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Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction by a German court barring distribution of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in almost the entire European Union, with only the Netherlands exempted, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. This is the latest victory for Apple in its legal battle alleging that the rival tablet infringes on...
Apple makes a lot of things remarkably well. Cables… are not one of those things. Up until Apple overhauled their laptop chargers to this latest revision, I was inadvertently destroying one every 3-4 months — but that’s nothing compared to how many iPhone cables I’ve chewed through. Really: I could probably use my pile...
Apple alleged that the Galaxy Tab imitates the iPad and infringes on various intellectual property rights owned by Apple. Apple asked the Landgericht (district court) of Düsseldorf, Germany, to order an injunction under which Samsung is threatened with fines of up to EUR 250,000 (US$ 350,000) for each violation or imprisonment of Samsung’s management...
As the riots continue around London, UK residents have turned to Amazon in order to either protect themselves or to gear up for looting of their own. In fact, sales of baseball bats have seen a 5,000% increase of their sales position, as shown on the “Movers and Shakers” page. The most popular item...
Remember Usenet? Its newsgroups were the beating heart of online debate for many years but have fallen from favour in recent years as Web forums and social media services took their place. It’s still very much alive though, and Google Groups is a popular way for its users to stay updated. At least, it...
Privately held Quark, which develops publishing software for professional designers and enterprises and is best known for its QuarkXPress (QXP) desktop publishing layout editor, has been acquired by Platinum Equity, a private equity firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Brian Wall, the partner at Platinum...
A former Microsoft board member and manager fired for allegedly kissing a colleague at a company conference and then denying the incident, has sued the company after it had originally issued a complaint to reclaim holiday pay and a signing on bonus following the dismissal. Bloomberg reports that Simon Negus, former Microsoft general manager at...
CapLinked, the LinkedIn-meets-SalesForce for private investing, has landed a significant deal today, helping Microsoft BizSpark startups raise cash via a new capital raising tool. As we’ve written in the past, CapLinked launched to allow entrepreneurs to raise capital and sell or buy assets, manage and contact investor prospects, centralize document flow on a secure...
For any hungry startup, the opportunity to saturate itself in a creative environment with successful and like-minded peers seems hard to ignore. PeopleBrowsr Labs, located on 474 Bryant St in San Francisco, is a new accelerator that not only provides office space for early stage social media startups, but also offers niche workshops to steer ventures...