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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
Bloomberg report that Apple is to challenge a patent jury verdict that was made last week that infringes Mirror Worlds LLC's patents that Apple uses in their Cover Flow, Spotlight, and Time Machine technologies. The jury were in favour of Mirror Worlds LLC, created in 1996 as a patent holing company by Yale professor David Gerlenterand, who filed the patents in 1999. $208.5 million for each infringement is to be awarded.
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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
The first known iPhone 4 related class action lawsuit has been filed in the district of Maryland, USA. The lawsuit bring in to question the iPhone 4's antenna, and the accusations of "deceptive trade practices, intentional and negligent misrepresentation and fraud by concealment" are made.
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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
Elgato have created a vuvzela filter so you can watch the football World Cup in peace. Elgato have produced a video to show the filer in action. It doesn't cut out the noise in full, but the annoying bee sound that drowns out the cheers and commentary can be heard at last!
Elgato writes:
"A special edition of EyeTV 3.4 software is available during the 2010 FIFA World Cup that offers a new feature called the "Vuvuzela Filter". This filter gives you the option to dampen the buzz of vuvuzela horns in the stadium during live TV broadcasts; it can be quickly switched on and off at any time during the game. To use the filter, control click to bring up the contextual menu in EyeTV."
Elgato are pushing this out as an update to current users. Update for EyeTV can be found here.
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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
Warner have decided to stop licensing their catalogue to steaming music businesses. Services such as Spotify, We7 and Last.fm are seen as "clearly not positive for the industry".
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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
Avatar has been banned in China for being too successful, according to Sky News. Instead, state funded 'Confucius' will take its place.
Sky News quote:
James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster Avatar is to banned from cinemas in China — despite breaking box office records in the country.
2D versions of Avatar have been banned from Chinese cinemas. Non-3D versions of Avatar are to be pulled next week, in order to protect the nation's home grown films.
The country's censors ruled that the epic had become too dominant and also worried about its effect on audiences, according to reports.
"First, it has taken in too much money and has seized market share from domestic films," Hong Kong's Daily Apple said...
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SimonTheSoundMan writes:
After a live TV streaming via 3G easter egg was discovered in Elagto’s EyeTV app for iPhone, Apple have requested that Elgato remove the app from the Apple App Store with a fix. Extract from Elgato’s statement:
"Some test code that enabled live TV streaming over the cellular network was accidentally left in the the EyeTV App. Apple requested that we remove the code since their agreement with AT&T does not allow redirecting TV signals over the cellular network."
"The code was removed and a 1.0.1 version of the EyeTV app was submitted. We expect EyeTV to return to the App Store when the 1.0.1 version is approved.”
AT&T’s grip on Apple is showing to be stronger than ever, holding back the platform, making the rest of the world suffer because their network is not up to speed with the likes of ones in Europe. Roll on the end of AT&T exclusivity in the USA.
