In the hotly contested Apple vs Samsung case, Judge Lucy Koh has finally handed down a number of the first rulings in the case’s post-trial proceedings. While Apple was granted its motion to invalidate several claims of a Samsung patent, Koh also denied Apple five others. One of the key denials was a request for a new trial that will have willful infringement on Apple’s patents by Samsung. This is a significant victory for Samsung, as having overturning the jury’s finding that Samsung acted willfully in infringing on Apple’s patents, it would mean Apple is unable to claim not double, but rather a mind blowing triple damages that were associated with the suit.
The ruling stated, “Here, the jury found that there was no subjective willfulness, and the Court agrees that this finding was supported by substantial evidence in the record. Therefore, even if the Court were to find the objective prong satisfied, there can be no ultimate willfulness determination. Accordingly, the Court need not reach the objective analysis.”
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Now here is something that every fanboy or geek would definitely drool over – the 32-Monitor Matrox Mura-powered video wall that relies on Mura MPX Series controller boards to ensure this 8×4 installation works perfectly, thanks to the app that was developed via the Mura Network API. In fact, this unique video wall has been installed in a corporate jet showroom’s so that it offers a larger than life presentation to potential clients that are bound to win brownie points with whoever steps through their doors.
Business managers and owners will be happy to hear that Foursquare is launching Foursquare For Business Managers today. The app, which is exclusively available on the iPhone for now, lets business managers post updates, activate specials, and learn who their customers actually are. Foursquare says that the new app is designed to offer busy managers a way to keep up with Foursquare without being tied to a computer in an office or back room. Basically, managers or store owners can post business updates from within the app and share those updates on Facebook and Twitter. 
Do you feel that? Yes sir, that is the buzz of excitement that has reverberated among the folks over at Team XBMC, as they have just announced XBMC 12 “Frodo” to long-suffering folks, and you can bet your bottom dollar that XBMC 12 Frodo will come with its fair share of innovative features.
Good news folks! Microsoft Office 2013 is now available for purchase. There are basically three options – Office Home & Student 2013, Office Home & Business 2013, and Office Professional 2013. They are priced at $139.99, $219.99, and $399.99, respectively. Users can also opt for an Office 365 Home Premium subscription per month at $9.99 or $99.99 per year. Users can even buy office applications. Word is priced at $109.99, Excel at $109.99, PowerPoint at $109.99, OneNote $69.99, Outlook at $109.99, Publisher at $109.99, and Access at $109.99. Microsoft is expected to host a special Office 2013 event in Bryant Park, New York later today to possibly launch Microsoft 2013. You can purchase your own copy or subscribe to Office 365 Home Premium 
For those of you out there who have made Barnes & Noble your favorite bookstore to visit, we bring you some rather disturbing news. It seems that they will be closing around 200 stores in the years to come as part of their corporate strategy in shifting more attention and focus to the digital book market. In speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Barnes & Noble retail group CEO Mitchell Klipper touted that “we’ll have 450 to 500 stores” in a decade’s time, and at point of publishing, Barnes & Noble do carry 689 retail locations across the US. This would average out, according to Klipper, closing around 20 retail locations each year over the next 10 years, which is a faster rate compared to 15 stores per year in the past decade. Do take note that until 2009, Barnes & Noble did open approximately 30 new stores annually.
I am quite sure that most of us out there have seen at least one episode of Mission Impossible where the message self-destructs after relating the mission to whoever is listening in to it. Well, the research arm of the Pentagon, DARPA, intend to work on next generation military hardware which is said to self-destruct at a certain point in its life. Sensors that are suicidal? There’s no need for a shrink for such shorted silicon, yo!
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Have you ever shopped at Harrods before? Perhaps your shopping experience would be a whole lot more interesting when you hear that the retail icon has decided to join forces with Digitact Ltd, introducing MultiTaction technology to sales tools. MultiTouch is the developer of the first modular multi-touch LCD screen for large-scale displays in the world, and has decided to deliver a couple of 55” MultiTaction Cells in the first interactive media platform that has been dedicated to the beauty industry. Known as 
