Apple seeks to add more products to Samsung patent lawsuit

Apple seeks to add more products to Samsung patent lawsuit
Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website
Saudi regulator suspends Mobily from selling SIM cards
Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week
7 Cyber Monday Deals From Best Buy You Don't Want to Miss
Nokia imaging chief to quit
Paper Monsters tops Android Games of the Week
Renesas shares jump after report $2.4 billion bailout approved
Apple Throws a Tantrum After Being Ordered to Tell Samsung Their HTC Secrets
Cambridge to study technology's risk to humans
Your 3D Mini-Me - Up to 8 Inches Tall - Awaits
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Posted: 25 Nov 2012 03:45 PM PST

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has asked a federal court to add six more products to its patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co, including the Samsung Galaxy Note II, in the latest in move in an ongoing legal war between the two companies. The case is one of two patent infringement lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court in San Jose by Apple against Samsung. An earlier lawsuit by Apple that related to different patents resulted in a $1.05 billion jury verdict against Samsung on August 24. ...

Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:07 PM PST

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Dr. Latisha Smith, an expert in decompression sicknesses afflicting deep sea divers, has cleared criminal background checks throughout her medical career. Yet someone searching the Web for the Washington State physician might well come across an Internet ad suggesting she may have an arrest record. "Latisha Smith, arrested?" reads one such advertisement. Another says: "Latisha Smith Truth... Check Latisha Smith's Arrests." Instantcheckmate.com, which labels itself the "Internet's leading authority on background checks," placed both ads. ...

Saudi regulator suspends Mobily from selling SIM cards

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:29 AM PST

(Reuters) - Etihad Etisalat Co (Mobily), Saudi Arabia's second-biggest telecoms operator, has asked to meet the industry regulator after it was suspended from selling pre-paid SIM cards, a company spokesman said, describing the ban as "astonishing". Mobily's sales of pre-paid, or pay-as-you-go SIM cards will remain halted until the company "fully meets the pre-paid service provisioning requirements," the firm said in a statement. "We're not sure when we can resume selling pre-paid SIM cards," said a company spokesman. ...

Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 06:41 AM PST

Chris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games. Download a free issue of CTR here.

7 Cyber Monday Deals From Best Buy You Don't Want to Miss

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 06:13 AM PST

1. Beats Solo HD

Nokia imaging chief to quit

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 02:04 AM PST

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's long-time imaging chief Damian Dinning has decided to leave the loss-making cellphone maker at the end of this month, the company said in a statement. The strong imaging capabilities of the new Lumia smartphone models are a key sales argument for the former market leader, which has been burning through cash while losing share in both high-end smartphones and cheaper handsets. Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop has replaced most of the top management since he joined in late 2010 and Dinnig is the latest of several executives to leave. ...

Paper Monsters tops Android Games of the Week

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 06:56 PM PST

This week brings us an awesome lineup of titles from a great group of developers. Topping the list is the charming platformer Paper Monsters from publisher Crescent Moon Games, who are taking their first step into Android gaming. We've also got a zombie real time strategy game in which you play as the shambling undead, a sequel to Falling Fred, a new twin stick shooter from Triniti Interactive, and a Glu Mobile epic scale dragon battling game in the vein of Infinity Blade. Here are this week's top Android games!

Renesas shares jump after report $2.4 billion bailout approved

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 08:44 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shareholders of Japan's embattled Renesas Electronics Corp have approved a government-led bailout, the Nikkei newspaper said, sending the chipmaker's shares more than 6 percent higher on relief that the $2.4 billion rescue was being finalized. The deal, while expected, had been delayed and an announcement is now due for early December, the Nikkei said. ...

Apple Throws a Tantrum After Being Ordered to Tell Samsung Their HTC Secrets

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:11 PM PST

The legal war between Samsung and Apple is going really well and they're both behaving like civil, reasonable adults. Ha, no, not really. Apple just threw a tantrum because they were ordered to tell Samsung a bunch of secrets that could potentially help Samsung keep their products on the shelves.

Cambridge to study technology's risk to humans

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 11:09 AM PST

Could computers become cleverer than humans and take over the world? Or is that just the stuff of science fiction?

Your 3D Mini-Me - Up to 8 Inches Tall - Awaits

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST

Just in time for the annual holiday family portrait, designers in Japan have come up with a unique alternative to standard prints: miniature action figures of the family. Gone are the days of photo sessions requiring nothing more than a still camera and lights. The...