Apple Patents Drop Down Menu After 11 Years

Apple was granted two rather trivial patents on Tuesday.

One of them shows an app icon on a desktop GUI. The other one a transparent drop down menu. It took the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office only 11 years to understand and process the idea of a drop down menu.

Where were you in January of 2000? I had just moved from Chicago to San Francisco (I moved four times since then). I was anticipating the birth of our first son. Today we have three children. I was patiently waiting for the release of the Playstation 2. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received a patent application from Apple for the design of a transparent drop down menu. It was approved on December 21, 2010.

Google Buys Massive Building in NYC Chelsea

Google gets right up next to Chelsea Market.

Earlier this month we learned that Google was closing a dealthat would see the search giant acquire the 2.9-million-square-foot building that currently houses the company's New York office.

Kinect May Support PC Games After All

A PC game developer claims it's adding Kinect support to a current MMORPG.

Korean-based developer GamePrix has launched a new MMORPG for the PC called Divine Souls. The game promises to resemble console titles by featuring a combat mode similar to what's used in Tekken and other console-based fighting games. However the big news is that it will eventually support Microsoft's motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360, Kinect.

Skype Goes Down, Millions of Voices Silenced

One of the largest providers of voice on the internet, Skype, today had its usually reliable service interrupted with an outage that left many silenced.

Those trying to make their holiday calls or even typed chats on Wednesday found it difficult, if not impossible to sign in to the service.

Google Continues the Gift of Free Phone Calls

Gmail is more than just for email.

Some of the best things in life are free, and Google today promised to continue giving out one such free thing -- phone calls in USA and Canada -- through 2011.