Apple tripling its iPad lineup in January? Not so fast

The previous give details from Taiwanese tech-news place DigiTimes--which already had a shaky reputation instead of accuracy--claimed with the aim of Apple was planning to expose two contemporary iPad models by the side of subsequently month's Macworld|iWorld union in the sphere of San Francisco, a reveal Apple hasn't keynoted since 2009.

With the aim of same give details claimed Apple would persist to persuade somebody to buy the iPad 2, stretching its lineup to three changed models. Since the iPad's introduction in the sphere of 2010, Apple has just to be had a single version by the side of a period.

"These rumors are completely false," wrote The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, a well-sourced Apple commentator, in the sphere of a advertise this afternoon. "I checked with a amount of my sources at the moment and an iPad 3 is not considered instead of delivery by the side of Macworld. In the sphere of legal action you're wondering, an iPad 3 won't be present released by the side of CES either."

Dalrymple additionally rebuffs suggestions with the aim of an Apple-made television hardheaded would be present introduced by the side of either reveal. Such a move would be present a great big disturb, certain latest reports pegging some on the cards delivery of with the aim of unannounced artifact in the vicinity of the conclusion of the time by the side of the most basic.

Combination Dalrymple, Apple Insider assumed the DigiTimes give details was "immediately questionable.," with rival place Macrumors calling the Macworld portion of the give details "harder-to-believe." illustrious in the sphere of both is with the aim of the DigiTimes story echoes claims made by tech place The Verge earlier this time, aphorism Apple was working on a high-end "HD" pattern with the aim of would be present sold alongside the iPad 2, something with the aim of may well still approach to final result.

What did you say? Apple adds to its third-generation tablet, and as soon as it resolve be present unveiled is of precise draw your attention this period around. The artifact is single of the a small number of with the aim of Apple has announced and launched following the feast season--the iPad 2 went on vending in the sphere of first protest march of this time, while the formerly iPad launched in the sphere of April the time by.

Further on of the DigiTimes give details, a story barred of Focus Taiwan survive week claimed with the aim of Apple's delivery schedule may well be present crawling back a trace closer to the introduction of the time this period around, with suppliers clamoring to delivery a third-generation pattern in the vicinity of the conclusion of February. This, the give details assumed, was all to coincide with the birthday of minute Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Apple declined to comment.

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HP Canada removes channel chief position

While Hewlett-Packard Co. Canada (NYSE: HPQ) spirit nix longer give birth to a traditional channel chief, the preceding person to suspend so as to station insists so as to on behalf of partners, the support and route to sell hasn't untouched.
At the same time as part of a current restructuring, John Cammalleri spirit nix longer suspend the station of vice-president of the solution giver organization. As a replacement for of lone channel chief on behalf of HP Canada, so as to task spirit right away reside surrounded by both of HP Canada's focal small business units, such at the same time as the delicate systems cluster (PSG), imaging and printing cluster (IPG) and endeavor servers, storage space and networking cluster (ESSN). Cammalleri is taking task on behalf of the reseller small business in the field of PSG, at the same time as well at the same time as the route to sell on behalf of the little and medium-sized small business segment.
“The strategy is to create much tighter linkages relating the end-user sales organization and the SMB channel organization, as you really can't separate the partner from the SMB small business,” whispered Cammalleri, noting 98 for each cent of HP Canada's SMB revenue comes through the channel. “It's really in the region of a singular way in the field of which you liveliness to sell.”
In the field of provisos of HP's channel support make up, Cammalleri stressed the route to sell hasn't really untouched. The item for consumption groups give birth to forever had task on behalf of the channel route to sell, and all channel support has forever been ended by the small business company level. And, the channel marketing organization ran by Heather Kent, partner development and programs executive, remains housed surrounded by PSG at the bottom of the channel across the organization so a unfailing marketing and enablement tactic is delivered to partners.
Kent renowned HP increased its investment in the field of partner support and enablement in the field of 2011, and is anticipating a new 10 for each cent grow in the field of investment in the field of 2012.
“How partners engage with HP hasn't untouched,” whispered Kent. “There's nix contact on partners other than the benefit of greater alignment to the sales organization in the field of the SMB hole.”
The removal of the channel chief role mirrors changes at the same time as HP Americas, anywhere the channel chief role was eliminated similar to Stephen DiFranco missing the channel chief role to run the PSG Americas small business. In the field of Canada, HP has fashioned a channel control team to liveliness into the details of how accounts are being covered, and to ensure the channel is being supported in the field of a unfailing way.
The restructuring spirit be present a helpful development if it course additional of an in-depth focus from HP channel reps into both small business company whispered David Reid, president and president of Epic in order Solutions, an HP small business partner from Winnipeg. Reid renowned so as to HP has had at odds programs on behalf of a few schedule, so the the leadership coins is really additional administrative and shouldn't mean a large coins on behalf of as a rule partners.
“We deal with all three small business units and once it was entirely lone small business executive layer all three, they couldn't drill very deep into a few lone area,” whispered Reid. “Having three partner managers spirit be present fine. I think it spirit be present additional operational.”

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Sony PIX’s Chicks on Flicks make home on Facebook

‘Chicks on Flicks’, the Hollywood film periodical let somebody see on Sony PIX which went inedible air a a small number of months back, is back. But this moment in time, as a substitute of the television screen, the let somebody see is switching mediums and bidding stay on Facebook.

Citing the grounds behind opting in lieu of Facebook in lieu of ‘Chicks on Flicks’, Sunder Aaron, question have control over, PIX, assumed, “In an age everywhere youngsters are constantly hooked on to social networking sites, ‘Chicks on Flicks’ may possibly not retain had a better platform. The let somebody see bidding as well stay very current since reviews bidding stay shared the same day of the week to the same extent the theatrical publish of the films through Facebook. This just starting out season of ‘Chicks on Flicks’ is very special to us and we are very proud to share it with our viewers.”

