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Sorry Apple: Judge Refuses U.S. Sales Ban on Samsung Devices
March 6, 2014 10:33AM “To persuade the court to grant Apple such an extraordinary injunction — to bar such complex devices for incorporating three touchscreen software features — Apple bears the burden ...
FCC Approves Tests for Transition to Internet Phone System
January 30, 2014 1:34PM There have been complaints by some consumers about the quality of IP-based services and about their reliability. But the U.S. phone system is already in transition from its ...
YouTube To Lead Ultra-HD Industry Shift with 4K Streaming
January 3, 2014 12:10PM One major downside to the VP9 video codec that YouTube is pushing for 4K streaming is that both it and VP8 have been relatively unpopular, so TVs and ...
Can Foxconn Partnership Save BlackBerry?
December 20, 2013 12:44PM Beleaguered Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has inked a deal with iPhone maker Foxconn, under which the Taiwanese company will develop BlackBerry phones. Foxconn will also manage BlackBerry’s inventory, ...
Sailfish-Based Jolla Phone Debuts; Will Its New OS Fly?
November 29, 2013 10:06AM Jolla’s Linux-based Sailfish OS is the direct descendant of an open-source OS called MeeGo. Aside from not being dependent on Google’s Android, the selling points of Jolla’s Sailfish ...
No Zero-Day Office Flaw Fix on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin is out and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief and frustration. Relief because for the first time in a few months, this is a relatively ...
Americans Not Sold on Wearable Tech
November 7, 2013 1:51PM The expected market value for wearable tech is definitely a good sign and shows that companies are thinking far ahead of consumers as to what will end up ...
Google+ Adds New Privacy Controls for Business
Even though Google+ has upped the security of its groups, businesses may not be all that confident in Google’s ability to keep information private in the Google+ sharing space. That’s especially true ...
Google Chromecast Adds Hulu Plus App
October 3, 2013 9:26AM When Google brought out the Chromecast streaming media player, the device supported only four apps: Netflix and Google’s own YouTube, Google Play Movies and Google Play Music properties. ...
Adobe Resets Passwords after Massive Data Breach
The massive breach into Adobe’s networks may have been the work of the same attackers who compromised LexisNexis and other organizations, using the same techniques. Security professionals around the world should be ...