Apple-Samsung Jurors Say Video Testimony, Emails Were Persuasive
The Apple-Samsung patent infringement verdict is in, and the jurors who handed a major victory to Apple are speaking out. Reuters reports that the jury foreman has said that while the jury felt Apple’s demands were too high, it also believed Samsung should still pay significant damages because of its intentional infringement of Apple’s patents. The bottom line, the jury found, Samsung copied Apple’s features and...
Switched On: Trading places
By Ross Rubin posted Aug 26th 2012 5:30PM Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. If widespread rumors hold true, the coming weeks will see two of the most successful tablet vendors invade each other’s screen size turf. Apple, which once rebuked the 7-inch tablet as unfit for normally proportioned human hands, appears ready to try its own hand at an iPad rumored to be on the larger side...
Apps Now Key to Small-Business Savings
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each Monday, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy. Photos by Maxine Park,, USA TODAY Real estate brokerage owner: Krisstina Wise likes the app DocuSign, which enables digital signatures: “It’s rare that we need an ink signature...
NTT DoCoMo releasing limited edition JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Optimus Vu
By Daniel Cooper posted Aug 24th 2012 7:22AM If you can’t get enough of the adventures of the Joestars and their various progeny, then you’re in luck. NTT DoCoMo knows how to keep hardcore fans happy, releasing a limited run of 15,000 LG Optimus Vu with the phablet carrying custom wallpaper and illustrations from the creators of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Beneath the surface, it’s the same phone we’ve seen...
Phishing attack targets users with fake BlackBerry ID email
Security vendors say they’ve spotted phishing attacks trying to fool BlackBerry users into opening email on their Windows machines that launches malware for taking over the system. SLIDESHOW: Is RIM ruined? RELATED: New BIOS security standards aimed at fighting rootkit attacks “It’s the typical mass attack,” says Chris Astacio, manager of security research at Websense Security Labs, about what is an...
