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Submission + - Apple Seeks to Block Eight Samsung Products After Win (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "Apple asked a U.S. court to block sales of eight Samsung Electronics products on Monday, following the iPhone maker's victory in a patent lawsuit against Samsung on Friday. In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Apple asked for preliminary injunctions against seven smartphones carrying its Galaxy brand, plus the Droid Charge. It based the requests on a jury's ruling on Friday that Samsung had infringed several Apple patents. Apple said it wants the preliminary injunction pending a final injunction. Apple's requested injunction would cover the Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Galaxy Prevail and Droid Charge."

Submission + - World's first underwater wheelchair allows disabled to dive and swim freely (techtripper.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Artist Sue Austin has made an underwater wheelchair prototype. He is himself on wheelchair since 1996 and has made this chair with the help of diving professionals. The chair will be navigated with customized fin and acrylic strip using foot. It will be powered using dual propulsion vehicles. The funding for the exceptional project has been provided by Art’s Council’s Impact Scheme. All the modifications have been done on the NHS wheelchair and around two months were solely spent on fixing the buoyancy of the chair. Austin’s hopes are high and she says that the next model will be crafted using titanium to avoid rusting, which was the only downside of the present prototype.
Programming

Submission + - Top surprises for a new programmer (itworld.com)

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itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "In a blog post last week, Swedish developer Henrik Warne listed a handful of things that surprised him when he started his first job as a software developer. The first two on the list: all the talking and all the writing (writing of words, not code). Phil Johnson has picked up the theme and added to the list: coming into the office during regular working hours for a regular work week. What's on your list?"
Media

Submission + - FreeCulture.org urges Creative Commons to drop proprietary clauses in CC 4.0 (freeculture.org)

Submitted by TheSilentNumber
TheSilentNumber writes: FreeCulture.org (Students for Free Culture) has just published a thorough and detailed post calling for the retirement of the non-free clauses, NoDerivatives (ND) and NonCommercial (NC). They state, "The NC and ND clauses not only depend on, but also feed misguided notions about their purpose and function." and that "Instead of wasting effort maintaining and explaining a wider set of conflicting licenses, Creative Commons as an organization should focus on providing better and more consistent support for the licenses that really make sense."
Patents

Submission + - Voice Control Patent Should be Buried in Potter's Field (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398
ericjones12398 writes: "In 2004, research and design company SRI International filed for a patent on "Accessing network-based electronic information through scripted online interfaces using spoken input", citing the '569 patent. Three years later, SRI spun off this development as a separate consumer focused company called Siri, which in another three years was acquired by Apple. We all know the rest; Siri became the high-profile centerpiece of the iPhone 4S, crystallizing the voice trend among mobile device companies.
SRI's citation may be a critical element in Potter's case, in that it's virtually the only evidence that the '569 patent played any role whatsoever in the long quest for the holy grail of voice-integrated computing."
Cloud

Submission + - ownCloud replaces MS Exchange and Dropbox (itworld.com)

Submitted by inkscapee
inkscapee writes: I know, we're all sick of hearing cloud this and cloud that. As the story says, ownCloud is already exceptionally easy to use and puts control of your data firmly in your own hands. This article is a collection of tips on setting up shared calendaring and contacts (good-bye to the awful Windows/Exchange/Outlook triumverate), file sharing, accessing your music collection from anywhere, desktop sync clients, and other useful stuff.
Security

Submission + - IT's Nine Biggest Security Threats (infoworld.com)

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snydeq
snydeq writes: "Over the years, hacking has evolved from a one-person crime of opportunity to an open market of sophisticated malware backed by crime syndicates and money launders. When describing a typical hacking scenario, these days you must begin well before the hack or even the hacker, with the organization behind the attack. Today, hacking is all crime, all the time, complete with bidding markets for malware, crime syndicates, botnets for hire, and cyber warfare gone amok. Here are the nine biggest threats facing today's IT security pros."
Yahoo!

