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Samsung alleges jury foreman tainted patent trial with Apple

Samsung alleges jury foreman tainted patent trial with Apple
  • 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…

NZ Prime Minister apologizes to MegaUpload's Kim DotCom

NZ Prime Minister apologizes to MegaUpload
  • Posted September 28, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Today New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key issued an apology to Kim DotCom for failing to protect him against illegal surveillance performed by NZ authorities. DotCom is the brains behind the long defunct MegaUpload, a file sharing service shut down…

Windows 8 arrives for TechNet & MSDN subscribers, 90-day trial available to all

Windows 8 arrives for TechNet & MSDN subscribers, 90-day trial available to all
  • Posted August 15, 2012, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • The final, RTM build of Windows 8 is now officially available to download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers after being made available on torrent sites earlier this month. This is the same code that will be available to the general…

Microsoft licensed Apple tablet patents, Samsung refused

Microsoft licensed Apple tablet patents, Samsung refused
  • Posted August 14, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • According to the latest from Apple's testimony in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung, Microsoft struck a deal with Apple permitting the software-maker to utilize Cupertino's tablet design patents.

Internal Samsung memo talks 'crisis of design', iPhone UX

Internal Samsung memo talks
  • Posted August 7, 2012, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Apple
  • The second week of the Apple vs. Samsung trial kicked off yesterday with an unexpected new piece of evidence highlighting how the rise of the iPhone influenced Samsung’s product design. Namely, an internal memo in which Samsung’s head of mobile…

Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights, jury still undecided on 'fair use' argument

Google infringed Oracle
  • Posted May 8, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • The jury in the ongoing Oracle vs. Google trial returned a partial verdict yesterday, concluding that the internet search giant did breach the copyright of Oracle's Java programming language, but were unable to agree on whether the Android mobile OS' usage…

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