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Jury Finds Samsung Phones Infringe on Several Apple Patents, Awards $119.6 Million — A federal jury ruled Friday that Samsung infringed on at least one of the patents that Apple had sued over in its latest patent case. — The jury found all accused Samsung phones infringed on the first patent at issue …
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Apple wins $119 million in patent damages from Samsung, wanted $2.2 billion: mixed verdict — The Apple v. Samsung II jury didn't want to go into another week of deliberations and rendered a verdict just minutes before the end of the scheduled deliberation time.
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Apple v. Samsung 2014 infringed devices scorecard — Now that the jury's verdict is in for Apple v. Samsung, check out what devices were named violating specific patents. — Both the iPhone 5 (left) and the Galaxy S3 have been accused of violating patents in the latest dispute.| James Galbraith / Macworld: |
2014 MacBook Air benchmarks: new processors perform better, flash storage is slower compared to 2013 models — Lab tested: New 2014 MacBook Air benchmarks — Apple on Tuesday released a minor update to its MacBook Air line of laptops. The changes included a subtle 100MHz increase …
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SanDisk announces 4TB SSD, hopes for 8TB next year — SanDisk's new drive family has up to 4TB capacity for data center use — SanDisk this week announced the industry's first 4TB enterprise-class SAS solid-state drive (SSD) in its Optimus MAX product based on 19-nanometer process technology.
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White House seeks legal immunity for telecom firms complying with court orders for customer data — White House seeks legal immunity for firms that hand over customer data — Obama administration asks legislators drafting NSA reforms to protect telecoms firms for complying with court orders, Guardian learns
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New PayPal director of strategy Rakesh Agrawal insults coworkers in late-night tweets — New PayPal Exec Blasts Fellow Employees In Late-Night Tweets — Less than two months after getting hired to be PayPal's new director of strategy, Rakesh “Rocky” Agrawal has taken to Twitter to insult some of his new fellow employees.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Milestone: Bill Gates no longer Microsoft's largest shareholder, as shares dip below Ballmer's stake — For the first time in Microsoft's history, Bill Gates is no longer the company's largest individual shareholder, as of this afternoon. A stock sale by Gates made public a few minutes ago reduced … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Now for Android updated to keep cards loaded when you lose service — Google today updated Google Search for Android with a very useful Google Now improvement: cards will now stay loaded even when you lose service. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play.
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Apple Acquires Power Efficient LED Tech Company LuxVue — Apple has acquired LuxVue Technology, a stealthy company that had been working on micro-LED, screen technologies, we've heard from sources close to the transaction. The company had raised $43 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, iD Ventures America and others.| Reuters: |
Comcast nears deal to stream EA games to TVs via its X1 platform — Exclusive - Comcast nears deal to stream EA games to TVs: sources — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp may soon allow customers using its cloud-connected X1 cable box system to buy games from Electronic Arts Inc through their televisions … | Marvin Ammori / Slate: |
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's lame excuses for his net neutrality proposal — Tom Wheeler tries, and fails, to justify his execution of net neutrality. — A few years ago, Internet users, democracy activists, and entrepreneurs got wind of a proposed law, SOPA, that would have changed …
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