MacNN | webcams News 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 webcams, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ First Look: Microsoft LifeCam Show webcam http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/first.look.lifecam.show/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/29-cam-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />If you have one of the more recent iMac or MacBook models, you have a built-in webcam, embedded like a third eye into the top of your monitor. If you have a Mac Pro or a Mac mini though, youíll need to buy a separate cam if you want to do video conferencing or chatting. Although designed specifically for Windows XP and Vista users, the Microsoft LifeCam Show is a webcam that also works flawlessly... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/first.look.lifecam.show/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:30:00 GMT Samsung announces HD CMOS video sensor for computers http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/05/samsung.hd.cmos.sensor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/samsungsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Electronics company Samsung has announced the latest addition to its line of CMOS image sensors, the S5K4AW, a 1/4-inch 1.2-Megapixel HD system-on-chip (SoC) unit. The embedded component is designed for notebook or desktop computers, with a focus on video capture for conferencing, web-based video sharing, or biometrics and security functions. The company claims that the sensor supports 720P HD vid... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/05/samsung.hd.cmos.sensor/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Apple granted iSight, cooling, Gaussian blur patents http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/isight.cooling.patents/ <img align='left' src='http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/uspto_060816_logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has today been granted three patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office, relating to several different technologies. The first of these is entitled "Video Conferencing Apparatus and Method," and covers a particular implementation of webcams. The patent makes specific reference to the defunct external iSight cameras, but also applies to the internal ones incorporated into modern Macs, an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/isight.cooling.patents/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:20:00 GMT First Look: Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/quickcam.vision.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/07-vision-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Every Mac comes with iChat, which allows for video conferencing over a high-speed Internet connection. Unfortunately, the Mac mini and Mac Pro lack a built-in iSight camera, so if you want to use video conferencing with these Mac models, youíll need to buy a separate webcam such as Logitechís QuickCam Vision Pro.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/quickcam.vision.pro/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:55:00 GMT