| Samsung wins reconsideration of Galaxy Tab sales ban Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:57 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a lower court should reconsider a sales ban against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple in a patent dispute with the South Korean electronics maker. The injunction was put in place ahead of a month-long trial that pitted iPhone maker Apple Inc against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a closely watched legal battle that ended with a resounding victory for Apple last month on many of its patent violation claims. ...
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| Canada aware of two cyber attacks, won't say if China involved Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:11 PM PDT  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was aware of an attempt by hackers to target a domestic energy company, the second time in 24 hours Ottawa had acknowledged a cyber security attack against a Canadian firm. In both cases the Canadian government declined to comment on reports which suggested a Chinese connection. The news comes at an awkward time for Canada's Conservative government, which is deciding whether to approve a landmark $15.1 billion bid by China's CNOOC Ltd to take over Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc. ...
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| Google can't enforce German Microsoft injunction: ruling Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:09 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone patent wars. The injunction would have barred Microsoft from "offering, marketing, using or importing or possessing" in Germany some products including the Xbox 360 and certain Windows software. The ruling against the German injunction came from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. ...
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| Accidental text message lands a swimming coach behind bars Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT We've all sent a text message to the wrong person at some point in our lives. Sometimes, it can be very embarrassing. But when 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans accidentally sent a sexually explicit message to his entire BlackBerry address book … Continue reading → |
| Check out the coolest new place to have a cocktail: underwater Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT There's so much to do if you go on vacation to the Maldives. You could work on your tan at the beautiful beaches, go swimming in the clear blue waters, or get hammered at what is being billed as the … Continue reading → |
| Startup Marketplace Connects Fashion Brands With Boutiques Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT  Name: Joor
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| Who's watching? 3-D TV is no hit with viewers Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT  Phil Orlins knows everything about producing TV in three dimensions. The ESPN producer has captured the undulating greens of Augusta National and the flying motor bikes of the X-Games for ESPN's 3-D channel. But he can only guess how well his shows resonate with viewers. That's because 3-D audiences are so small they can't be measured by Nielsen's rating system.
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| Kodak plans to end consumer inkjet printer sales Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:48 AM PDT Kodak said Friday that it plans to stop selling consumer inkjet printers and will eliminate 200 more jobs than previously projected as it requested more time to submit its framework for emerging from bankruptcy protection. |
| RIM shares pop as 2Q not as horrible as feared Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. popped Friday after the BlackBerry maker's results in its fiscal second quarter weren't quite as awful as investors had feared. |
| Featured apps from the Appolicious community of iOS developers Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT iPhone and iPad app developer and publishers are encouraged to contact us directly at Appolicious to promote their new app and game releases. Just tell us about the apps that inspire you the most through a rating or review, or create curated lists of your favorites. We will be happy to give your app a shout-out in our weekly community round-up. |
| HTC’s upcoming One X+ flagship phone pictured in leaked photos Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:30 PM PDT  HTC's (2498) One-series phones have been widely praised by reviewers and users alike, but the phones have not seen the success HTC likely hoped for as Samsung (005930) and Apple (AAPL) continue to dominate the global smartphone market. The Taiwan-based company must be content with its strategy thus far, however, as it is preparing to launch a sequel to its flagship One X that appears to offer a bump in specs and little else. A photo of the HTC One X+ leaked on Wednesday and now clearer photos of the unreleased device have been published by Pocket-lint. Key specs reportedly include a Tegra 3+ quad-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz or 1.7GHz, a 1,800 mAh battery, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera,
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| Canada aware of two cyber attacks, won't say if China involved Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:11 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was aware of an attempt by hackers to target a domestic energy company, the second time in 24 hours Ottawa had acknowledged a cyber security attack against a Canadian firm. In both cases the Canadian government declined to comment on reports which suggested a Chinese connection. The news comes at an awkward time for Canada's Conservative government, which is deciding whether to approve a landmark $15.1 billion bid by China's CNOOC Ltd to take over Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc. ... |
