http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/30/apple.optical.disc.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/uspto_060816_logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Recently published by the US Patent and Trademark Office is an application from Apple, relating to optical disc drives. Originally submitted on May 22nd, 2006, the application details an an improvement to slot-loading drives, which allows them to play smaller-sized three-inch discs, in addition to regular-sized five-inch ones. Normally, only tray-loading drives can play both. The application is... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/30/apple.optical.disc.patent/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:30:00 GMT