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more about #patent more comments → fuchikoma: Could be... Wii is already pretty hard to write in Japanese unless you resort to using deprecated characters... Zii can't even be written properly - y... more » DVD_Sandwich: How could they trademark the name of something another company already made? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. more » Knirfie: Won't they get in trouble with Creative (Zii)? And it's probably some crappy peripheral like the heartrate-monitor. more » Segador: If there's one thing we've learned over the last 3 years, it's that Nintendo can be wildly successful while doing everything the game industry and tec... more » Scotland: . more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Well, if you turn the Z on it's side, and mess with the font, you can make it LOOK like Wii. It's much the the Panasoanics, SQNY, SONNY, etc... more » Kaiser-Machead: This naming scheme is atrocious. The Wii is probably the worst console name ever, and is not helped by the fact that you wave a long white wand at you... more » Deckard: (groan) Unleash the Wii & Zii puns. more » philibuster: It's a fleshlight. more » dfp3050: I know it's a stretch, but could this be Apple's version of the PowerMatt? more » brobot - Beboptimus Prime: Honestly this would be really useful for me. I have quickly grown tired of taking out the little insert dealy from my universal dock when I want to d... more » Kaiser-Machead: Bleh. I'd rather just have the adapter inserts. The dock is a pretty good standard size to fit all iPods. None will get thick enough to not fit in the... more » njdevil: Knowing Apple, it will work great, but it will be cheaper to hire a stripper to hold your iPod between her breasts. more » Xentrax: Gizmodo again demonstrated incompetence reprinting bullshit. Still, as can be seen from comments, there are people who still believe it. RunAs comman... more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: "Microsoft has been granted a patent for the sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as... more » -
#gaming
Nintendo Files Trademark For Zii, Is It The Wii 2 Though?
If Nintendo's follow-up to the Wii is actually called the Zii, I think that's the first mistake right there. But could this mysterious trademark, filed in Japan in October, actually be for the Wii 2, or something else? More » -
#apple
Apple Patent Shows Dock Made From 'Elastic Sponge-Like Substance' That Conforms To Shape of iPod/iPhone
Apple patents are flowing in thick and fast, with yesterday's anti-tampering idea, and now a universal dock which can be molded to the shape of whichever iPod or iPhone you put in it. Is Apple messing with us? More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that it's a "personalized version" with a GUI. More » -
#multitouch
Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
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 » -
#ibm
IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote
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 » -
#patents
Sony PS3 Laugh Detector Patent Has Very Juvenile Sense of Humor
Come on, Sony. A repeating boot-to-the-butt wheel? Everyone knows the only surefire kick-based humor must involve the crotch. More » -
#weather
Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina
Not content with being the world's richest man, Bill Gates is planning on extending his power to control the weather. More specifically, he has filed a patent for a system that he hopes will prevent the next Katrina. More » -
#vizio
Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US
US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more. -
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#mockups
Samsung's New Smartphone QWERTY Idea: Keep Trying, Guys
Samsung filed a patent for this avian-looking smartphone concept: Two spring-loaded half-keyboards burst from the sides of the phone, which in theory provides both a larger keyboard and more screen space, since hands are out of the way. In theory. More » -
#patent
Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More
MacRumors found three interesting patents that point to various new interaction techniques. The most interesting is the fingerprint ID directly on the screen so that the iPhone can see which finger you're using and accept gestures appropriately. More » -
#apple
iPhone Patents Promise to Automate Our Relationships at Last
Unwired View uncovered three new iPhone patents that promise to turn everything from calling grandma on her birthday to turning off your phone in a movie theater into gloriously mindless activities. More » -
#beer
Bill Gates Applies for Patent on High Tech Keg
The cerveza mogul himself Señor Bill Gates is listed on a new patent for a "thermally sealed container." And yes, one of its potential functions is to hold beer. More » -
#windows
Microsoft Wins Patent for Crippling Your Computer Until You Pay Up
Oh ho ho. Microsoft just got a patent for crippling your computer until you pay them dammit. More » -
#patents
Apple Patent Hints at iTunes Kiosks
A recent Apple patent application hints at the creation of iTunes kiosks for local and remote media downloading in public areas, such as airports, malls, hotels and even public transportation. More » -
#apple
New Apple Patent Points at Next-Gen iPhone Video Chat Again
A new Apple patent on a motion-aware iPhone user interface points again at the possibility of a front-facing video camera for video chat in next generation iPhones. One that won't require the 3G videoconferencing kit. More » -
#patents
Apple Patent Implies iPod to Get a Unibody
Last October, Apple started using unibody designs in their MacBook and MacBook Pro. A newly uncovered patent suggests that the next product to incorporate this aluminum case may be the iPod. More » -
#patent
Apple's Patent Hints at iChat AV Video Answering Machine Message
This patent for automatically sending an audio or video reply to an iChat call has us excited, because it could point to automated replies not just on computers, but via the iPhone as well. More » -
#patents
Apple Patents Movement Gestures for the iPhone
Apple recently applied for a patent for "movement-based interfaces for personal media devices," which means a more advanced accelerometer and movement gestures for the iPhone. More » -
#apple
Shot of Jailbroken iPhone Sneaks Into Apple Patent Application
Looks like somebody over at the Apple legal department has been enjoying a little Jailbreak action, because a sketch in a recent patent application includes some features a stock iPhone just doesn't have. Update: More » -
#apple
Apple's Ideas for Seamless Biometric Security on iPhone and MacBook
To me, the biometric readers you see on most laptops are obnoxious blemishes—they really can't make them more discrete? Apple feels the same way, so I like their ideas for seamless biometric security.
