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Is this a Part of Apple's Revolutionary OS X Feature in Development?

 
In July of this year a job posting by Apple stated that they were working on a new revolutionary Mac OS X feature. Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an Apple patent that could very well play a part of this revolutionary feature that Apple has in development. It's a cool virtual input device application that works in both 2D and 3D. The technology will somehow allow you to project an input device into the display of the unit that could then be used instead of the physical input device. For instance, a physical touchpad could be created virtually on your display and then used as you would your physical trackpad. That would require the display, in some applications, to be that of a touch display. The patent hints that it could also relate to gaming. That could mean adding virtual gamepad controls to the display if it's used in tablet mode or transferred to a tablet – like the iPad. This is one wild invention that will definitely take some time to fully understand and appreciate. But at the end of the day, we could all get a little buzzed thinking about what's in the works for us: Sweet!  

Apple to Advance iPhone's Audio Quality via New Sensory System

 
One of the more interesting patents that have surfaced this morning out of a total of fourteen is one that describes a new audio sensory system for the iPhone. The new system uses an acoustic leakage analyzer to determine noise leakage and then compensates for external noise so that the user could receive much clearer audio during a call. The sophisticated system uses a variety of new sensors to achieve this quality.  

Civil Antitrust Action Details: United States of America vs. Apple

 
The United States of America's Department of Justice Antitrust Division has filed a complaint with the District of Columbia District Court outlining a civil antitrust case against Apple, Adobe, Google, Intel, Intuit and Pixar. The Department of Justice Antitrust Division's case is founded on the Sherman Act, which was the first Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, and today still forms the basis for most antitrust litigation by the United States federal government. The complaint outlines each of the alleged unlawful agreements between the aforementioned companies. The case however, appears to emphasize Apple as the main company in violation. This report focuses on the main Apple agreements in question.

 

Apple Wins Key Multiband Cellular Antenna Patent for MacBook +

 
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 17 granted patents for Apple Inc. today. Amongst them are several major design patent wins pertaining to the original iPod touch and the all-metallic iMac which has received registered status in both Europe and China. Yet the most notable granted patents issued today in our opinion would have to be one that relates to Apple's notebook trackpad assembly and perhaps more importantly, two strategic patents relating to the notion of a future telephonic MacBook.

 

Apple's iPad Now at Work in the Canadian Government

 
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan has announced that their cabinet ministers and senior staff will be provided with iPads from Apple Inc. in an effort to reduce paper consumption.