The just starting out avatar of ‘Chicks on Flicks’ allows audiences to work together with the two hosts via Facebook. It is as well well-situated since the reviews are untaken online and need not stay followed on television by the side of a fixed moment in time and day of the week.

Commenting on the marketing strategy, Himmat Butalia, Marketing have control over, PIX, assumed, “We are going away to brand an effort on Facebook. Along with with the intention of we bidding as well retain stamp ads. These stamp ads would appear on the partition of persons public who retain not liked Sony PIX’s folio, with the intention of way they would go to know in relation to ‘Chicks on Flicks’.”

Sony PIX feels with the intention of going away on Facebook is the fastest way to communicate with its fans regarding the periodical of a film. The let somebody see went inedible air to the same extent the movies were released on a Friday, but ‘Chicks on Flicks’ would walk off on air merely the following Friday with a specific film’s periodical, which made thumbs down wisdom in lieu of the channel.

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IBM Off To The Races With New Memory Tech

The computer chip heads by the side of IBM's seek and Microelectronics divisions maintain had a taken week, viewing inedible their fresh remembrance and computing toys by the side of the IEEE's International Electron policy discussion in the sphere of Washington, D.C., carry on week. A little of the computer chip equipment with the aim of immense Blue was viewing inedible to its peers is far dazed into the opportunity, but it may well conclusion up in the sphere of systems quicker than you might think.

The same as you old AS/400 shops are well aware, IBM used to progress to its own remembrance chips and CD-ROM drives in favor of its systems and with the aim of remembrance was designed and fabbed in the sphere of the same Rochester, Minnesota, labs someplace the AS/400 and its forebears were all born. The magnetoresistive CD-ROM heads and super-dense CD-ROM platters came dazed of Rochester in the AS/400 C run generation, and so did dense DRAM key remembrance back in the sphere of the D run generation. (I used to maintain single of these chips, which I think was single of the at the outset 1Mbit chips continually, on my desk, but I maintain rebuff suspicion someplace it went). IBM in addition figured dazed how to stack up cheaper DRAM chips in the sphere of twos and fours with AS/400 and iSeries tackle back by the side of the dawn of occasion so it may well progress to super-dense remembrance cards dazed of relatively low-cost DRAM chips. IBM still knows a point or else two more or less remembrance, the same as evidenced by its L1 and L2 caches in the sphere of its mainframe and Power Systems processors and the embedded DRAM (eDRAM) with the aim of it position into the Power7 and z10 processors carry on time.

Perhaps other importantly in favor of a fresh remembrance equipment called Hybrid remembrance Cube (HMC), which is a fresh kind of 3D remembrance stacking formed by Samsung Electronics and Micron equipment, IBM has lots of expertise in the sphere of well ahead computer chip making and has approach up with a little breakthroughs with the aim of strength of character allow in favor of HMC memory--not to be present baffled with the Hardware Management Console in favor of Power Systems servers--to approach to marketplace.

Here's the suspicion behind 3D remembrance. If you stack up lots of plain-old DDR3 remembrance chips, link them as one vertically with a substrate of wires, snap a crossbar interconnect against folks wires to link the chips all as one, and interface them to a motherboard socket, after that you can run remembrance in the sphere of a other dense and analogous form than you can execute with standard 2D DDR3 remembrance modules and sockets now. By allowing remembrance access to run in the sphere of analogous across a ample car front-ended by with the aim of crossbar, you can run it slower and as a consequence generate a lesser amount of cook and still maintain a tremendous amount of bandwidth concerning the remembrance blocks and the processors with the aim of need the data on single region and the I/O systems with the aim of feed data into remembrance from the other region.

Under a deal with the aim of IBM cut out with Micron carry on week, the remembrance maker based in the sphere of Boise, Idaho strength of character be present licensing a little intellectual property with the aim of immense Blue cooked up to manufacture the linking wires in the sphere of the HCM lump, called Through Silicon Vias or else TSVs.IBM and Micron are not adage exactly what did you say? They maintain figured dazed, but they are made of copper and integrate well with the computer chip baking processes with the aim of Micron has in the sphere of its Idaho fabs. The same as part of the deal, IBM is in addition making the HMC logic circuits with the aim of realize the HMC crossbar and pinout to the motherboard, which strength of character be present implemented in the sphere of immense Blue's copper/high-k metal gate computer chip processes, which are implemented in the sphere of 32 nanometers. IBM strength of character progress to these logic circuits and push them to Micron, but it is Micron with the aim of strength of character be present making the DRAM and stacking it up with the TSVs and after that hooking the remembrance logic to the lump.

With HMC remembrance, a smidgen of data can be present transferred from remembrance to the CPU interconnect with more or less 70 percent a lesser amount of energy than with standard 2D DDR3 remembrance and an on-chip controller, and a regard office of key remembrance strength of character take up more or less one-tenth the hole. And for the reason that of the analogous nature of the interconnect concerning the HMC and the logic board, prototypes maintain been able to send 128 GB/sec of bandwidth dazed of the HMC lump, which compares quite auspiciously to the 12.8 GB/sec you can acquire dazed of a DDR3 remembrance stick running by the side of 1.33 GHz using a 2D configuration.

Micron expects to maintain HMC remembrance arrange in favor of marketplace by the succeeding partly of 2013, and head waiter makers are already lining up to see to it that how it might fit into their logic designs. Such super-dense, low-power remembrance modules are unquestionably crucial in favor of opportunity exascale supercomputers, but it remains to be present seen whilst it might appear in the sphere of broad-spectrum target servers like folks running net servers and databases.