| Sony invests $644 million in Olympus for improved cameras and medical tech Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:15 PM PDT  Sony (SNE) on Friday announced that it has made a significant investment in Olympus (OCPNY). In a deal amounting to approximately $644 million, Sony will purchase some 34,387,900 newly issued shares from the struggling camera maker for an 11.46% stake in the company. Sony and Olympus are set to form a joint medical venture that will develop and manufacture surgical endoscopes with 4K resolution and other medical devices, the companies said in a statement. The two manufacturers will also cooperate in the area of digital cameras by exploring opportunities that will be mutually beneficial and enhance their competitiveness. Olympus will supply Sony with various camera technologies such as lenses and mirror cells, while Sony will provide its image sensors to
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| Canada aware of second hacking attack, this time on energy firm Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:08 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was aware of an attempt by hackers to target a domestic energy company, the second time in 24 hours Ottawa had acknowledged a cyber security attack against a Canadian firm. In both cases the Canadian government declined to comment on reports which suggested a Chinese connection. The news comes at an awkward time for Canada's Conservative government, which is deciding whether to approve a landmark $15.1 billion bid by China's CNOOC Ltd to take over Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc. ... |
| HP could be headed for another multibillion-dollar write off Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:20 PM PDT  Even if the worst is over for HP (HPQ), the company may not yet be done writing off losses from past acquisitions. The San Jose Business Journal interviewed a few analysts to get predictions on what HP's analyst meeting will reveal next week, and Jefferies' Peter Misek says that the electronics giant could be poised to write off $3 billion in losses linked to its 2011 acquisition of enterprise information technology firm Autonomy. Last quarter, HP took a $8 billion charge related to its 2008 acquisition of Electronic Data Systems. Overall, Misek has recommended that investors sell their HP shares and has projected that the company's stock price will drop to as low as $14 over the next year. Read
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| Google can't enforce German Microsoft injunction: ruling Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:09 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone patent wars. The injunction would have barred Microsoft from "offering, marketing, using or importing or possessing" in Germany some products including the Xbox 360 and certain Windows software. The ruling against the German injunction came from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. ... |
| These Are the New Tech Job Hot Spots [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT ![These Are the New Tech Job Hot Spots [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eaSPOYTdWFQuhK3ZH51eIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/bright_tech_jobs.jpg "These Are the New Tech Job Hot Spots [INFOGRAPHIC]") Silicon Valley is still the biggest hot spot for tech jobs in the U.S., but a few other areas have almost caught up.
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| MetroPCS buyout in the works; Sprint, T-Mobile and Dish said to be potential suiters Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT  Prepaid wireless carrier MetroPCS (PCS) is said to have held talks with Sprint (S), T-Mobile and Dish Network (DISH) over a potential buyout or merger. According to DealReporter some of the talks are ongoing. Potential buyout rumors have benefited MetroPCS' stock, which has increased almost 40% in the past year. Analysts have previously speculated that such a transaction is a possibility, although it is seen as more likely that Sprint would purchase the carrier rather than T-Mobile, which operates its network using a different technology. MetroPCS has more than 9.5 million subscribers and operates the country's sixth-largest mobile network. Read
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| Startup Marketplace Connects Fashion Brands With Boutiques Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT Name: Joor |
| Instagram surpasses Twitter in daily active mobile users in U.S. Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT  Facebook's (FB) newly acquired Instagram is growing like crazy. According the latest comScore research, Instagram pulled in 7.3 million active users per day on mobile compared to Twitter's 6.9 million during the month of August. Not only that, but comScore found that Instagram users were actually engaging with photos longer than they were doing so with tweets. The research shows that the average Instagram user spent about 257 minutes browsing and using the service versus the 170 minutes spent on Twitter last month. Even though Twitter still has roughly 7 million more unique visitors per month than Instagram, it's worth mentioning that the photo-sharing service is only an app and is not available as a mobile website, and it's only
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| Who's watching? 3-D TV is no hit with viewers Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT Phil Orlins knows everything about producing TV in three dimensions. The ESPN producer has captured the undulating greens of Augusta National and the flying motor bikes of the X-Games for ESPN's 3-D channel. But he can only guess how well his shows resonate with viewers. That's because 3-D audiences are so small they can't be measured by Nielsen's rating system. |
| The Little Luxuries of Life Without a Cell Phone Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:22 PM PDT  Though at least are giving up their cell phones as a cost-cutting measure, it can be quite a luxurious state of being. These people might not be throwing away their tether to society because they are —in fact, they are doing just the opposite—but the very lack of that device gives them a certain power that other people don't have. To those of us who are addicted to our connections to the world (and Facebook), the idea that not having a phone at all could provide something glamorous sounds insane. ...
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| WebOS opens up at last [video] Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT ![WebOS opens up at last [video]](http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_ws5VFRk.Rjo3trw7XL_qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/openwebos-e1348858153767.png "WebOS opens up at last [video]") WebOS, the dearly departed mobile operating system developed by Palm and purchased by HP (HPQ), is open source at last. HP on Friday took the wraps off of Open webOS 1.0, which has "an OpenEmbedded build that allows a full webOS experience running inside an OE emulator," along with core email and browsing applications that can be ported onto different devices. HP says it will continue adding key features to Open webOS in the coming months, including open sourced media and audio components, the BlueZ Bluetooth stack and optimized SysMgr rendering architecture. A video demonstration of how to port Open webOS onto an HP device is posted below. Read
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| US banks hit by more than a week of cyberattacks Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT U.S. banks have been buffeted by more than a week of powerful cyberattacks, but the mystery surrounding their perpetrators lingers. |
| Carmageddon Cleared L.A.'s Skies; A Forensic Use for Maggots Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT  Discovered: The smoking maggot; closing the 405 freeway in Los Angeles reduced pollution; measuring the edge of a black hole; benzodiazepines connected with dementia.
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| China's Internet Is Getting Faster [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:22 PM PDT ![China's Internet Is Getting Faster [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T3tyMQVz_eRcBfmfPPr74g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/China-Broadband-Speeds-Infographic-972x4028.png "China's Internet Is Getting Faster [INFOGRAPHIC]") There are half a billion people on the Internet in China, meaning the country has a significantly larger online population than the general population in the U.S. In China, broadband speed -- the rate at which devices can access data from the Internet -- appears to be significantly behind the country's rapid growth in online population.
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| Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT  Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service and pledged to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones. In an unusual mea culpa, he invited frustrated consumers to turn to the competition.
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| Halfbrick’s award-winning ‘Jetpack Joyride’ finally hits Android Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT  Forget about Angry Birds Space or the newly released Bad Piggies — Halfbrick Studio's Jetpack Joyride is where the real mobile gaming action is at. From the developer that brought the world Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride was originally released for iOS devices last September, Facebook (FB) in May and most recently on Amazon's (AMZN) Appstore. After a year since its debut on iOS, the game that has players controlling a jetpack-strapped Barry Steakfries is finally available on the Google (GOOG) Play store for Android devices. The addictive side-scrolling game has players dodging electric zappers and missiles, riding vehicles and scattering jumpsuit-clad scientists across levels in a quest to rack up the longest distance traveled and collect new jetpacks and other items. Jetpack Joyride has won
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| Featured apps from the Appolicious community of iOS developers Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT iPhone and iPad app developer and publishers are encouraged to contact us directly at Appolicious to promote their new app and game releases. Just tell us about the apps that inspire you the most through a rating or review, or create curated lists of your favorites. We will be happy to give your app a shout-out in our weekly community round-up. |
| Steve Jobs Is the Ronald Reagan of the Tech World Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT  In the year since Steve Jobs died has taken on a mythical role for people who write about Apple that's very similar to the way conservative pundits invoke the late President Ronald Reagan: a mythical do-no-wrong hero would would have kept us out of the latest myth. Just like Reagan wouldn't have picked those or or , Jobs would have prevented all of Apple's recent failures. Take for Apple Maps this morning, or the whole Maps debacle for that matter. Following the somewhat embarrassing scandal, Cook admitted Apple messed up. ...
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| Cute Images Make Us 44% Sharper [STUDY] Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:49 PM PDT ![Cute Images Make Us 44% Sharper [STUDY]](http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x2Md5yH2iOLtM2X.0N5ZXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/f8ccb15c92e311e1ab011231381052c0_7.jpg "Cute Images Make Us 44% Sharper [STUDY]") In the best news yet for viral cat videos and pictures of babies hugging puppies, researchers at Japan's Hiroshima University found that people actually focus better shortly after they've been shown "cute" images.
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| Android owners minimize cellular data usage in response to new shared data plans Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT  The two largest carriers in the U.S., Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T), have been heavily promoting their shared data plans since they launched this past summer. Now that the days of unlimited data are coming to an end, users are more cautious about what they download. New research from NPD Group revealed that Android smartphone users have begun to prioritize Wi-Fi over cellular networks, Fierce Wireless reports. The research firm found that users downloaded an average of 2.5GB per month on Wi-Fi, compared to roughly 870MB of data on cellular networks. A further breakdown of the numbers revealed that young adults aged 18 to 24 unsurprisingly use the largest amount of cellular data, averaging 1.05GB per month, compared to adults
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| Apple CEO apologizes for Maps flaws, recommends rivals Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:08 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized Friday to customers frustrated with glaring errors in its new Maps service and, in an unusual move for the consumer giant, directed them to rival services such as Google Inc's Maps instead. The rare apology follows Apple's launch of its own mapping service earlier this month, when it began selling the iPhone 5 and rolled out iOS 6, the highly anticipated update to its mobile software platform. ...
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| Take 100 NASA Photos, Stir, Make Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT  We've seen Van Gogh's iconic "Starry Night" painting as both an iPad app and a domino run, but now an astronomy major has recreated it in perhaps the most apt way: with NASA photos of the cosmos.
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| Apple App Store now prominently suggesting Maps app alternatives Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT  Hot off news of Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook's public apology for iOS 6′s awful new Maps app, the Cupertino-based company is now going the extra mile to help upset iOS 6 users find mapping alternatives. As discovered by Digital Trends' Molly McHugh, the App Store home page now has a big icon that says "Find maps for your iPhone." Users who click on it will find a list of map apps that Apple recommends. Currently at the top of the charts is MotionX GPS Drive, Waze and MapQuest. Cook's apology and the new maps app section are clear admissions that the integrated iOS Maps app will take some time to fix; it could even be years before Maps begins to
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| Think Apple Maps Is Bad? Remember the Tale of MobileMe Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT  As Apple deals with the backlash and criticism from the bumpy launch of Apple Maps, it's easy to forget that this isn't the first time Apple has stumbled with a new product.
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| Metal 'Sunflower' Lets You Capture Sunlight and Power Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT Looking to save money on monthly electricity bills? The Wikoda Sunflower might be just the ticket you need. |
| Tablets, Turtles make "most wanted" holiday toy list Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tablet computers, turtles and a new take on a furry old-timer are the hot toys retailers and manufacturers hope will spark a rebound from a dismal 2011 holiday season, according to a closely watched "Most Wanted" list released on Friday. The industry is not just counting on best-selling toys to generate joy at the cash register. Major retailers are pushing more attractive layaway plans to lure shoppers into stores before they go elsewhere this holiday season. Competition will be stiff over layaway: who's the earliest, with no fee or just a small fee. ...
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| Clearwire shares fall on Time Warner stake sale Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:50 AM PDT Clearwire Corp. shares fell Friday, after it said that Time Warner Inc. had begun selling its stake in the wireless infrastructure company. |
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