Sammelsurium: Sieben Jahre iPod, Apple Universität, iPhones für den US-Kongress, etc.

Vor genau sieben Jahren stellte Steve Jobs den iPod vor.
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Ein Yale-Professor wird künftig bei Apple die "Apple University" leiten - was es mit selbiger genau auf sich hat, bleibt allerdings vorerst unklar.
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Mitglieder des US-Kongresses dürfen demnächst statt zum BlackBerry vielleicht auch zum iPhone greifen: «The Chief Administrative Office (CAO), which oversees the communications systems for the House, has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ranks to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and staff. “The reason we’re trying them out is because we heard a lot of people wanted the option to have them,” said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the CAO.»
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Frisch aus Apples Patentantragsküche - Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof: «Systems and methods are provided for interfacing wireless communications between two devices such that a device devoid of a relatively long-range communications protocol can access that protocol. This may be accomplished by providing a host device having relatively short-range communications circuitry integrated therein, which circuitry may be operative to communicate with relatively short-range communications circuitry of a multi-protocol or long-range communications device that also includes relatively long-range communications circuitry.»
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QuickTime 7.6 ging an Entwickler und soll die Unterstützung von Dolby Digital 5.1 verbessern, von h.264 GPU-Decoding ist auf älteren Macs allerdings weiterhin nichts zu sehen.