Samsung says it will drag iPhone 5 into legal war

Samsung says it will drag iPhone 5 into legal war
CNET
... Electronics. Samsung said it would add the recently unveiled smartphone -- which has already seen record pre-sale figures and which will hit stores tomorrow -- to a list of products accused of violating its patents, according to Reuters, citing U.S ...

Acer outs £180 Iconia Tab A110 Android tablet
ZDNet
Acer has revealed its latest seven-inch Android tablet, the Jelly Bean-equipped Iconia Tab A110. The A110 succeeds last year's A100, which cost around £300 when it launched. However, the intervening period has seen the release of several key low-cost...

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Motorola Mobility infringes Microsoft patents, German court rules
ZDNet
A Munich court has ruled that Motorola Mobility, a division of Google, infringes a patent owned by Microsoft relating to software keyboards. The Redmond, WA.-based software giant can now enforce an injunction on Motorola devices that infringe on the ...

iOS and Android update process compared
ZDNet
Summary: Like millions of device owners, yesterday I updated my iPhone to IOS 6. Coincidentally, my Nexus S 4G update to Jelly Bean rolled out and I updated it, too. Seeing the two platform updates side-by-side reinforces the reality of Android updates.

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HTC vs. Nokia Windows Phone 8 flap misses the point
ZDNet
The two companies have been dueling over which smartphone maker has the realWindows Phone 8 device. Their time would be better spent figuring out how to survive against Android devices and Apple's iPhone 5. In other words, the HTC and Nokia ...

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Motorola Mobility issues patent challenge to Apple
MSN Money
Judge Lucy Koh rejected Samsung's (SSNLF) motion Tuesday to have Apple's (AAPL) ban of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet removed. However, Apple now faces a legal challenge from Motorola Mobility, which could put Apple in the same position as Samsung.

RIM Innovates and Then Waits as Apple Moves Ahead
New York Times (blog)
By then, Apple is unlikely to be the only competitor to spoil some of RIM's BlackBerry10 surprises. Windows Phone 8, which may upstage some of the new BlackBerry'ssoftware features, is expected to be out shortly. New handsets that take advantage of...

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Hands On: Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, and Kobo Arc
PC Magazine
Hot on the heels of Amazon's event, Kobo has unleashed a slew of new products, including an edge-lit e-reader and a new Android tablet. So how do they stack up against the ever-growing competition? We got a quick hands-on session to find out. There are ...

Smartphone, Tablet Thefts Plague Metro Trains « CBS Los Angeles
By Lauren
Metro officials are warning passengers about a recent rash of smartphone and tablet thefts that have occurred on trains. ... CBSLA iPhone App YourDay for iPhone and Android · CBSLA Text Alerts · Back To School: Features, News & Photos ...
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NTT DoCoMo launches lightest Android tablet ever | Android Central
By Simon Sage
Android Central. Today, NTT DoCoMo launched the NEC Medias Tab UL N08-D, which weighs a scant 249 g. By comparison, other 7-inch tablets like the Kindle Fire HD weigh in the neighborhood of 400 g. Even the Nexus 7 is a relatively ...
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Cube U9GT5 Android tablet features an iPad-like 9.7 inch retina ...
By Brad Linder
Chinese tablet maker Cube was one of the first companies to introduce a model with a Rockchip RK3066 dual core processor. Now Cube is one of the first companies to introduce an Android tabletwith an iPad-like retina display. The Cube ...
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Motorola Mobility loses again in German court and - Phone Arena
By Phone Arena
The good news is that Motorola Mobility is the only Android manufacturer without such a deal from Microsoft which means that other Android heavyweights like Samsung and HTC aren't involved. In the same courthouse, in front of the same ...
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Android Overload: Apple Now Wants $3 Billion From Samsung In ...
By Chris Chavez
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 Now Receiving Over-The-Air Upd... Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T update brings minor UI twea... Phones · All Phones · Best Phones · Available Phones .... HTC splits mobile eggs between Android, Windows Phone 8.
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Sprint CEO: 1 million LTE phones sold; "We're catching up"
ZDNet
Summary: As Sprint continues to push into the LTE market as it flicks 4G paint at the U.S. map on the wall, the firm's CEO acknowledges the network is behind others, but is "catching up." Zack Whittaker. By Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines ...

