Samsung found destroying evidence in infringement case against Apple
Thu, Jul 26 2012 06:33
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A federal judge in California has sanctioned Samsung for destroying e-mail evidence in its ongoing patent infringement case with Apple. In an order issued Wednesday, Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal wrote that Samsung "failed to prevent the destruction of relevant evidence" that Apple could have used in court, claiming that the Korea-based company could have done more to preserve company e-mails. As a result, Grewal granted Apple's request for an "adverse jury instruction," and agreed to inform jury members that Samsung improperly handled evidence.
Under Samsung's current system, all company e-mails are destroyed after two weeks, unless saved by employees. Samsung instructed employees to save relevant e-mails, but Judge Grewal said the company never verified that its orders were being followed. The judge also pointed out that Samsung could have disabled the system altogether. Instead, the manufacturer continued to automatically delete potentially significant e-mails even after the court case had already been filed.
A federal judge in California has sanctioned Samsung for destroying e-mail evidence in its ongoing patent infringement case with Apple. In an order issued Wednesday, Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal wrote that Samsung "failed to prevent the destruction of relevant evidence" that Apple could have used in court, claiming that the Korea-based company could have done more to preserve company e-mails. As a result, Grewal granted Apple's request for an "adverse jury instruction," and agreed to inform jury members that Samsung improperly handled evidence.
Under Samsung's current system, all company e-mails are destroyed after two weeks, unless saved by employees. Samsung instructed employees to save relevant e-mails, but Judge Grewal said the company never verified that its orders were being followed. The judge also pointed out that Samsung could have disabled the system altogether. Instead, the manufacturer continued to automatically delete potentially significant e-mails even after the court case had already been filed.
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Mountain Lion's Notification Center And How To Get It Working Your Way.
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Notifications can be tweaked on Mountain Lion to suit most any workflow.
Getting Mountain Lion's new system-wide notifications to work best for your own needs may take a little adjusting. Notification Center gives developers an (official) standardized way to send notifications to the user, but also a way to consolidate and control those notifications. We show you how to make the most of what this first desktop incarnation of Notification Center offers.
Apple provides system-wide notification APIs to developers, but it is up to them to support it. Apple has naturally included support in its own apps, such as Mail, Messages, and Reminders; Safari also supports notifications sent from webpages using the Web Notifications API. Some Twitter clients, such as the Tweetbot alpha, support notifications, but alas, the languishing official Twitter client does not. Other applications, such as Outlook 2011, still rely on their own notification system. Plenty of others rely on Growl, a popular third-party OS X notification system that thankfully can still run on Mountain Lion.
Taking control
Notifications can be tweaked on Mountain Lion to suit most any workflow.
Getting Mountain Lion's new system-wide notifications to work best for your own needs may take a little adjusting. Notification Center gives developers an (official) standardized way to send notifications to the user, but also a way to consolidate and control those notifications. We show you how to make the most of what this first desktop incarnation of Notification Center offers.
Apple provides system-wide notification APIs to developers, but it is up to them to support it. Apple has naturally included support in its own apps, such as Mail, Messages, and Reminders; Safari also supports notifications sent from webpages using the Web Notifications API. Some Twitter clients, such as the Tweetbot alpha, support notifications, but alas, the languishing official Twitter client does not. Other applications, such as Outlook 2011, still rely on their own notification system. Plenty of others rely on Growl, a popular third-party OS X notification system that thankfully can still run on Mountain Lion.
Taking control
Apple releases Power Nap-enabling firmware updates for recent MacBooks
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With Mountain Lion, Apple includes a Power Nap feature that allows recent SSD-equipped MacBooks to perform certain jobs while asleep, including backing up to Time Machine, checking for email messages, and performing some iCloud synchronization tasks. But owners of some MacBook Airs (2011 or newer) and retina display MacBook Pro models found Power Nap conspicuous in its absence when Mountain Lion was first released.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Apple made a firmware update for these Macs—called MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.5 for the MacBook Air models—available via Software Update. Once you download the update, you just double-click it to run it. You’ll be prompted to restart your Mac and then the update will be applied. On a 2012 13-inch MacBook Air that process took a couple of seconds.
To make sure the update was applied correctly, launch System Preferences, select the Energy preference, and look for the Enable Power Nap option in the resulting window.
