Cakewalk Declares Its Independence From Roland

Cakewalk, in a letter to customers, has stated that it has not been bought by Roland. Roland announced that it made a substantial investment in the software concern at NAMM, which lead many to believe, including FutureMusic that they had acquired the company. Greg Hendershott, Cakewalk’s CEO, declared “we’re announcing an expansion of our strategic relationship with Roland. This is the natural progression of a...

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Apple Granted Patent For iPod Scroll Wheel

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple a scroll wheel patent, which covers the iPod’s use of a touch-sensitive scrolling surface. Titled “Touch pad for handheld device” and originally filed in 2006, U.S. Patent 7,348,967 describes a handheld music player that “includes a controller disposed inside the housing and configured to acquire motion information from the touch pad assembly and to control various...

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