arstechnica.com - 1/13/2009
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A recently-published Apple patent application for a camera located behind a display could mean you'll finally be able to look straight at the person you're talking to over the Internet. Read More...
appleinsider.com - 1/9/2009
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appleinsider.com —
We've already seen the iSight indicator light "disappear"
behind the bezel of Apple's MacBook and iMac computers....
A recently published patent application could make the iSight itself not only disappear, but move to the middle of the screen. ...
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Apple files patent for camera hidden behind display
appft1.uspto.gov - 1/9/2009
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appft1.uspto.gov —
User saved-data storage means S19 stores user saved-data
which is generated as a result of a game...
play performed by a user. Digest saved-data storage means S48 stores a plurality of pieces of digest saved-data which are previously generated so as to ...
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US Patent & Trademark Office: United States Patent ...
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 1/20/2009
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com —
On Wednesday, when Apple announces its fiscal 2009
first-quarter earnings, the business press will rush to report...
the key metrics: number of units sold for Macs, iPods and iPhones, as well as overall company sales, earnings, and gross margins. But ...
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Spotlight on Apple’s hidden revenue stream
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Apple Patents iSight Cam Behind Laptop Screen, Will Hear From Errol Morris's Lawyers [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... face. Apple's patent works the exact same way, and can eliminate the lack of intimacy brought about by looking just above or below the eyes of the person you're cybering with. Of course there's no real promise of this being integrated into a real product anytime soon, as the tech for placing a working camera behind a traditional laptop LCD is still a ways away. But OK, while we're talking Errol Morris and Interrotrons, what the hell: [Ars Technica, Apple Insider]
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Apple patent puts webcam behind display surface for an eye-level image
Obsessable News Feed —
... [SlashGear] Apple patent application shows iSight behind notebook screen [Infinite Loop] ...
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TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... know anything about Jobs's health. (Posted 2009-01-19)
Watch Adam & Jim Dalrymple Argue on MacVoicesTV -- If you haven't already listened to Adam and Macworld's Jim Dalrymple talk about the Macworld Expo keynote in the MacNotables podcast, you can now watch them go at it on this MacVoicesTV episode, since Chuck Joiner had the whole thing videotaped as well. These aren't your average talking heads! (Posted 2009-01-16)
Apple Continues to Develop Eye-to-Eye Video Conferencing -- About a year ago, Joe Kissell ...
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technologizer.com 1/23/2009 — I have no idea whether Apple will sue Palm or any other competitor for violating its intellectual property rights. But I do know this: I love patent drawings. So here are a few from Apple patent filings relating to touch interfaces and phones, which I ...
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arstechnica.com 2/9/2009 —
Apple has filed yet another patent that describes yet another tablet-like device. The latest patent application, which was published in January, is really for a " Display Housing for Computing Device " and largely describes ways to ...
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appft1.uspto.gov 1/14/2009 — A portable device may include a camera to capture a picture or a video, object recognition logic to identify a target object within the picture or the video captured by the camera, and output a first string corresponding to the identified target ...
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mashable.com 1/27/2009 — The US Patent Office has signed, sealed, and delivered a late Christmas present to Apple. On January 20th, the powers that be awarded patent #7,479,949 , titled Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by ...
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pcworld.com 1/28/2009 — We just discussed the saber-rattling from Palm and Apple , but here's another data point to throw into the mix. According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office--which we're going to go out on a limb and call a trustworthy source--Apple has ...
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A heart two sizes too small When Google unloaded the world's largest collection of desktop search ads onto the Apple iPhone, it didn't ask advertisers for their approval. It just unloaded, happily collecting the extra revenue.…
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The Register 1/15/2009
Cleaner look-and-feel, more powerful mobiles Two recent reports indicate developments in Apple's efforts to transform itself from a second-tier computer company into a top-level consumer-electronics powerhouse.…
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