With Mountain Lion, Apple includes a Power Nap feature that allows recent SSD-equipped MacBooks to perform certain jobs while asleep, including backing up to Time Machine, checking for email messages, and performing some iCloud synchronization tasks. But owners of some MacBook Airs (2011 or newer) and retina display MacBook Pro models found Power Nap conspicuous in its absence when Mountain Lion was first released.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Apple made a firmware update for these Macs—called MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.5 for the MacBook Air models—available via Software Update. Once you download the update, you just double-click it to run it. You’ll be prompted to restart your Mac and then the update will be applied. On a 2012 13-inch MacBook Air that process took a couple of seconds.
To make sure the update was applied correctly, launch System Preferences, select the Energy preference, and look for the Enable Power Nap option in the resulting window.
How to make a bootable Mountain Lion install drive: Macworld
Thu, Jul 26 2012 11:52
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This is a reprint from Macworld
by Dan Frakes, Macworld.com Jul 26, 2012 2:00 am
Like Lion (OS X 10.7) before it, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) doesn’t ship on a disc—it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store, and that installer doesn’t require a bootable installation disc. But there are a good number of reasons you might want a bootable Mountain Lion installer on an external hard drive or a thumb drive (USB stick).
For example, if you want to install Mountain Lion on multiple Macs, a bootable install drive can be more convenient than downloading or copying the entire Mountain Lion installer to each computer. Also, if your Mac is experiencing problems, a bootable install drive makes a handy emergency disk. (Mountain Lion’s OS X Recovery feature, known as Lion Recovery prior to Mountain Lion’s release, is a big help here, but not all Macs get it—and if your Mac’s drive is itself having trouble, recovery mode may not even be available. Also, if you need to reinstall Mountain Lion, recovery mode requires you to download the entire 4GB+ installer again.) Finally, if you need to install Mountain Lion over Leopard—assuming you have the license to do so—a bootable install drive makes it easier to do so.
This is a reprint from Macworld
by Dan Frakes, Macworld.com Jul 26, 2012 2:00 am
Like Lion (OS X 10.7) before it, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) doesn’t ship on a disc—it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store, and that installer doesn’t require a bootable installation disc. But there are a good number of reasons you might want a bootable Mountain Lion installer on an external hard drive or a thumb drive (USB stick).
For example, if you want to install Mountain Lion on multiple Macs, a bootable install drive can be more convenient than downloading or copying the entire Mountain Lion installer to each computer. Also, if your Mac is experiencing problems, a bootable install drive makes a handy emergency disk. (Mountain Lion’s OS X Recovery feature, known as Lion Recovery prior to Mountain Lion’s release, is a big help here, but not all Macs get it—and if your Mac’s drive is itself having trouble, recovery mode may not even be available. Also, if you need to reinstall Mountain Lion, recovery mode requires you to download the entire 4GB+ installer again.) Finally, if you need to install Mountain Lion over Leopard—assuming you have the license to do so—a bootable install drive makes it easier to do so.
Warning: New Android malware tricks users with real Opera Mini
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A new piece of malware is trying to take advantage of Opera's popularity as a mobile browser alternative on Android smartphones.
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A new piece of malware is trying to take advantage of Opera's popularity as a mobile browser alternative on Android smartphones.
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Parallels Desktop 7 For Mac Supports Mountain Lion
Thu, Jul 26 2012 10:23
Parallels says the current Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac (version 7.0.15104.778994, released on July 10, 2012) supports Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) and enables users to enjoy Apple’s latest operating system while simultaneously running Windows apps.If you’re currently using Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, be sure to check for updates to ensure you’re running the latest build
Apple Releases Mountain Lion review and details.
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Apple Released Mountain Lion OS X 10.8 today. It's the the Little Details that can make a big difference and here are some of them
A lot goes into a major update to an operating system. Rather than write yet another comprehensive review we want to touch on features and shortcuts that you might not easily encounter on your own — or that we think are so cool they deserve mention.
Apple Released Mountain Lion OS X 10.8 today. It's the the Little Details that can make a big difference and here are some of them
A lot goes into a major update to an operating system. Rather than write yet another comprehensive review we want to touch on features and shortcuts that you might not easily encounter on your own — or that we think are so cool they deserve mention.
Apple to ship Mountain Lion on 25th July (US)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would ship Mountain Lion, the latest version of its OS X operating system, starting Wednesday.
COMPLETE COVERAGE
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
Mountain Lion features you may have missed … Read on ….
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would ship Mountain Lion, the latest version of its OS X operating system, starting Wednesday.
COMPLETE COVERAGE
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
Mountain Lion features you may have missed … