Samsung Galaxy Stellar rumored to hit Verizon for $100, hopes to lure you in with Amazon apps
By Edgar Alvarez posted Aug 24th 2012 5:12PM Regardless of the situation, it’s relatively safe to say Samsung will never, ever run out of Galaxy monikers. Now it’s the Korean outfit’s Galaxy Stellar making the internet rounds yet again, though there’s a little more information attached this time around. Per Droid Life, Sammy’s purported Verizon-bound Galaxy Stellar will be joining the carrier’s...
Judge Sees Nothing Unreasonable About $675,000 Music Piracy Fine
A U.S. District Court judge has upheld a $675,000 fine for Joel Tenenbaum, the former Boston University student who illegally downloaded and shared 31 songs through the long-defunct service Kazaa. Tenenbaum, who first started fighting the case in 2007, was found guilty two years later, and faced a fine of $22,500 per song. Although U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Gertner found the jury’s original verdict to be...
ITC decides Apple didn’t violate Motorola WiFi patent after all, tosses case back to judge
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 24th 2012 6:17PM Trouble looked to be brewing for Apple last April: an International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling that Apple infringed on a standards-essential Motorola WiFi patent, raising the possibility of a trade ban if the verdict held true. The fellows in Cupertino may have caught a big break. A Commission review of the decision on Friday determined that Apple didn’t violate the...
New FileMaker 12 Software Line Released Today
FileMaker, Inc. today announced the release of the FileMaker 12 database software line — including FileMaker Pro 12, FileMaker Go 12, and FileMaker Server 12 — which offers powerful new ways to create custom database apps for iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows, and the web. New professionally designed themes and the ability to customize every detail make it easy to create databases for managing contacts, projects, digital content, and more....
Apple v. Samsung jury finds Apple’s patents valid, awards it nearly $1.05 billion in damages
By Richard Lawler posted Aug 24th 2012 6:44PM The federal court jury in the patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has presented its verdict after deliberating for just 21 hours and 37 minutes following the three week trial. This particular case started with Apple’s lawsuit last April and now the jury’s decision is that Samsung did infringe on Apple’s ‘381 bounceback patent with all 21 of its...
