patents
Music
Apple Wants To Make All iPod Shuffle Users Look Like Idiots
11:11AM Jesus Diaz | Oh Apple patents, you harbingers of coolness. Sometimes, however, you announce potential pain and doom. This iPod-cum-wireless headset is one of them. There’s no way I can look at these images and think that Jon Ive’s powers can save this. More »
Phones
Nokia Patent Gives Another Glimpse Into Touchy-Feely Future
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Gadget patents are a strange lot. Is that dual-handed interface for an iTablet, or something else? Will my remote really Tweet someday? Probably not, but this one from Nokia has me thinking of a touch and, more importantly, pressure-sensitive future: More »
Business
Nokia Suing Apple For 10-Patent iPhone Infringement
2:10AM Mark Wilson | Nokia is suing Apple for infringements on their GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN patents. $US200 million. Update. More »
Software
Apple Applies For Free Ad-Supported OS Patent
1:56AM Danny Allen | Some of Apple’s patents become real products, but many more don’t. So who knows if the “visual or audible” ads described in a newly unearthed 2008 patent application will ever see the light of day. Check out the description: More »
Gadgets
Apple Tablet May Have Two-Handed Multitouch Input
1:40PM Adrian Covert | Apple’s latest patent filing revolves around dual-handed touchscreen detection for typing, gesturing, controlling a 3D interface and handwriting. But it this intended for the fabled Apple Tablet, or something entirely different? More »
Peripherals
Microsoft Getting Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
10:30AM Jesus Diaz | Oh, those smart rascals at Microsoft are on a roll. I love their Courier tablet concept, and now they may have found the way to make on-screen multitouch keyboards actually work great — even for touch typists like me. More »
Gadgets
IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Good lord, this is all we need. A TV remote that allows users to easily ramble on about the shows they watch via their blog or twitter account. For better or worse, IBM appears to be working on this technology. More »
Gadgets
A Chinese Food Bong Is What I Really Need
10:59AM Sean Fallon | If you’re hungry again in an hour, that means you’re just not eating enough. [Toothpaste For Dinner] More »
Gadgets
Oh My Lord: Banana Injector Fills A Banana With Ice Cream
1:20AM Adam Frucci | How is it that a patent this brilliant was filed in 1932 but has yet to become the national sensation that it so deserves to be? It fills bananas with ice cream, people! More »
Business
4:55AM Jesus Diaz | I really hope this iPhone patent gets implemented. Not because I personally need it, but because it’s cool: Apple has designed a method to transfer messages or archives to whoever you are talking with on the phone, in real time: More »
Apple Patents In-Call Messaging And File Transfer
4:55AM Jesus Diaz | I really hope this iPhone patent gets implemented. Not because I personally need it, but because it’s cool: Apple has designed a method to transfer messages or archives to whoever you are talking with on the phone, in real time: More » 