IBM in addition thought carry on week by the side of the IEDM event with the aim of it has approach a smidgen closer to commercializing one more remembrance equipment, called racetrack remembrance.

I told you all more or less racetrack remembrance back in the sphere of January, and it is a actually funky equipment with the aim of promises remembrance densities with the aim of are other than two guidelines of magnitude better than CD-ROM areal density while by the side of the same occasion being other energy efficient and a lesser amount of expensive to progress to than explode remembrance. Disks move yet to be in excess of media to read data while tape moves media in excess of a stationary president to read it. Racetrack remembrance encodes data on zillions of nano-scale wires and uses spintronics to move the data up and down a sphere of wire the same as if it were a succinct part of a set of tape. But in the sphere of this legal action, the spintronics effect lone moves the data, not the wire, and it can execute it by the side of hundreds of miles an hour in excess of folks tiny wires. If you position a allotment of loops as one and a akin analogous access method and crossbar, you can progress to a very high-pitched bandwidth, low latency remembrance device.

With carry on week's notice by the side of IEDM, IBM was able to integrate the nanowires and the read and write down heads in favor of the loops, the same as well the same as the circuits with the aim of encode the data magnetically on the wire and depletion quantum-mechanical spin to move with the aim of data up and down the wire the same as if it were on a virtual part of a set of tape. Other importantly, IBM was able to fabricate the racetrack remembrance device, consisting of 256 racetracks, using standard CMOS processes on 200 millimeter wafers. The racetrack wires were more or less 150 nanometers ample, 20 nanometers thick, and 10 micrometers prolonged, which is pretty hefty by new circuit values. And as a consequence far, IBM is lone able to move single smidgen of data up and down the loops and needs to be present able to import lots of bits in favor of racetrack remembrance to be present practicable.

You'll see to it that HMC remembrance in the sphere of servers well or else racetrack remembrance.

Thinking way dazed into the opportunity, IBM's techies are in performance around with carbon nanotube transistors and thought carry on week by the side of IEDM with the aim of they were able to progress to a carbon nanotube transistor with channel lengths with the aim of were less significant than 10 nanometers, which is better than silicon-based computer chip fabbing equipment can execute. Heaven lone knows whilst we strength of character switch computers from silicon to carbon-based circuits.

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EU to investigate Apple's e-book deals

The European Commission strength of character look by the side of deals concerning the US doodad giant and US publishing powerhouses Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins, Britain's Penguin, France's Hachette Livre and Germany's Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck.

Amelia Torres, the commission's competition orator, thought the prod would examine whether the agreements "had the objective or else effect of restricting competition and fixing the fee of e-books by the side of a high-pitched level in the sphere of Europe".

"This is an of great consequence circulation in favor of consumers, in favor of colonize like me and you who have a thing about to read books, plus on an electronic platform," Torres told a news briefing, adding together with the aim of the legal action strength of character be present treated the same as a carry some weight of priority.

Apple is in the sphere of a fierce battle in excess of the growing e-reader marketplace.

US online retail giant Amazon recently launched its Kindle tablet in the sphere of the United States in the sphere of September quotation $199, partly the fee of the iPad.

The opening of the prod follows render speechless raids in the sphere of stride by EU competition the system in the sphere of the offices of several companies vigorous in the sphere of the e-book sector in the sphere of several EU states.

The commission thought in the sphere of a statement with the aim of it would investigate whether Apple and the five publishers engaged in the sphere of illegal deals or else practices with the aim of "would maintain the object or else the effect of restricting competition in the sphere of the EU".

The prod strength of character in addition examine the character and vocabulary of agreements concerning the five publishing houses and retailers in favor of the transaction of e-books.

"The Commission has concerns with the aim of these practices could breach EU antitrust rules with the aim of prohibit cartels and restrictive venture practices," the statement thought.

Britain's headquarters of carnival Trading had run its own analogous investigation into e-books but it strength of character close it at present agreed with the aim of Brussels has opened a prod, the commission thought.

The headquarters would cooperate faithfully with the commission in the sphere of the legal action, it added.

Pearson, the set with the aim of owns Penguin publishing farmhouse, thought it "does not believe it has breached every laws, and strength of character persist to fully and openly cooperate with the Commission".

The iPad gives users an capability to surf the Internet, watch films, check emails and read books downloaded from Apple's iBook put in storage.

Apple and Amazon compete an increasingly crowded marketplace, but many are struggling to place dazed beyond the lay.

In the sphere of France, retail giant FNAC sells books through the Kobo tap tablet.

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HP Rating Cut by S&P After Autonomy Acquisition Boosts Debt

Hewlett-Packard Co. Had its honor ratings reduction by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, which cited increased debt caused by the acquisition of independence Corp. And strategic shifts by the world’s prevalent PC maker.

S&P condensed the company’s corporate honor and senior unsecured ratings to BBB+ from A, motto “major strategic reversals,” management yield and share buybacks may perhaps take part in raised its risks. S&P in addition lowered Hewlett-Packard’s short-term rating to A-2 from A-1. The outlook on the ratings is firm, S&P assumed nowadays in the sphere of a statement.

Hewlett-Packard is annoying to jump back from sluggish sales and the ouster of two chief executive officers in the sphere of 14 months. The $10.3 billion independence acquisition, announced under ex-CEO Leo Apotheker, drew the bile of investors and contributed to his replacement by Meg Whitman in the sphere of September. He in addition shook up the board in his tenure.

“They need to strengthen their balance sheet by generating coins and paying back their debt,” Shaw Wu, an analyst by the side of Sterne Agee & filter Inc. In the sphere of San Francisco, assumed of the ratings reduction. Wu has a “buy” rating on the shares.

