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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[We've seen this done badly so many time that..<br><br>*times*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could be, but probably won't be. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[xcrunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone plz hack it to multitouch Quake. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mianmian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[For some reason that patent drawing reminds me of Microsoft Bob. And a bit of Katamari Forever's main menu.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ToniCipriani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[So 2010 really is the year where 3D will get in our homes!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RedChaos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@RedChaos <br><br>The inside of Homes have been 3D for a long time now...surely you didn't believe you was living in paper mario world this whole time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[7egend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@7egend  3d touch flo anyone?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sepherous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 6th 2010 12:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have yet to hear how a 3-dimensional interface like this has any benefit to the user interface.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Snails <br><br>Not sure about 3d but in some 4d systems you can store your ideas in smells.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pax copia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 12:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[aero UI mac edition?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[htd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@htd Aero is Microsoft's copy of Apple's Quartz graphics compositing engine that Apple developed 10 years earlier. <a href="http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/quartz/" rel="nofollow">http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/quartz/</a> Aero was partly to blame why Vista was such a miserable resource hog and why no one wanted Vista.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[[Highest Ranked]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 2:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[What is apple hiding in their box?.... Many suprises ahead i think... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DeviantmacG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think that this will be on the tablet and the comment that an ex-apple employee made about the consumer being surprised how we interact with it now,makes perfect sense]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[danny darko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Remember 3d Linux? That almost got the kids eaten by the Velociraptors having to wait to navigate it. Sometimes cool looking != functional. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grammar Delinquent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a UNIX system! I know this!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mattg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 4:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[TapTap OS]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnTitor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[More like BattlezoneOS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cconroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 1:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[If the tablet is as far ahead in the production cycle as they claim it is, don't you think it's a little too late for this patent to be utilized in this generation of Apple devices? I think it's more of a "just in case" thing...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DirtyVegas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 11:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@DirtyVegas <br>Depends, if the patent was filed in 2008, it could be a squeeze, but if it was granted in 2008, then it could be feasible.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Holmes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 12:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Michael Holmes <br>Nevermind, filed in 2008. Still not unplausible though...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Holmes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 12:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Doesn't she say something like, "I know this, it's unix"...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 12:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[at least there's an optical sensor in the front]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Bowen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[So apparently 20+ years of prior art means nothing in the PTO these days!?!  Or does using multitouch instead of mouse or keyboard mean it is a completely different concept and not an incremental improvement?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kendall.will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[@akhnaten <br>Our patent system is essentially a PoS waiting to die. Unfortunately until it does, we have this crap PTO that accepts nearly everything and the result is that the real validity of a patent is only tested in the courts. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shyam D]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pah, capacitive? Transistive is the way forward, I'm telling you man. Especially for 3D planes!<br><br>...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fordy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 1:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reminds me of some devices I've seen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Plazmic Flame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D UI patent snapped up by Apple in 2008: could be bases-covering, could be life-changing]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/3d-ui-patent-snapped-up-by-apple-in-2008-could-be-bases-coverin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like a patent for a 3D pyramid/square bowling game to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[[Highest Ranked]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2010 2:09PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
