After two years of legal haggling, Apple has agreed to settling a patent infringement lawsuit with Burst. Apple has agreed to license four Burst patents regarding audio / video technology in QuickTime, iTunes, iLife, and the iPod for $10 million big ones. Apparently, Microsoft didn’t get off so easily, and had to shell out $60 million beans to settle its...

Apple, who has been filing numerous multi-touch patent applications to seemingly corner the market, has recently applied for a brand new multi-touch system with a new “sensor that identifies hand parts.” The “hand part” filing could have major ramifications for the audio industry as laptop screens become an audio environment. Think the...