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Submission + - Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy devices (tekgoblin.com)

Submitted by

tekgoblin

on Monday April 18, 2011 @04:44PM

tekgoblin writes: "Apple has filed a lawsuit against Samsung and their Galaxy devices. The lawsuit basically says that the look and feel for the Galaxy line of products is a blatant copy of Apple products."

Submission + - 6 Reasons Windows Phone 7 is Dead in the Water (i4u.com) 1

Submitted by i4u on Monday April 18, 2011 @04:26PM

i4u writes: Windows Phone 7 is a strange beast. Since its launch, reviewers have been torn between criticism for bizarre lacking features and praise for Microsoft's surprisingly excellent app support. Support from a wide variety of manufacturers- including Sony Ericsson, LG and Nokia lead to speculation that WP7 might be able to strong-arm its way into some market share.

While the proverbial jig is not yet up, recent events certainly haven't given the world much reason for optimism in Redmond's latest mobile gamble. Windows Phone 7 is dead in the water. And here's why:

Submission + - Again? Winklevoss Twins Appeal in Facebook Feud (foxnews.com)

Submitted by Velcroman1 on Monday April 18, 2011 @03:54PM

Velcroman1 writes: It's the lawsuit that just wouldn't die. Despite the forceful and clear ruling handed down by one of the country's top courts last week, the Winklevoss twins asked the appeals court Monday to reconsider its order demanding they accept a settlement over the creation of Facebook, the world's most popular social network.

"At some point, litigation must come to an end," chief justice Alex Kozinksi wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel. "That point has now been reached." Not so fast, the lawyers now argue. Legal representatives for the Winklevosses have asked for a special 11-judge panel to consider their appeal, hoping the larger panel will find things more in their favor.

Submission + - Texas exposes SSNs of 3.5mil for a year (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gr3yh47 on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:32PM

gr3yh47 writes: "Following last week's massive Epsilon e-mail breach, it feels as if all of us suddenly have a little too much personal information floating around online. And now, a large group of Texans are about to have it a lot worse: the state revealed Monday that personal information for 3.5 million citizens has been exposed to the public, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and more. "

Submission + - Samsung introduces Galaxy Tab 8.9 (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gr3yh47 on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @12:36PM

gr3yh47 writes: "Samsung has announced that it plans to release an 8.9-version of the Galaxy Tab that measures 8.6 millimeters thick with a dual core 1GHz processor and a skinned Honeycomb UI called TouchWiz."

Submission + - Microsoft sues Google customers (theregister.co.uk) 1

Submitted by doperative on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:17AM

doperative writes: Microsoft is suing Barnes & Noble, Invetec, and Foxconn International over alleged patent infringements by the Android-based Nook e-reader sold by Barnes & Noble.

On monday, the software giant said that Android infringes on a number of its patents and that the trio must respect Microsoft's intellectual property rights.

Submission + - Mozilla Firefox 4 Released

Submitted by Shining Celebi on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:08AM

Shining Celebi writes: Mozilla has finally released Firefox 4, a couple months behind schedule. It features hardware accelerated graphics, UI performance improvements, a massive boost in Javascript performance, reduced memory usage, WebGL, a new HTML5 parser, App Tabs, tab grouping via the Panorama feature, bookmark and history syncing, and much more. Many users will also be happy to know the status bar has been more-or-less restored after Mozilla removed it in early betas. Firefox 4 scores over 3 times faster on Sunspider, V8, and Kraken.

Submission + - A Brief History of Ruckstock and how it was Killed (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gr3yh47 on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:56AM

gr3yh47 writes: "The Rustock botnet, responsible at its height for sending 30 billion spam e-mails a day, went silent last Wednesday. Its command and control servers, responsible for telling the millions of machines recruited into the network which spams to send, were taken offline. With the botnet now headless, the deluge of spam was halted.

Security researchers tracking spam production immediately noticed the drop in spam volume. But what they didn't know was why the botnet went silent. Rustock's spam output had declined before, only to bounce back. Was this latest drop a temporary hiatus as the botnet's operators prepared to unleash a new torrent of spam, or was it something more?"

Submission + - BlackBerry Playbook Launch Set for April 19 (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:45AM

An anonymous reader writes: "Research in Motion used a press release this morning to announce that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is officially available for pre-orders starting today, with a launch on April 19. The WiFi versions of the PlayBook will be priced at $499, $599, and $699 for 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB, respectively. "

Submission + - Splinternet, or how we broke the good old Web (stormdriver.com)

Submitted by

StormDriver

on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:44AM

StormDriver writes: "I don’t want to be that scruffy guy with “The end is nigh” sign and some really bad dental problems, but most industry analysts already noticed that global Internet is coming apart, changing into a cluster of smaller and more closed webs. They have even created a catchy name for this Web 3.0 – the Splinternet. How is it happening?"

Submission + - Apple Sues Amazon over "App Store" trademark (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gr3yh47 on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @09:16AM

gr3yh47 writes: "Apple is suing Amazon.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition over its use of the term "App Store." The complaint, filed in US District Court for the Northern California District on Friday, asks that Amazon be ordered to stop using "Appstore" to refer to its soon-to-be-launched Google Android Market clone."

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