| Samsung allowed to sell Galaxy Tab in U.S. as court lifts ban Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:33 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A U.S. court removed a temporary sales ban against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple Inc in a patent dispute, allowing the South Korean company to sell the product in the United States. While the Galaxy 10.1 is an older model, the lifting of the ban could still help Samsung in the run-up to the pivotal holiday shopping season. "We are pleased with the court's action today, which vindicates our position that there was no infringement of Apple's design patent and that an injunction was not called for," Samsung said in a statement. ...
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| Samsung files lawsuit against Apple over latest iPhone Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:19 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court, contending the iPhone 5 infringed on Samsung's patents. In a statement, Samsung said: "...we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights." (Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Ken Wills)
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| Facebook's new pitch to brand advertisers: forget about clicks Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, stung by doubts that advertising on the social network delivers enough bang for the buck, is preparing to unveil data to counter its critics and show that "clicks," the current metric of choice, tell only half the story. The world's No. ...
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| Ikea is going green in a bright new way Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:20 PM PDT Ikea has long been known for its easy-to-assemble modern furniture and its Swedish meatballs, but the company is also pushing to establish itself as a leader for green living. The company announced that it plans to sell only LED lights … Continue reading → |
| YouTube bringing you the Obama vs. Romney debates this October Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:15 PM PDT YouTube announced that it will offer a live stream of the presidential debates leading up to the 2012 election. That means you can see President Barack Obama go toe to toe with Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney four times during … Continue reading → |
| Zynga Board Games Bring Your Facebook Favorites to Real Life [REVIEW] Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:51 PM PDT ![Zynga Board Games Bring Your Facebook Favorites to Real Life [REVIEW]](http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TF.cf46IfmvZ_pcbwu35Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/scrabble.jpg "Zynga Board Games Bring Your Facebook Favorites to Real Life [REVIEW]") Hungry Hungry Herd
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| Crowdfunding rescues provocative SKorean film Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:10 AM PDT  After being turned down by many investors over the last four years, South Korean film producer Choi Yong-bae said it feels strange and exciting that his revenge film about a notorious South Korean president blamed for the massacre of democracy protesters is finally coming to life through online donations.
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| Ex-NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT  Few moments in American journalism loom larger than the one that came in 1971, when New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had to decide whether to defy a president, and risk a potential criminal charge, by publishing a classified Defense Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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| Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeppe Bisbjerg of Kiloo Games Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:24 PM PDT The hugely popular Subway Surfers just got its much-anticipated launch on Android after a successful run on iOS. It made our daily picks the other day and took its rightful place among our Android Games of the Week. It's a colorful, highly addictive challenge-based endless runner with an over-the-shoulder perspective and simple swipe controls. It's one of those "just one more try" games, believe me and it's free. |
| Samsung allowed to sell Galaxy Tab in U.S. as court lifts ban Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:33 PM PDT (Reuters) - A U.S. court removed a temporary sales ban against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple Inc in a patent dispute, allowing the South Korean company to sell the product in the United States. While the Galaxy 10.1 is an older model, the lifting of the ban could still help Samsung in the run-up to the pivotal holiday shopping season. "We are pleased with the court's action today, which vindicates our position that there was no infringement of Apple's design patent and that an injunction was not called for," Samsung said in a statement. ... |
| Samsung files lawsuit against Apple over latest iPhone Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:19 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court, contending the iPhone 5 infringed on Samsung's patents. In a statement, Samsung said: "...we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights." (Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Ken Wills) |
| Nokia and Oracle announce a new mapping deal Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:10 PM PDT  Nokia (NOK) on Monday announced an agreement with Oracle (ORCL) that will see the company's Fusion Middleware Mapviewer integrated with the Nokia Location Platform. The deal will also provide enterprise customers a chance to license the Nokia Location Platform for use in their Oracle-based applications. "The inclusion of the Nokia Location Platform into Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer is an important proof point of our leadership in providing the best, enterprise-class map in the market," said Roy Kolstad, VP of location and commerce at Nokia. "NLP is an advanced location platform with a unique global footprint based on industry-leading technology and more than 30 years expertise in mapping. It will help businesses save time, money and resources while allowing them to gain
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| Why Sony’s decision to stop pushing 3D gaming on its users is the right call Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:05 PM PDT  After years of trying to push 3D gaming onto PlayStation 3 users, Sony (SNE) is finally waking up and realizing nobody really cared or wanted the added depth. Speaking with Eurogamer, Sony's UK vice president and marketing director Fergal Gara said that "it's fair to say consumers have decided it's not hugely important at this time. It's a capability we've got. It may have a bigger life a little further down the line." Gara blamed 3D's failure to explode in the living room on two factors: wearing 3D glasses is a hassle and watching 3D at home is not a focused viewing experience as it is in a theater because of all the distractions from other devices such as tablets.
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| Dropping Ultrabook sales blamed on high prices and confusing marketing Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT  Once seen as the PC industry's only hope in the "post-PC era," the number of Ultrabooks expected to ship by the end of this year is now estimated to only be half as much as projected. According to an IHS iSupply report, only 10.3 million Ultrabooks might be shipped this year as opposed to the 22 million previously forecasted. IHS iSupply says "nebulous marketing and unappealing price" are the two biggest factors holding Ultrabooks back. iSupply specifically points to Intel's (INTL) constantly changing definition for what is and isn't an Ultrabook as a prime example of poor marketing. And by price, the research firms says that Ultrabooks are too expensive at the $1,000 price point and will only see growth if prices dip
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| Verizon FiOS schools rivals as the fastest ISP in the country Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT  A new study conducted by PCMag has left little doubt about which ISP in the United States offers the fastest service: It's Verizon (VZ) FiOS, and it's not particularly close. PCMag found that FiOS delivered average download speeds of 29.4Mbps, or nearly 5Mbps more than its nearest competitor. But the most impressive part of FiOS' performance was its average upload speeds, which clocked in at 16.7Mbps, or more than 8Mbps faster than its nearest competitor. Other ISPs to fare well in the study include Midcontinent Communications, which had average download speeds of 24.7Mbps; Charter Communications, which had average download speeds of 22.2Mbps; and Bright House Networks, which had average download speeds of 21.5Mbps. Read
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| Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or a tablet Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:30 PM PDT  A new study conducted by Pew Research showed that half of all adults in the United States now own either a smartphone or tablet computer, the Associated Press reports. The research firm believes its findings have "major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for" in the future, with nearly 20% of mobile news respondents revealing that they paid for an online subscription within the last year. About half of the tablet news readers said they now spend more time consuming news, while nearly a third of readers claimed that they are also receiving news from sources they didn't use before. Pew also found that tablets based on the Android operating system are gaining momentum as slightly more
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| Keeping Facebook Tabs With Exes Is Double-Edged Sword Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT Checking out a new old flame on Facebook may make it easier to cope in some ways, but harder in others. Larry Greenemeier reports. |
| Botox Smooths Moods; Retractions Due to Fraud Are Way Up Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:46 PM PDT  Discovered: Botox lifts faces and moods; papers retracted due to fraud more often than error; climate change could decimate fish; African salmonella outbreak connected to HIV.
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| Google’s market cap passes Microsoft’s for the first time Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:40 PM PDT  Microsoft (MSFT) isn't just looking up at Apple (AAPL) anymore. Bloomberg this morning sent out a notice on its Twitter account that Google (GOOG) had passed Microsoft's total market cap for the first time ever on Monday morning, giving the search giant the second-largest market capitalization of any tech company in the world. Google closed Monday trading with a market cap of $249.13 billion or just under $2 billion more than Microsoft's market cap of $247.23. Both companies still have a long way to go to catch Apple and its massive market cap of more than $618 billion, however. Read
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| At 30 Years Old, the Bizarre Has-Been Life of the CD Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:34 PM PDT  This of the compact disc got us wondering what the CD is doing in its post-fame life. Warning: This is not a happy story. Perhaps like its elder brethren the and the , the has-been has seen a sort of retro renaissance, we thought? CD sales have suffered for the last decade or so, seeing a in sales through the aughts. But, they haven't disappeared completely, and in 2011 the number of people , a 2 percent gain. ...
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| Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeppe Bisbjerg of Kiloo Games Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:24 PM PDT The hugely popular Subway Surfers just got its much-anticipated launch on Android after a successful run on iOS. It made our daily picks the other day and took its rightful place among our Android Games of the Week. It's a colorful, highly addictive challenge-based endless runner with an over-the-shoulder perspective and simple swipe controls. It's one of those "just one more try" games, believe me and it's free. |
| Football Players Can Be Ridiculously Photogenic [PICS] Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT ![Football Players Can Be Ridiculously Photogenic [PICS]](http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/csAfcCctglERdNuUsHz5aA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/eye.jpg "Football Players Can Be Ridiculously Photogenic [PICS]") Catches the Ball, and Your Eye.
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| Zynga Board Games Bring Your Facebook Favorites to Real Life [REVIEW] Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:51 PM PDT Hungry Hungry Herd |
| Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM leaked for Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:50 PM PDT  Samsung (005930) Galaxy S III users on Sprint (S) can now either wait for the carrier to officially release Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or grab the leaked ROM and install it themselves right now. Leaked on XDA-developers, the Android 4.1 ROM is the custom skinned version of Jelly Bean, meaning that it comes equipped with Samsung's TouchWiz UI. While the ROM does have all of the features that Google (GOOG) touted at its Google I/O conference, including Google Now and the speed-enhancing Project Butter, several XDA-developer forum members have reported issues with both the gyroscope and apps crashing. Keep in mind that installing this leaked build of Android on any Galaxy S III will void its warranty and could result in your phone getting bricked.
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| Try This Brain Bending Origami Trick [VIDEO] Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:27 PM PDT ![Try This Brain Bending Origami Trick [VIDEO]](http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7ZIvmr3D8_LRg5NnkL1NZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/3.jpg "Try This Brain Bending Origami Trick [VIDEO]") Did you ever make fortune tellers or create origami animals?
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| The iPhone 5 Will Cost You at Least $1,800 [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT ![The iPhone 5 Will Cost You at Least $1,800 [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rXcERT2t2IW7KlF_fAsEoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/iphone5-true-cost.jpeg "The iPhone 5 Will Cost You at Least $1,800 [INFOGRAPHIC]") So you scraped your pennies together and you're ready to buy the cheapest iPhone 5 there is: the 16 GB model with a 2-year contract. A pretty good deal, right? $199 for the best smartphone on the planet?
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| Nokia not seen recovering, could be broken up and sold for parts Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT  Things haven't been getting any better from Nokia (NOK) lately, and Credit Suisse on Monday officially downgraded the troubled Finnish phone manufacturer from "neutral" to "underperform." And as Street Insider reports, the bank doesn't see Nokia recovering in the future and suggests that breaking up the company and selling it off in pieces could now be its best-case scenario. In particular, Credit Suisse said that Apple (AAPL) may be interested in buying some of Nokia's patents to boost its own portfolio while "Ericsson, Huawai, ZTE may be interested in parts of Nokia Seimens Networks." Credit Suisse said it was highly unlikely that any company would be willing to buy the entire company. Read
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| NASA Plan to Build Space Station Beyond the Moon Criticized Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT NASA's proposal to build a small space station at the Earth Moon Lagrange Point-2, which is where the gravity of the Earth and moon cancel out 38,000 miles from the far side of the moon, is coming under some criticism. |
| Facebook's new pitch to brand advertisers: forget about clicks Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, stung by doubts that advertising on the social network delivers enough bang for the buck, is preparing to unveil data to counter its critics and show that "clicks," the current metric of choice, tell only half the story. The world's No. ... |
| Seattle Hospital Will Live Tweet, Instagram First Hearing Restoration Surgery Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT  Eleanor Day, 79, doesn't have a Twitter account, but after her live-tweeted cochlear implant surgery Tuesday morning, she has a chance at becoming a trending topic. Perhaps more significantly, she'll be able to hear again after five years of living entirely without hearing.
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| ServiceNow stock falls after UBS downgrade Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT Shares of ServiceNow Inc. took a hit Monday after a UBS analyst downgraded the recently-public software company, saying its stock is too expensive. |
| 'Once Upon a Time' Breaks GetGlue Record Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT  ABC's fantasy drama Once Upon a Time sparked the most activity ever for a broadcast premiere on social entertainment platform GetGlue. Sunday's season two premiere generated more than 93,000 check-ins, comments and likes, marking a 253% growth spurt compared with GetGlue activity for last year's premiere.
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| Good Things Come From Small Scopes Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:07 PM PDT Smaller ground-based telescopes produce research results that get more citations per dollar spent than the big guys. John Matson reports. |
| Steve Wozniak takes more shots at Apple and its closed philosophy Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:05 PM PDT  Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs had very different views of what Apple (AAPL) should be. The outspoken Jobs eventually overruled his partner and built the Cupertino-based company into one of the most successful companies of all time. During an "ask me anything" event on Tuesday, Wozniak responded to a question regarding his opinion of Apple and its current practices and as you may expect, the open-source advocate had some harsh words for his former company. "Like all of us who appreciate the quality of Apple products, I have mixed feelings," said Wozniak. "I grew up with core values of openness and sharing of technology. When I ran dial-a-joke it was illegal to own, use or purchase your own telephone or
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| AOL launches video-sharing mobile phone game Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - AOL Inc entered the mobile gaming market with a social video guessing game available on Apple's iPhone that uses voice recognition technology to keep players from cheating. For now, the game, Clucks, can only be played by iPhone users. The Android version of the app will be released by the end of the year, according to Sol Lipman, vice president of AOL's Mobile First unit which identifies new market opportunities in the mobile space. ... |
| Low early Windows 8 adoption numbers sound alarm bells for Microsoft Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT  Microsoft (MSFT) had better hope that early adoption numbers aren't a reflection of consumer interest in Windows 8, because if they are then the company could be headed for a Vista-style disaster. ComputerWorld reports on new numbers from research and analytics firm Net Applications showing that just 0.33% of all Windows-based computers ran on Windows 8 in September. For comparison's sake, ComputerWorld notes that 1.64% of Windows-based computers were running on Windows 7 the month before it was released in 2009, meaning that the early adoption rate of Windows 7 was roughly five times that of Windows 8. Needless to say, if these numbers are reflection of how people feel about Windows 8, then it adds a lot more weight to some
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| BMC Software explores potential sale: sources Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - BMC Software Inc is exploring a potential sale of the company and has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch to assist with the strategic review, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Bankers for the business software maker have approached potential suitors including large technology companies and private equity firms to gauge their interest in buying all or part of the company, the people said. BMC Software's shares rose 3.2 percent to $42.84 in afternoon trade on the Nasdaq after news of the potential sale was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. ... |
| White House targeted in cyber attack Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's computer system was targeted in a cyber attack, a senior administration official said on Monday, but no classified systems were breached. There is no evidence that data was taken in the incident, the official said, adding that the attack was identified early and did not spread. The attack was described as "spear phishing," the term for an attempted penetration using fake emails from a trusted sender, which the official said was "not infrequent. ...
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