Submission + - Yahoo "dumbs down" news sections (yahoo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo has now removed the "Health", "Business", "US", "World", "Politics" and "Sports" summary news sections at the bottom of the page and now only has: "Science", "Technology", "The Sideshow", and "The Ticket" (I'm uncertain what these last two categories represent). While the other sections appear to be accessible via the top-level menus, this appears to be a step back in usability, ie: what used to be on the home page now requires a few clicks to get to. Some readers have already begun voicing their discontent: http://feedback.yahoo.com/forums/168859-news/suggestions/3108420-what-has-happened-to-the-new-yahoo-news-format-w
Hardware

Submission + - The History of the Floppy Disk (hp.com)

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Esther Schindler
Esther Schindler writes: "Ready for a nostalgic trip into the wayback? We had floppy disks long before we had CDs, DVDs, or USB thumb-drives. Here’s the evolution of the portable media that changed everything about personal computing.

According to another story from Jimmy Adkisson, a Shugart engineer, “Jim Adkisson and Don Massaro were discussing the proposed drive's size with Wang. The trio just happened to be doing their discussing at a bar. An Wang motioned to a drink napkin and stated 'about that size' which happened to be 5 1/4-inches wide.”

"
Apple

Submission + - Is your iPad keeping you up at night? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: Researchers have discovered that relatively little exposure to tablets and other electronics with backlit displays can keep people up at night by messing with their circadian rhythms. The study from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute showed that a 2-hour exposure to electronic devices with such displays causes suppression of the melatonin hormone and could make it especially tough for teens to fall asleep. The study, funded by Sharp Laboratories of America, simulated usage of such devices among 13 people using special glasses/goggles and light meters
Software

Submission + - Linux problems to be solved before it can really conquer the Desktop (narod.ru) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: All over the Internet people keep arguing why Linux hasn't gained any substantial traction on the desktop and why most developers shun Linux like a plague, and even the ones who once contemplated it (John Carmack) gave up on it many years ago. An unknown author has gathered a profound list of intrinsic Linux problems which impede Linux adoption.
Microsoft

Submission + - Confessions of a left-handed technology user (time.com)

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harrymcc
harrymcc writes: "Over at TIME.com, I wrote about my trials and tribulations as a left-handed person who uses technology products. An awful lot of them have clearly designed with the right-handed majority in mind, even when they claimed they weren't. But the good news is that modern smartphones and tablets are very lefty-friendly compared to the devices that preceded them."
Entertainment

Submission + - MPAA and RIAA Budgets Severely Slashed

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: Despite the ever increasing threat of online piracy, tax records reveal that in a period of three years the major Hollywood movie studios cut their payments to the MPAA in half. As a direct result the budget of the movie industry group reached a new low of $49.6 million, causing wage and legal fee payouts to plummet. At the same time it can be discovered how the latest RIAA tax filing shows that their revenue has also reached a new low. In just two years the membership dues from music labels have been cut in half and have now sunk to below $30 million a year. While the two organizations have not yet received their final blow, they are definitely in a downward spiral.

Submission + - My apologies to the future McEmployee. (people.com.cn)

Submitted by kophey
kophey writes: Robot employees outnumber humans, in this Chinese restaurant. They cost $32-$48k and work a 5 hour shift currently. How long before our pimply faced burger serving youth are replaced with McBot's?
Digital

Submission + - Jimmy Wales's Argument About Hollywood's Death Is Nonsense (internetevolution.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales has predicted the end of Hollywood, stating that "collaborative storytelling and filmmaking will do to Hollywood what Wikipedia did to Encyclopaedia Britannica." According to Andrew Keen, author and self-proclaimed Silicon Valley antichrist, Wales's argument is "nonsense," and Hollywood's cultural and economic power is "as great as it’s ever been." Further, according to Britannica's director of communications, Tom Panelas, the encyclopedia was responsible for its own death by ignoring the digital revolution. “All of this happened, I hardly need add, before Wikipedia was even born in 2001," said Panelas.

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