Beating the Internet Explorer zero-day threat
Network World
Microsoft is quickly working to patch a new zero-day threat that has been discovered in recent versions of its Internet Explorer browser. Of course, Microsoft isn't the only vendor dealing with this type of issue; a recent zero-day vulnerability ...

Free JetBlue WiFi Looks to Boost Mobile Productivity
eWeek
The email said while ground-to-air services like Gogo, or satellite-based services like Row 44 or Panasonic do provide basic Internet service, fliers are unsatisfied with their surfing speed—something JetBlue aims to change with technology from ViaSat ...

Comcast boosts enrollment in Internet Essentials
Philadelphia Inquirer
The program is designed to address the low adoption rate of broadband service in low-income neighborhoods - a result partly of the cost of an Internet service and a computer. In Philadelphia, Comcast's least expensive entry-level, stand-alone Internet...
 
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Apple apparently fixes iOS 6 Wi-Fi bug
CNET
After the upgrade went live, users on Apple's Support Communities and elsewhere began complaining that they could no longer connect or stay connected via Wi-Fi. Some reported that the Wi-Fi option itself was greyed out. The root of the problem remained ...

Internet behemoths take on Capitol Hill
Direct Marketing News
The Internet Association unveiled the 14 Internet power players--including Facebook and Google--that have signed on to help mold public policies surrounding Internet freedom, innovation, and user empowerment. Amazon, AOL, eBay, Expedia, IAC, LinkedIn ...

Iran preparing internal version of Internet
Washington Post
The Iranian government, determined to limit Western influence and defend itself against cyberattacks, appears to have laid the technical foundations for a national online network that would be detached from the Internet and permit tighter control over ...

Verizon: iPhone 5 may start its 3G farewell tour
ZDNet
Verizon, which has bet its network, marketing and reputation on its aggressive and nearly complete4G LTE rollout, sees Apple's iPhone 5 rollout as the beginning of the end for 3G usage. vz4Gmap. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia ...

Samsung Is Really Suing Apple Over 8 LTE Patents
Gizmodo
Samsung Is Really Suing Apple Over 8 LTE Patents Just when you thought the whole "let's take each other to court" thing was fading out in the tech world, Samsung confirmed that it plans to sue Apple over eight patents relating to its implementation of ...

iPhone 5: How Apple's LTE Band Choices Are Affecting The Carrier ...
By Natasha Lomas
The iPhone 5's partial support for LTE frequencies in Europe means that when the iPhone 5 goes on sale tomorrow, the only Europeans who will be able to use it for 4G speeds are customers of T-Mobile, Germany, browsing the mobile web in ...
TechCrunch

AT&T's LTE network now live in Seattle, Portland, Pittsburgh and ...
By Edgar Alvarez
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network*** including more than 30,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at ...
Engadget

Verizon and AT&T Expand LTE Coverage in Many Regions Ahead ...
By Arnold Kim
Both Verizon Wireless and AT&T have announced new and expanded areas for LTE coverage in the U.S. LTE is the high speed wireless data networking...
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Did iOS 6 Screw Your Wi-Fi? Here's How to Fix It
By Casey Chan
A lot of iPhone and iPad users who updated to iOS 6 have been reporting that the latest and greatest software update from Cupertino has screwed their iPhone and iPad's Wi-Fi connection. As in, they can't connect. Is this happening to you?
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iOS 6 WiFi Problem: iPhone, iPad can't connect to Wi-Fi on iOS 6
By Zach Epstein
BGR has received a number of emails from iOS device users who report that after updating to iOS 6, they can no longer connect to Wi-Fi networks. When a.
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