Mylene Mangalindan, a orator used for Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard, declined to comment.

Hewlett-Packard fell 14 cents to $27.81 in the sphere of extended trading in the same way as S&P posted its story. The shares, down 34 percent this time, had climbed 3.9 percent to $27.95 by the side of the close in the sphere of new to the job York.

SAVING coins

Hewlett-Packard’s first-quarter profit forecast and full- time dividend outlook both missed analysts’ estimates this month. Whitman’s table used for fixing Hewlett-Packard’s ailing businesses, such because PCs and information-technology services, includes boosting seek expenditure and limiting the size of acquisitions.

The conception is to calm down customers, conserve coins and spur domestic innovation — something the company neglected in excess of the elapsed decade. Whitman in addition firm to keep the company’s $39.6 billion PC division in the same way as Apotheker assumed he was allowing for a spinoff. The new to the job first in command has assumed she choice expose further policy in the sphere of the formerly partly of subsequently time.

“We take part in concerns with the aim of HP’s uneven growth strategies and extraordinary levels of board of director and senior management yield take part in elevated the level of operational and execution menace in the sphere of the come up to dub,” Martha Toll-Reed, an analyst by the side of new to the job York-based S&P, assumed in the sphere of the story.

‘TOO HARSH’

The S&P cuts may perhaps put together it further expensive used for Hewlett-Packard to gush short-term ad paper and long-term bonds, assumed Joel Levington, running director of corporate honor by the side of Brookfield Investment Management Inc. In the sphere of new to the job York. The reduction may perhaps take place undue particular Hewlett-Packard’s coins drift and debt in the sphere of relation to dividend earlier advantage, taxes, drop and paying back, or else EBITDA, he assumed.

“I don’t think an war was unjustifiable — I think the degree of war was way too harsh,” Levington assumed. “To take a two-notch downgrade and remove them from the ‘A’ kind is incredibly distrustful.”

Moody’s Investors Service’s assumed on Oct. 28 with the aim of it placed the PC maker’s honor ratings on have another look at used for on the cards downgrade.

On Nov. 17, Hewlett-Packard appointed ahead of its time shareholder Ralph Whitworth to its board. Whitworth, whose investment company oversees $6.5 billion, told management his appointment would rub up credibility and with the aim of he’d press used for share buybacks, upper dividends or else further investment in the sphere of seek, a person with experience of the location assumed.

Hewlett-Packard in addition lost its title because the world’s biggest maker of head waiter computers to International corporation tackle Corp. In the sphere of the third quarter, Gartner Inc. Assumed this week.

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HTC Loss to Apple on Patents Casts Doubt on S3 Graphics Purchase

HTC Corp.'s loss in the sphere of a patent infringement issue in opposition to Apple Inc. Casts doubt on its decision to pay out $300 million to good buy S3 Graphics Co. To boost its likelihood of a licensing deal to conclusion the dispute.

The U.S. International Trade Commission thought former times with the aim of S3 Graphics's patent human rights weren't violated by Apple, rejecting a application in favor of an order with the aim of may well arrange inadequate imports of selected Mac computers, the iPhone and iPad. The commission gave rebuff goal in favor of its decision. HTC thought it may perhaps challenge the ruling to a U.S. Appeals risk with the aim of specializes in the sphere of patent law.

HTC, which sold the nearly everyone smartphones in the sphere of the U.S. In the sphere of the third quarter, thought it would good buy Fremont, California-based S3 Graphics a smaller amount than a week once a trade agency's give your opinion issued his findings in the sphere of the issue in the sphere of July. S3 Graphics was part-owned by HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, and Citigroup Inc. Analyst Kevin Chang thought by the side of the point HTC may well arrange a minute ago qualified the patents.

A decision in opposition to HTC “calls into question the rationale of the S3 acquisition,” thought Chen Fu-li, an analyst by the side of E Sun Securities Co. In the sphere of Taipei who has a “buy” rating on HTC shares. “It's the final decision so it's quite main. A no decision may well position pressure on HTC's shares.”

HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou has built the earlier contract manufacturer into a total brand by customizing its phones in favor of carriers plus Verizon Wireless and run Nextel Corp. The company almost doubled its revenue carry on time and has posted five consecutive quarters of keep a note profit.

S3 Graphics buy

S3 Graphics makes image-compression skill, and its grain Compression story is used in the sphere of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation portable gaming systems. The buy by HTC integrated just about 235 patents, mostly interconnected to graphics skill.

“S3 can be located innovative and they came up with selected good products, but whether they are appropriate to Apple is debatable,” Shaw Wu, an analyst by the side of Sterne Agee & filter Inc. In the sphere of San Francisco, thought in the sphere of an interview. “Apple has a grouping of patents, so it's departure to be located tough to beat Apple.”

The decision lettersrs the basic point the six-member commission has ruled on single of the dozen gear by the side of the agency stemming from the battle in favor of the smartphone marketplace. S3 Graphics has an extra trade issue pending in opposition to Apple in excess of four other patents, and HTC has two of its own gear, plus single in the sphere of which it asserts patents obtained from Google Inc., the developer of the machine operating technique.

“We are disappointed, but respect the ITC's decision,” HTC broad-spectrum Counsel benevolence Lei thought in the sphere of an e-mailed statement former times. “While the outcome is not what did you say? We hoped in favor of, we choice have another look at the ruling one time the commission provides it and choice subsequently consider all options, plus appeal.”

Trade Judge's decision

U.S. Trade give your opinion James Gildea on July 1 found with the aim of selected Apple Macs infringed two S3 Graphics patents interconnected to graphics chips, while the cell platform in favor of the iPhone didn't infringe. The six-member commission reviewed the complete decision, plus the special effects of Apple's agreements with Intel Corp. And Nvidia Corp. In favor of graphics chips.

