Author: peterjang73

A nerdy father of two, a husband of a beautiful and understanding wife, an engineer who loves anime and tinkering with PCs and games, but most of all, loves God.
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From Engadget: Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is legal

Finally!!!  I hope this is a sign back to normalcy for business… Apple needs to quit it!
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A court in the Hague has just cleared the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for sale in the Netherlands, rejecting Apple’s requests for a nationwide ban. As NU.nl reports, a different Dutch court had already issued a similar ruling in October, which Cupertino promptly appealed, claiming that Sammy’s slate was too similar to its own iPad 2. Today, though, the Court of the Hague shot down Apple’s arguments, determining that there are enough differences between the two products to legally justify their coexistence. Granted, this is only one of manypatent battles that the two companies are currently waging, but for today, at least, it looks like Samsung has come out on top.[Thanks, Rolfski]

 

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From Engadget: RIM stock falls eight percent following CEO transition

Ouch. RIM, the maker of Blackberry, just can’t seem to catch a break…
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We rarely meddle with stock news around these parts, but this was a pretty significant piece of meat to chew on. After Research in Motion introduced Thorsten Heins as the new CEO last night and again in a conference call this morning, the company’s stock price tumbled a whopping 8.47 percent. When it comes to what kind of difference the transition will make for the struggling company, we haven’t had a high amount of confidence; while we hope for the best and want to see RIM turn things around, the falling stock appears to indicate that we’re not alone in expressing concerns about this morning’s events. Here’s some food for thought: when rumorsthat Samsung was interested in purchasing RIM flooded the internet, the latter company’s stocks spiked by nearly ten percent.

 

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From Autoblog: Video: GM latest to explore turning rear windows into screens

Not sure if this is a good idea…  for safety sake…

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Last Summer Toyota showed off its Window to the World technology created in partnership with the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. It turned a rear window into an augmented-reality screen that would keep kids interested in something other than asking “Are we there yet?” Now General Motors has showed off a similar bit of kit called Windows of Opportunity, developed with the Bezalel School of Art and Design in Israel.

GM’s Windows concept is aimed just as much at kids as adults. The team came up with four different apps that provided interactivity ranging from a virtual take on drawing on foggy windows to checking what was on other augmented windows on cars around the world. We’re probably a long way from seeing something like this in production, but you know you can look forward to the day when your kid monitors your driving style from his child seat. Follow the jumpfor the full press release and a short video on GM’s new tech.

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