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news.cnet.com - 12/11/2008

3D desktop revealed in Apple patent filing

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Future Mac OS X desktops could be presented in three dimensions. (Credit: U.S. PTO via MacRumors ) Are you ready for a 3D desktop? Apple is working on such a project, according to patent filings unearthed by MacRumors this week. The "multidimensional desktop" applications suggest that ...

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The Inquisitr » Technology:  3D desktop in the future for Macheads?

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macrumors.com - 12/11/2008

Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces

— macrumors.com — Dozens of Apple patent applications were published today revealing research that Apple had done in 2007 on many topics encompassing future versions of Mac OS X. The most intriguing is a series of patent applications which describe a "Multidimension... (more) Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces

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engadget.com - 12/13/2008

Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"

— engadget.com — According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regarding the iPhone platform that should seriously ... (more) Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"

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appleinsider.com - 12/11/2008

Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)

— appleinsider.com — A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of ... (more) Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)

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3D desktop in the future for Macheads?
The Inquisitr » Technology — It seems that for some reason that computer OS have this silly fixation about developing a 3D desktop. It turns out that Apple has something in their labs worthy of patenting. In the multidimensional desktop it appears that they want to take the familar parts of the OS X desktop and add depth, allowing you to stack documents or folders behind application icons on the floor of your desktop. As Tom Krazit at cnet News noted many time these patented ideas never see the light of day but they are great for bloggers to write about and purists to complain about. Okay he didn’t quite say ...