Apple has once again called Samsung into court. This time it’s about the Galaxy Nexus and four patents that Apple says it infringes. The patents in question are: U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647: a patent for data being used as a hyperlink U.S. Patent No. 8,086,604: a unified search patent U.S. Patent No. 8,046,721: a slide-to-unlock […]
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Latest Apple patent lawsuit targets Galaxy Nexus lockscreen
The latest installment of Apple vs. Samsung saga sees Cupertino taking offense with the lockscreen on the Galaxy Nexus. The complaint, filed once again in Germany, is the first directed towards the Android 4.0 flagship device. The claim made is that the Galaxy Nexus infringes upon Apples own slide-to-unlock utility model. FOSS Patents blogger Florian Mueller […]
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In the wake of user complaints about web browsing speeds and other performance issues, Amazon has told the New York Times that it will be releasing a software update for the Kindle Fire "in less than two weeks." That timeframe would put this new software update about a month after the 6.2 update released at […]
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Just because the Kindle Touch isn’t Android-based doesn’t mean that it wouldn’t be fun and potentially useful to gain root on it. Developer Yifan Lu has managed to do just that and has released the jailbreak tool for the e-reader in a format that might surprise you: an mp3 file. It turns out that the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Proposed AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Hits Yet Another Snag
In a possible setback to AT&T and T-Mobile’s proposed merger, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski Tuesday circulated a draft order to seek a further administrative hearing on the deal, potentially placing another barrier in the road to one of the largest mergers in telecommunications history. If the order is passed, the merger decision would then go […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Day Made of Glass… Made possible by Corning. – YouTube
Be sure to watch this in 720p, full screen! Awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=player_embedded
Read the rest of this entry »Google+ Hangouts go mobile, get live streaming and better search
Summary: All the focus may be on Google+’s new open door policy, but Google+ Hangouts also got a few compelling new features. Everyone is so focused on Google+’s newfound openness to all comers that they’re glossing over the really cool new additions to Google+ that were also announced today: Hangouts for Android devices, the ability […]
Read the rest of this entry »VMware Updates Desktop Products: Workstation 8 and Fusion 4 Released
In an unusual move, VMware has given us a twofer and updated both its desktop flagship products today. VMware is releasing VMmware Workstation 8 for Windows and Linux, and VMware Fusion 4 for Mac users. The Fusion update makes Fusion “more Mac-like” and finally allows users to virtualize Mac OS X under VMware Fusion. Workstation […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to download the OS X Lion Installer on Lion – Mac OS X Hints
There’s been a lot of talk lately how to get the OS X Lion Installer after you installed Lion. The main purpose of this may be to get the Installer dmg to create a bootable Installer disk, as described elsewhere. Many missed doing that before installation, me included. But actually this hint will work to […]
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