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The jury in Apple v. Samsung dealt a big blow to Samsung by finding that it did infringe on some of the Apple patents at the center of the case, and it didn’t have any better news for the company when it came to Samsung’s own claims that Apple infringed on some of its patents as well. The jury found that Apple did not infringe on those in all five cases (the so-called utility patents), although it did rule that the patents were valid. That also, of course, means no damages awarded to Samsung.

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Back in the days of the film camera, brands such as Kodak were extremely popular not just for the film they produced, but for their cameras as well. However as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and it certainly seems that way for Kodak. The company has officially announced that they will be selling off their Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging Business to concentrate on “commercial, packaging and functional printing solutions and enterprise services.”

For those wondering, the Personalized Imaging arm consists of print kiosks and consumer film, while the Document Imaging Business will comprise of scanners and document management. Essentially Kodak will be exiting the consumer market but will remain in the enterprise sector, such as making film for the movie industry and film for aerial and industrial photography.

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Having the ability to control your camera via your phone can be pretty handy. This allows users to use their phones as remote shutters to take photos so that they don’t have to wait for the timer, along with the possibility of changing settings without having to run back to the camera. Now assuming the latest batch of Sony NEX-5R and NEX-6 rumors are true, phone control is one of the rumored features that will be making its way into the devices. (more…)

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Human rights groups and foreign governments have denounced Gambian president Yahya Jammeh after he promised this week to execute every death row prisoner in Gambia by mid-September.

“All those guilty of serious crimes and are condemned will face the full force of the law,” Jammeh said on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“By the middle of next month, all the death sentences would have been carried out to the letter. There is no way my government will allow 99% of the population to be held to ransom by criminals,” he said.

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