Apple has been ordered by a jury to pay damages to Mirror Worlds for infringing patents related to how documents are displayed on a computer screen, reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-01/apple-loses-mirror-worlds-trial-over-document-display-patents.html). The federal jury in Tyler, Texas, awarded $208.5 million in damages for each of the patents infringed.
Read MoreGridstore (http://www.gridstore.com), which specializes in enterprise-class Network Attached Storage grid (NASg) solutions, will demonstrate its next-generation scale-out NAS solution in booth #758 at the MSPWorld conference, being held in Los Angeles Oct. 4-6.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Mobz technologies has announced two new Halloween apps for the iPhone and iPad. They contain a specially selected set of scary Halloween sounds. The iPhone edition is a free lite version of the $1.99 iPad edition.
Read MoreA message from do_not_reply@itunes.com has been plaguing iTune users’ inboxes, reports “WKBN” (http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/iTunes-Virus-Hits-Emails/rqUBLViS8EWcZZp0PkQmNQ.cspx). It claims you owe money — and even some without iTunes accounts have received the email, the article says.
Representatives from Apple said this is a very new virus and they are working to get the issue under control.They said to delete the email from your inbox and do not click on any of the links provided.
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Apple has become the latest defendant to settle infringement allegations from Sharing Sound LLC over a patent for online music distribution, joining Microsoft, Napster LLC and others, reports “Law360” (http://macosg.me/2/x6).
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