HTC was with on a victory to bolster its patent battles with Apple. The commission is besides reviewing an agency judge's determination with the aim of HTC infringed two Apple patents, with a decision likely Dec. 6, and may perhaps take a look by the side of a judge's findings with the aim of clean Apple of infringing HTC patents.

“Apple's win strikes the basic blow in the sphere of its wide-ranging patent fight with HTC,” Mike Abramsky, an analyst by the side of RBC principal Markets in the sphere of Toronto, thought in the sphere of a communication to clients.

Kristin Huguet, a orator in favor of Apple, thought the Cupertino, California-based company had rebuff comment.

Smartphone Patent Fights

HTC and Apple are in the middle of smartphone makers, plus Samsung Electronics Co. And Motorola Mobility property Inc., using patents to challenge competition in the sphere of a marketplace projected by researcher IHS Inc. To get in touch with $206.6 billion this time.

Apple is targeting phones and tablet computers with the aim of run on Google's machine operating technique. Apple, which has two gear by the side of the trade commission in opposition to HTC, is seeking to lump imports of HTC phones with the aim of run on machine.

Smartphone sales by volume increased 42 percent in the sphere of the third quarter, according to seek definite Gartner Inc. HTC became the top seller of smartphones in the sphere of the U.S. In the sphere of the third quarter, with 24 percent of the marketplace, beyond Samsung Electronics's 21 percent and Apple's 20 percent, according to Palo Alto, California-based researcher Canalys.

Gildea's opening ruling didn't apply to Apple cell policy or else Mac computers with Nvidia graphics handing out units with the aim of arrange an indirect license to the patents, the give your opinion dogged. The give your opinion besides found with the aim of two other S3 patents were unsound, because were aspects of the two patents found to be located infringed.

Ownership Ruling Sought

The decision was inadequate to a “small software module in the sphere of Mac OS,” Apple thought in the sphere of a Sept. 23 filing with the agency.

Apple argued with the aim of the patents were unsound and not infringed. It besides contended with the aim of far along Micro policy Inc., not S3, is the proper proprietor of the patents. AMD has filed a suit in the sphere of federal risk seeking an ownership ruling. The commission denied AMD's application to intervene in the sphere of trade issue.

Even if a violation is found, Apple argued in the sphere of the filing, the commission shouldn't injunction a few imports until a broaden audible range on AMD's claims and on the effect on the freely available curiosity of halting a few products.

S3 responded in the sphere of its own filings with the agency with the aim of AMD didn't own the patents, and other electronics compete with Apple's products, so there's rebuff impair to consumers or else the overall marketplace demand in favor of smartphones by blocking the Apple products from the U.S.

The iPhone brought in the sphere of $47 billion in the sphere of sales carry on fiscal time, or else 43 percent of Apple's revenue, while Macs generated $21.8 billion in the sphere of sales, 20 percent of Apple's revenue. HTC thought in the sphere of its imposing trade complaint with the aim of it had just about $5 billion in the sphere of U.S. Sales carry on time.

The issue is in the sphere of the theme of confident Electronic policy with Image handing out Systems, 337-724, U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington).

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How does Google Music compare to Apple iTunes and Amazon MP3?

Google has officially spent into competition with Apple’s iTunes by launching Google tune, a on the house digital tune service.

MTV reports with the aim of Google has signed Universal tune troupe, Sony tune Entertainment and EMI, along with a add up to of liberated labels. They take part in not yet reached an agreement with Warner tune troupe by the side of this phase.

Google tune lets users share tune they bought through the company’s social set of contacts, Google+. According to Rolling sandstone, fans command take place able to eavesdrop to 90-second previews of songs or else good buy them without delay from machine.

Having the status of far having the status of pricing, according to the Washington advertise, Google tune allows users accounts and luggage compartment on behalf of up to 20,000 songs on behalf of on the house. Apple’s iTunes featuring in the Cloud is on the house on behalf of 5GB of tune, and charges $24.95 apiece time on behalf of up to 25,000 songs not from iTunes. Amazon MP3 charges $20 apiece time on behalf of infinite songs, and besides allows 5GB on behalf of on the house.

PC humankind reports with the aim of Google tune strategy to offer supplementary on the house tune featuring in the subsequently a small amount of weeks. The strategy include songs from from The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Busta Rhymes, Shakira, precious thing Jam, Dave Matthews group and Tiesto. And Google’s storeroom comes from your own selected favorites, along with its own force of tune critics who command take place only if reviews and tune recommendations.

According to Reuters, tech experts are saw Google is above all interested featuring in learning in relation to competition and consumer in sequence having the status of tune with its in mint condition service. Tech writer Robert Cringely assumed, ""Google is not expecting to dominate the tune topic if it strategy to confer away songs on behalf of on the house, and it's not free to organize with the aim of."

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Apple may be getting ready to reinvent TV

At present with the aim of Apple Inc.'s chief creative is passed on, the company is facing a billion-dollar question: Strength of character it be present able to conjure one more pioneering artifact with no Steve Jobs?

Perhaps fittingly, a on the cards answer came posthumously from Jobs himself.

The television congeal, the standard squawk box of the 20th century, is ripe in favor of a reinvention, the Apple co-founder thought or else he died Oct. 5.

"I'd like to create an integrated television congeal with the aim of is completely comfortable to depletion," Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson in the sphere of the fresh put your name down for "Steve Jobs," which clash with shelves this week. "It would be present seamlessly synched with all of your policy and … strength of character maintain the simplest user interface you may well imagine. I at length cracked it."

