Posted November 12, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
Apple has been ordered by the Court of Appeal of England to pay all of Samsung’s legal fees on an “indemnity basis” as punishment for publishing a statement that has been described as untrue and incorrect with regards to Samsung…
Posted November 9, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Apple
For the third year running, management consulting firm Booz & Co. has named Apple the world's most innovative company in its annual report, Global Innovation 1000 Study: Making Ideas Work. Booz & Co. bases its rankings on an analysis of the…
The Tech Report has taken a detailed look at hard drive prices, revisiting them more than one year after the devastating Thailand floods which stifled mechanical drive production. What their analysis uncovers is likely what storage consumers had been fearing: the vast…
Posted November 7, 2012, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Following its introduction over a month ago, Samsung's SSD 840 series is finally available from retailers like Amazon and Newegg, including the standard and 'Pro' variants. We reviewed the later back in September and found it to be a solid…
Posted November 5, 2012, 10:32 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
The latest worldwide tablet market report from research firm IDC shows that the category as a whole is seeing slowed growth. Perhaps more interesting, however, is that Apple’s dominance seems to be dwindling at a pretty significant pace.
Posted November 5, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has recorded more than 30 million sales of their flagship Galaxy S III smartphone according to a recent post on the company’s Polish Twitter account. The message was accompanied by a photo showing some Samsung employees celebrating the achievement.
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Posted November 1, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
Last week Apple was ordered to make good on a July ruling to post a public notice on their UK website stating Samsung didn’t infringe on the design of the iPad with their own Galaxy-branded tablets. Cupertino complied, albeit with…
Posted October 31, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Samsung is already working on the successor to the popular Galaxy S3 smartphone. Sources claim the South Korean tech giant recently produced a test version of a 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) processor codenamed Adonis that will ultimately find a…
Following yesterday's news of AT&T, Google and Starbucks joining the Power Matters Alliance, another wireless power consortium by the name of Alliance for Wireless Power has announced today the approval of its own wireless power standard. The new specification promises…
Posted October 26, 2012, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Apple
Last week Apple lost its appeal in the UK regarding the High Court of Justice’s ruling that Samsung’s tablets did not infringe the iPad. The company was ordered in July to run a public notice on its UK website stating…
Samsung continued to lead the smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012, with an estimated 56.3 million devices shipped worldwide according to IDC. That’s a massive 31.3% share of the 179.7 million units shipped during the quarter, up from…
Posted October 25, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
A recent court filing by Apple with the International Trade Commission claims the Department of Justice is investigating Samsung to determine whether they have used, or misused, declared-essential patents. Bloomberg suggested such an investigation might take place as early as…
Posted October 22, 2012, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Samsung will stop supplying displays for Apple’s iDevices as early as next year, according to a “senior Samsung source” speaking to the The Korea Times. The move comes as the two companies continue their legal battle around the globe... (Update: Samsung denies the report).
Remember those astonishingly thin, bright and feature-packed 55-inch OLED televisions slated to cost between $8,000 and $9,000? It appears those inordinately priced TVs are now inordinately delayed. The revised ETA is now a very distant "late next year", according to…
Google has announced a new Chromebook that's pitched as a low-cost, hassle-free computing solution for everyone from kids to elders. Priced at only $249 (£229 in the UK), Google says the Samsung XE303C12 represents the culmination of its Chromebook initiative,…
One of the biggest smartphone releases of the year (no pun intended) now has a solid release date for US residents. Sprint will be launching the Samsung Galaxy Note II on October 25 for $299.99 with a new line of…
Posted October 15, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Apple has been trying to reduce their dependence on Samsung for well over a year as the two continue to battle it out in multiple courts across the globe. That’s never been clearer than it is now as a senior…
Posted October 11, 2012, 3:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
It was hardly a surprise at this point but Samsung today officially announced the Galaxy S III mini, a 4-inch variant of the company’s flagship smartphone. The device features a dual-core 1GHz STE U8420 chip, 1GB of RAM, either 8…
Posted October 10, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Specs and photos of the rumored Galaxy S III Mini have leaked out on the eve of Samsung’s launch event in Germany. According to German tech site MobileGeeks, the S III Mini will be a mid-range smartphone that is similar…
Google is rumored to be working on a 10-inch Nexus tablet that could seriously challenge Apple’s dominance with the iPad at that size. The slate will be co-developed and co-branded with Cupertino rival Samsung and is expected to carry a…
Posted October 8, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
A recent post on T-Mobile’s official Twitter account indicates that Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone has become the carrier’s top selling device of all time. It’s an interesting revelation considering the handset has only been available for a few months.…
Samsung codesmith Jaegeuk Kim has submitted a new "flash-friendly" file system to the Linux Kernel tree. The new file system, coined F2FS (flash-friendly file system), is actually open source and is the embodiment of Samsung's efforts to develop a file…
Samsung’s Galaxy Camera surfaced a couple of months ago during IFA 2012. At the time, it was unclear if the device would ever rival Nikon’s Android-powered Coolpix S800c on US soil but we’ve now learned that at least one carrier…
Posted October 3, 2012, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Samsung has requested that a judge toss out a recent verdict awarded to Apple as part of an ongoing patent dispute. The Korean company claims jury foreman Velvin Hogan failed to disclose the fact that he filed for bankruptcy in…
Posted October 3, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
The latest trend in smartphones tells us that bigger is better but naturally, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s correct or the perfect fit for everyone. Case in point is Samsung’s Galaxy S III – a wildly successful smartphone in its…
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