Briefly: review; new Apple patents
updated 12:30 pm EDT, Thu May 11, 2006
Review; new Apple patents
In brief: MacNN has reviewed screen protectors ($20, shown at right) from Macally, its plastic-like translucent protective covers designed to shield Apple notebook displays from harm.... Apple has filed for a new patent describing "a touch screen capable of sensing multiple points at the same time," alongside an advanced media file format that embeds sale and marketing information.... MacSpeech has released a new ScriptPak for iMovie HD 6 ($15), adding nearly 100 commands to iListen that allow users to control iMovie HD 6 via voice-command.... Peachpit Press has released Secrets of Videoblogging: Videoblogging for the Masses ($25), a guide designed to provide everything consumers need to get started video blogging.... Autodesk said it has no intention of ending Mac support in Maya, its recently-acquired 3D software.... DICE Electronics has begun shipping its hard-wired DICE iPod interfaces, which help users connect dock connector-compatible iPods and selected Audi, Volkswagen, Honda and Mazda vehicles.
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FYI: not Jeff Han's work
Note that this technology is using a conventional capacitance sensor like the current two-contact touchpads on Apple's laptops, not the Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) technology used by Jefferson Han at NYU in the Multi-Touch videos.