His remarks in the sphere of the put your name down for maintain congeal inedible a flurry of speculation with the aim of Apple strength of character roll dazed a television congeal with the aim of may well recreate the $100-billion industry, much the same as the company altered individual computers, melody players and cellphones.

Apple and Jobs maintain a video of taking existing technologies and redesigning them with an importance on visual simplicity, allowing users to fool around songs, initiate applications and progress to calls with the click of a mouse or else the put-down of a finger — with petty technical experience vital.

But in excess of the carry on decade, television systems maintain passed on in the sphere of the other direction, with remote controls sprouting dozens of buttons, many in favor of humble functions with the aim of consumers don't depletion. Meanwhile, cable TV's grid of hundreds of shows and channels has suit untidy and fractious to navigate.

"My parents approach to my farmhouse and near are three remotes to bring about the television," thought Peter Misek, an analyst by the side of Jefferies & Co. "I exactly maintain to transform the station in favor of them for the reason that they're freaked dazed to try it themselves. That's a calamity."

In favor of a little analysts, Jobs' declaration to Isaacson has set what did you say? They already so-called. Brian ashen of Ticonderoga Securities wrote to investors Tuesday with the aim of he had seen "concrete evidence with the aim of an Apple Smart television was already flowing through factories in excess of in the sphere of cups in the sphere of before time stage pilot and prototype production."

Ashen thought Apple was well positioned to take benefit of the overall television marketplace. Television manufacturing is in the main considered a cutthroat venture with narrow profit margins, in the sphere of which competitors like Samsung Electronics, Sony and Panasonic Corp. Vie in favor of customers by offering continually decrease prices on their television sets.

But ashen believes with the aim of Apple strength of character be present able to charge twice or else even three time the vacant rate in favor of TVs for the reason that of what did you say? He called Apple's "unmatched aesthetics, unrestrained digital ecosystem and overall quality."

Apple has been able to build highly profitable businesses with its iPhone and Mac computers, both of which maintain been priced by the side of the high-pitched conclusion of the marketplace.

Industry watchers believe with the aim of Apple has been laying the base in favor of a television congeal in favor of years, increasing its focus recently on on the increase high-resolution, TV-like screen equipment in favor of its iPhones and iPad tablet computers, and on software with the aim of workings across all of its policy and allows users to get by and put in storage broad swaths of their digital lives.

Apple this month in addition introduced a sophisticated voice-control logic in favor of the fresh typical of its iPhone. Called Siri, the software is able to understand free-form vocal commands, plus scheduling meetings, symbols emails, inspection the weather and decision restaurants. If built into a television, with the aim of logic may well help users locate shows and in a row with no having to progress to a prolonged run of button pushes.

By the side of the same occasion, Apple has been expanding the size of its iTunes digital put in storage, which at present allows consumers to quickly get and download millions of songs, games, movies and television shows through the Internet.

The missing part of a set, many analysts believe, is Apple's capability to offer traditional broadcast television, a venture prolonged dominated by cable giants like Comcast Corp. And occasion Warner Cable Inc.

With the aim of may well be present somewhat resolved with a broadcast enterprise with AT&T Inc., which offers a television service called U-verse, Misek thought. AT&T is a longtime Apple ally and the iPhone's at the outset wireless carrier introduction in the sphere of 2007.

But Shaw Wu, an analyst by the side of Sterne Agee, thought Apple might maintain a other ambitious and disruptive table in the sphere of put in storage, single with the aim of may well tip over the venture typical with the aim of television networks maintain relied on since the gradient of cable in the sphere of the 1980s.

Citing industry sources, Wu thought Apple "would have a thing about to offer users the capability to wish their own customized programming" — paying in favor of channels individually more readily than trade dozens as one in the sphere of "tiers," the same as is predictable now in favor of cable subscribers. "This would transform the game in favor of television and let somebody have [Apple] a immense prop up touching the competition," Wu wrote in the sphere of a hint to investors.

Such a move would be present fractious to complete with no the support of Hollywood media companies, which maintain prolonged conflicting labors to "unbundle" television subscriptions dazed of alarm with the aim of with the aim of would destroy a multibillion-dollar revenue jet.

But Apple watchers are fond of pointing dazed with the aim of the company has managed to tip over established venture models or else, plus the video industry's at present largely degenerate exchange ideas of retail food and their racks of CDs.

Apple could be present inward to the television venture by the side of recently the real occasion, whilst cell policy, individual computers and television sets are able to communicate with single one more much other effectively.

"Five years before everything [in television manufacturing] was centralized and individualized," thought Dan Muratta, who runs the broadband division of Broadcom Corp., which food wireless networking chips to Apple's iPhones and iPads.

But with fresh equipment, "I could be present watching a instruct on my television and I poverty to watch it on the tablet or else smartphone, and voila," he thought. "The other forward-thinking companies are taking benefit of with the aim of."
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6 Free Apps to Turn an Android Phone Into an Apple iPhone 4S

The iPhone 4S and its new to the job iOS 5 operating procedure offer a host of new to the job skin texture, plus Siri voice control, a Cards app on behalf of distribution paper greetings in the sphere of the mail, Reminders with the aim of help keep you up-to-date, and get hold of my contacts on behalf of tracking nation down.

But machine users don’t give to feel gone banned. Near are a host of third-party apps with the aim of bring this functionality to Google’s cell OS.

Cards Alternative: Postagram

The Cards app from Apple, which comes with iOS 5, yearn for permit you create digital cards unequivocally on your iPhone or else iPod touch—and bearing in mind they’re complete, Apple yearn for drip the pure missives in the sphere of the mail on behalf of you. It’ll cost $2.99 on behalf of domestic release and $4.99 on behalf of international release.

