similar, the main difference is that keyboards...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Grime, touch screen, dinosaur
- Discussion threads 2009-01-13
- Who wants multi-touch? I think I just might.
- Who wants multi-touch? I think I just might.Multi-touch with one hand is nearly impossible[i]in an environment where you have to hold the thing in one hand nowhere to put it down or you are constantly on the move and control it with your other.[/i]I totally agree with your premise...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Tablets, What-if IT, multi-touch, touch screen
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- MacBook Air gets Penryn and MBP17 gets minor bump
- Although they didn't get fancy glass trackpads (like Apple's other new notebooks) the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 17-inch received minor speed-bumps when Apple announced its new MacBooks yesterday. The MacBook Air went from: 1.6 GHz...
- Tags: Processor, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Video: Apple unveils new multitouch trackpad
- At a press event in Cupertino, Calif., Apple CEO Steve Jobs demos new trackpad technologies for the company's MacBook line. The new trackpad is made entirely of glass and has a 39% larger tracking area than previous trackpads. More video from the event: Apple's latest MacBook...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Video, CEO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Apple unveils new multitouch trackpad
- At a press event in Cupertino, Calif., Apple CEO Steve Jobs demos new trackpad technologies for the company's MacBook line. The new trackpad is made entirely of glass and has a 39% larger tracking area than previous trackpads.
- Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Apple
- Videos 2008-10-14
- New notebooks: What Apple didn't announce
- While Apple delivered a lot of new features in the new MacBooks today (glass trackpads, unibody contruction) and they also removed one â€" Firewire from the MacBook. There are some other key features that that were rumored to arrive in Apple's new notebooks that just didn't pan out. ...
- Tags: Multi-touch, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBP (updated)
- According to what I hear the picture that surfaced briefly on French blog Nowhere Else (above, Tip: ValleyWag) isn't the new MacBook Pro. What's with the weird OS X dock that's Photoshopped onto the trackpad and the pixelized tapered edge? Is it supposed to be...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
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