Patent trolls seem to crawl out of their caves in recent memory, and in a rather surprising move (hey, this is America that we are talking about, where just about anything can happen), Intercarrier Communications of Texas who owns a single patent for something that they did not even invent in the first place, is suing some big name corporations – Apple included. The patent that they own was granted in 2006 for “an inter-carrier messaging service providing phone number only experience,” where it was assigned to ICC just so that a lawsuit can be filed against Apple and other firms allegedly affected – such as Broadsoft, Inerop Technologies, Iris Wireles, and Mobiweb among others.
This suit was filed in the eastern Virginia district court, where Judge John A. Gibney will be presiding the case. Apple will naturally have their team of legal eagles work to make sure that the alleged claim of Apple’s FaceTime is proven in the court of law that it does not infringe on Intercarrier Communications’ patent. Somehow, we have no doubt that the outcome of this case will, in all probability, be favorable towards a certain fruity company so that no precedent is set and other patent trolls start to show themselves.
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One good thing about a device being slow to hit the market is this – they will be a whole lot more advanced in terms of specifications (or at least some) compared to the original shipping date, not to mention giving the team behind said device to sharpen up and optimize the software. The 
Research In Motion (RIM) has been slowly but steadily losing their smartphone market share not only in the US, but in just about every other country in the world – with the exception of perhaps Indonesia. Those who are still flying RIM’s flag high have hopes that the BlackBerry 10 operating system that is scheduled for a Q1 2013 release will arrive on time, and not come botched in any way. Having said that, it is rather encouraging to hear that 50 carriers are currently testing the BlackBerry 10 operating system in stages known as “Lab Entry”.
A developer shared that the recently introduced Fusion Drive will have built in support for OS X Mountain Lion, allowing it to be compatible with the hybrid storage device – allowing Macs that did not come configured otherwise to make full use of Fusion Drive to boot. Developer Patrick Stein’s post in Tumblr did reveal an unofficial confirmation that OS X Mountain Lion will offer Fusion Drive support for current Macs.
I find it rather interesting that we have heard anecdotes of the late Steve Jobs doing his utmost best to squeeze every single penny possible from Apple’s suppliers while doing business, and it is perhaps this kind of mindset that had led Cupertino to inform a Wisconsin court that they will not pay a penny more than $1 to Google-owned Motorola Mobility when it comes to licensing their standard-essential wireless patents.
I am quite sure that you have played enough video games and watched your fair share of movies to know just how cool it is to wear night vision gear, allowing you to pick out details that you would never have noticed in extremely low light conditions. Well, the Belkin NetCam Wi-Fi Camera does come with night vision capability, and this will surely go some way in introducing peace of mind to those who want to monitor one’s home remotely. Taking mere minutes to set up, the NetCam’s infrared night vision delivers clear viewing even in low or no light, in addition to wide-angle video so that you get to enjoy a better view of your room.
It seems that from today onward, Apple has started to invite developers to give the next update to the Mountain Lion operating system a go, which more or less points toward the viability of a OS X 10.8.3 beta version in the pipeline. It seems that industry insiders claimed that only select members of Apple’s developer community were given invitations ahead of the new beta’s introduction. Apple has been pretty good at keeping a lid on things this time around, where we have absolutely no clue whatsoever as to the kind of features that one can find in OS X 10.8.3. During this pre-release beta period, developers are able to give OS X 10.8.3 a thorough grinding, making sure that one’s applications are up to snuff while weeding out potential bugs before the update is finally made available for public consumption.
Hurricane Sandy did do a number on the east coast of the US, and we have seen the triumph of the 