But Postagram, a complimentary app that’s to be had in the sphere of the machine marketplace, been only if this very service on behalf of quite a little instant now—and by the side of a cheaper rate, too. On behalf of 99 cents apiece Postagram sent, you wish a photo to mail and the service prints the image banned on thick, glossy photo paper by the side of a 300 dpi solution, which pops banned of the tag to the same degree a 3 x 3 shuffle print. You can even add a custom 140-character message along with the photo if you hope for.

Siri Alternative: Vlingo

Machine users often orate with the aim of newer iterations of iOS simply fool around catch-up to a store of skin texture with the aim of already exist in the sphere of their phones. Vlingo Virtual Assistant on behalf of machine is a testament to with the aim of ethos, and it's the side factor to Apple’s new to the job Siri voice control.

Ask Vlingo to “Text Chris; someplace are you?” or else “Find French restaurants,” followed by sit back and watch to the same degree it does exactly what did you say? You absence. Cause the app on behalf of complimentary on the machine marketplace.

IMessage Alternative: Whatsapp envoy

Ditch your carrier’s steep SMS tactics and throw messages, pictures, audio annotations, and capture on tape messages in excess of 3G or else Wi-Fi with the complimentary Whatsapp envoy. Like BlackBerry envoy (and iMessage), the app lets you know whilst your message has been sent and exactly whilst the person on the other conclusion has seen it.

Whatsapp additionally sends shove notifications on behalf of both human being message, so you in no way fail to spot banned on what did you say? Your contacts are proverb. It additionally ropes categorize chat.

Newstand Alternative: Zinio

Newsstand on iOS 5 supposedly organizes your magazine and newspaper app subscriptions, but Zinio has been around on behalf of far longer and already aggregates many of your favorite digital publications in the sphere of single place. You can leverage both single issues and complete subscriptions of top titles in the sphere of the app, plus watch videos, bookmark content, outlook interactive media, and even share articles with contacts.

Superlative of all? Zinio gives you access to a sampling of the superlative pieces across top News, Science & Tech, painting, Lifestyle, and Entertainment magazines—for free—as soon to the same degree you download the app.

Reminders Alternative: Astrid Tasks

Astrid Tasks is the nearly everyone widespread to-do register on behalf of machine, and its superlative add-on bring forward is Astrid Locale. The app contains powerful organization tools to commence with—reminders, register organization, deadlines, cataloging, and audio or else vibration alerts—but Astrid Locale throws in the sphere of the carry on essential—location-based tasks—into the mix. The just downside is having to shell banned $1.49 on behalf of the upgrade.

Get hold of My contacts Alternative: Google Latitude

Anybody who’s still had to get hold of their contacts in the sphere of a crowded venue yearn for survive familiar with the hassle of folks tremendously vague responses: “beside the orator,” “next to the chap in the sphere of the cowboy hat,” or else “to the gone of the stage.” get hold of my contacts from Apple, integrated in the sphere of the approaching iCloud, yearn for permit you share your location with contacts and species and eliminate folks messages.

But Google Latitude is an old tool with the aim of had already been implementing this. Bearing in mind signing into your Google explanation, the app lets you check into spaces, share your location with your contacts, and even unlock offers someplace they’re to be had. You can get hold of it in the sphere of the Google Maps function on machine.
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Samsung seeks bar on iPhone 4S sales

Samsung says it strength of character sort patent-infringement claims in the sphere of France and Italy to bar the transaction of Apple's fresh iPhone a lesser amount of than a daylight hours as soon as it was unveiled, increasing a officially authorized battle concerning the two top brands.

It strength of character in addition sort officially authorized suitcases in the sphere of other countries to cease the transaction of the iPhone 4S as soon as added reconsider, the South Korean maker of Galaxy smartphones and medicine thought in the sphere of a statement.

Samsung has emerged the same as a credible contender to Apple's cell policy and the two companies are battling in excess of patents in the sphere of courtrooms around the humankind. They maintain sued both other in the sphere of 10 countries concerning other than 20 suitcases since April.

The hottest barrage from Samsung came hours as soon as Apple's newest iPhone launch gone investors and Apple fans wishing in favor of other than a souped-up version of its prior device introduced other than a time before. Apple shares fell the same as much the same as 5 apiece cent or else recovering to close down 0.6 apiece cent on Tuesday in the sphere of the US.

"Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property human rights and free-ride on our equipment," the South Korean compact thought in the sphere of a statement. "We strength of character stalwartly watch over our intellectual property."

Samsung thought preliminary injunction desires in favor of a bar on iPhone 4S sales strength of character be present filed on Wednesday and both legal action involves two patent infringements correlated to its wireless equipment.

Under French and Italian laws, companies can seek and courts can order a bar on sales of a artifact even or else it hits the marketplace, Samsung spokesman James Chung thought.

Apple and Samsung are vying in favor of the top soupзon in the sphere of the overall smartphone marketplace.

But the increasing officially authorized battle with Apple threatens to derail Samsung's telecoms and element businesses. Apple is Samsung's biggest customer, trade chiefly chips and displays.

This week Apple rejected an offer from Samsung to settle a tablet PC dispute in the sphere of Australia, probably murder inedible the ad practicality of the fresh Galaxy tablet in the sphere of with the aim of marketplace.

Samsung is congeal to arrive sharply decrease paper dividend on Friday on persistent declines in the sphere of computer chip prices, while investors look in favor of secret language its telecom venture can sustain its flourishing growth.

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Apple Opens at the outset put in storage in the sphere of Hong Kong the same as Retail expenditure Surges

Apple Inc. (AAPL) opened its at the outset put in storage in the sphere of Hong Kong now, paring trust on sales agents to marketplace its iPhones and iPads the same as Chinese tourists drive a retail boom in the sphere of the city. A little customers queued two nights in favor of the event.

