Monday, 4 July 2011

Samsung drops Apple lawsuit

Samsung has withdrawn one of its lawsuits against Apple – with the Korean giant suggesting it is 'streamlining legal proceedings'. The litigation between phonemakers over various patents and innovations has reached a dizzying scale, but aside from keeping several law firms in business, the sheer amounts of money mean that this kind of thing is treated very seriously. This particular counter claim was in response to Apple's litigation over the Samsung Galaxy infringing on its iOS devices the

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Shuttle H3 6700P SFF computer revealed

Shuttle has been around for years and years with some really cool small form factor computers that allow users to save space on their desktop and still use the normal monitor they already have. The latest computer in the SFF series from Shuttle is called the H3 6700P and this machine is aimed at professional users.


The H3 6700P uses the Intel H67 Express Chipset and second-generation Core i7 or i5 processors. The machine supports up to 16GB of RAM and offers HD audio as well. The little board

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get TouchWiz update

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is to get a significant software update, which will add TouchWiz to its UI.Although the tablet has yet to make its way to UK shores, there is set to be a comprehensive software update 'coming soon' that will add a number of new features to the Galaxy Tab 10.1.At the top of this list is the Samsung TouchWiz UI, which can be currently found on most of Samsung's phone handsets. TouchWiz on the Galaxy Tab will offer: a live panel to show you a number of realtime updates

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Apple found to infringe on two S3 Graphics patents

Apple always has a few irons in the patent suit fire. It’s battling Samsung right now over alleged trademark and patent infringement for instance. Samsung has recently said it’s not copying, but competing with Apple in that ongoing case. Apple also apparently had a legal action going on with S3 Graphics over patents that Apple allegedly infringed on.


The US ITC ruled recently that Apple is in fact infringing on two patents held by S3 Graphics. The two patents are U.S. Patent No.

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In Depth: The next OS battle: Windows vs iOS vs Android

Steve Jobs calls it the post-PC era. For Google, it's all about the cloud. Microsoft calls it the PC-plus era. The firms use different terms and have different approaches, but they're talking about the same thing: a radically different kind of computing where the PC is no longer the centre of the universe. Computing will be on phones, in tablets, in TVs and even in our cars, and the battle will soon begin: iOS 5, Android 4 and Windows 8 in a battle for the very future of computing.Whose side

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LG VR6172LVM robot vacuum cleaner will diagnose itself and tell you what to fix

Robot vacuum cleaners are very cool little devices that have been around for a long time now. The Roomba was my first experience with one of these things and it worked surprisingly well. There are all sorts of robot vacuums now from different companies. The most recent offering we took a hands on look at was the Neato XV-15 vacuum. Chris found the little vacuum expensive, but a solid choice if you want a robot vacuum.


LG has a new robot vacuum that sounds interesting called the VR6172LVM.

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PS4 release date 2012, coming with full-body motion control?

A number of Taiwan-based manufacturers have reported that they are to begin production of the PlayStation 4 in 2011, readying the console for a 2012 release date.It is also thought that Sony will be following in the footsteps of Microsoft and offer full-body motion control à la Kinect.This is all according to DigiTimes, which is reporting that component makers at Foxconn and Pegatron Technology have been given the nod that it will have to make 20 million PS4s in 2012.PlayStation 4 incoming?If

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