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Apple offers free licensing for Mini DisplayPort spec
arstechnica.com — Mini DsiplayPort connector When Apple recently introduced its revamped notebook line, it also introduced the world to the Mini DisplayPort. It turns out that the company is offering no-fee licenses to anyone interested in developing products that use ... (more) Apple offers free licensing for Mini DisplayPort spec
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Apple licencia especificação da Mini DisplayPort gratuitamente
MacMagazine — A licença da Mini DisplayPort da Apple está disponível gratuitamente para fabricantes interessadas, reporta o Ars Technica. A interface foi lançada pela companhia no meio de outubro, junto com os novos MacBooks, MacBooks Pro e o LED Cinema Display de 24 polegadas. A novidade esclarece especulações recentes quanto à possibilidade da Apple deter a Mini DisplayPort como uma solução proprietária (tal como eram a Mini-VGA e a Mini-DVI), ainda que ela seja apenas uma versão reduzida da DisplayPort. Com esta ...

Apple pushing Mini DisplayPort through no-fee licenses
AppleInsider — ... ArsTechnica , Apple announced that it's not charging for Mini DisplayPort licenses , which can be obtained by filling out a Mini DisplayPort Implementation Agreement [ ...

Apple ponies up free Mini DisplayPort spec licenses
Engadget — ... Apple has just announced that -- in addition to shipping all new computers with the Mini DisplayPort -- they're offering no-fee licenses to companies that develop products utilizing the connection, hoping to create a de facto standard. Of course, the VESA-approved ...

Apple Gives Away Mini DisplayPort Licenses
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... work with their notebooks. DisplayPort has a few advantages over DVI. First, it is two-way, like Apple's power-hungry ADC connector. This means that it can talk back to the computer, allowing such UI niceties as brightness controls on the keyboard. Interestingly, DisplayPort could also be used as a high-bandwidth video-in for the computer, which could go some way to quelling the fuss about Apple abandoning that other connection standard, FireWire 400. Software Licensing - Mini DisplayPort Connector [Apple via Macworld] See ...

Free Mini DisplayPort licences from Apple for accessory developers
SlashGear — ... After frustrating no small number of new MacBook buyers with the switch to Mini DisplayPort from DVI, Apple have announced that they will be offering no-fee licences to any accessory or peripheral manufacturer wanted to develop hardware using the connection.  While the connection offers obvious benefits to Apple - smaller size, thus occupying less MacBook chassis space, plus compatibility with ...

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