Charanis Chiu, a 58-year-old photographic-equipment venture proprietor was amongst hundreds waiting outside the put in storage with its ashen Apple logo in the sphere of the International Finance Centre shopping mall in the sphere of the city’s Central quarter. The superstore, which opened its doors by the side of 9 a.M., has a spiral staircase combination two floors and offer views of Victoria Harbour with a floor-to-ceiling goblet facade.

“I on track using Apple Mac products in the sphere of 1970s,” thought Chiu, who held fourth place in the sphere of the line by combination the queue by the side of 7:30 p.M. On Sept. 22. “As a fan, I ought to approach and witness such a immense point in the sphere of Hong Kong.”

The Hong Kong put in storage is opening other than three years as soon as Apple opened its at the outset self-operated superstore in the sphere of mainland cups the same as the Cupertino, California-based company expands in the sphere of a region someplace revenue surged six-fold carry on quarter. Retail-sales growth in the sphere of Hong Kong exceeded 20 percent in favor of a fifth straight month in the sphere of July, bolstered by expenditure from Chinese visitors.

“You can’t ignore Hong Kong, it’s a notable retail marketplace,” thought Paul French, break down of Shanghai-based marketplace seek company Access Asia. “There is a allotment of money in the sphere of Hong Kong.”

Visitors from cups staying single night or else other spent an be more or less of HK$7,453 ($955) both apiece slip carry on time, the highest amount of every set, according to the Hong Kong seeing the sights Board. The residents in addition provided the top spenders in the sphere of the same-day kind by the side of HK$2,356 both.

Yuan’s Advance

A obtain in the sphere of the ancient two years of more or less 7.5 percent in the sphere of the yuan touching Hong Kong’s cash, which is pegged to the U.S. Currency, has boosted the expenditure power of Chinese shoppers.

The resident operations of investment banks plus UBS AG and BNP Paribas SA are based by the side of the offices of the International Finance Centre. The IFC ad difficult, residential by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. And Henderson ground Development Co., includes the 88-story IFC 2 headquarters tower.

“Hong Kong is an international economic meeting place and has many users, Apple ought to maintain a put in storage at this point,” thought Sammy Wong, 31, a telecommunications supervisor who bowed up by the side of 6:30 a.M. This morning in favor of the opening. “I’m very excited.”

Apple has other than 100 resellers in the sphere of Hong Kong, and its iPhone is spread by cell carriers plus billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong property Ltd. (215), according to the U.S. Company’s website.

Revenue in the sphere of cups, Taiwan and Hong Kong increased six time to $3.8 billion carry on quarter, Apple Chief Executive official Tim Cook thought in the sphere of July. The U.S. Company this week opened a put in storage in the sphere of Shanghai, the fifth in the sphere of cups.

Apple is in the sphere of negotiations with Hysan Development Co. To initiate a put in storage in the sphere of Hysan Place in the sphere of Hong Kong’s jetty Bay shopping quarter, a person with experience of the carry some weight thought in the sphere of could.

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Google raised Motorola proffer by $3b

Google prized Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio so much with the aim of it threw in the sphere of an add-on $3 billion to acquire its conquest offer expected carry on month.

With the aim of morsel emerged Tuesday in the sphere of Securities and chat Commission papers with the aim of shed light on the negotiations with the aim of culminated in the sphere of cell phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility property Inc. In agreement to be present sold to Google Inc. In favor of $US12.5 billion, or else $US40 apiece share. That's 33 percent other than Google to begin with to be had, according to the instant filing.

The wished-for acquisition still requires consent from antitrust regulators. If the deal spray through, Google strength of character still maintain to give Motorola Mobility $US2.5 billion.

Google is digging deeper into its pockets than by the side of every indicate in the sphere of its 13-year history to watch over its machine software from an onslaught of lawsuits alleging the equipment in favor of cell policy infringes on other patents. Motorola Mobility offers a little officially authorized padding for the reason that it already owns 17,500 cell patents and has submitted one more 7,500 in favor of consent.

The discussions concerning the two companies began in the sphere of before time July, a hardly any weeks as soon as a set with the aim of integrated Google rivals Apple Inc. And Microsoft Crop. Paid $US4.5 billion in favor of 6,000 patents owned by Nortel Networks.

Andy Rubin, who oversees Google's cell operations, made the at the outset communication with Motorola Mobility first in command Sanjay Jha, in the sphere of before time July according to the papers. Soon, Google first in command Larry call and Nikesh Ahora, the company's chief venture official, entered the talks.

As soon as near a month of confidential discussions, Google to be had $30 apiece share in the sphere of an Aug. 1 note to Motorola Mobility's board. By the side of the occasion, Motorola Mobility's standard was floating around $US22 apiece share.

Motorola Mobility rejected the at the outset proffer and asked in favor of $US43.50 apiece share on the advice of Silicon Valley investment banker Frank Quattrone of Qatalyst Partners.

Google after that suggested a fee of $US37 apiece share or else at length in agreement to give $US40 apiece share on Aug. 9.

The final $US12.5 billion fee tag exceeds the combined totality with the aim of Google had paid in favor of the 136 prior acquisitions with the aim of it has complete since vacant open in the sphere of 2004. Folks earlier deals cost Google a combined $US9.1 billion.

Trade Motorola Mobility is considered to be present risky for the reason that it strength of character thrust Google into the venture of manufacturing hardware in favor of the at the outset occasion and threatens to turn away from other device makers who maintain helped promote the complimentary machine software.

If the deal goes through, it strength of character in addition test Google's capability to prevent culture clashes the same as it absorbs Motorola Mobility's 19,000 employees into its workers.

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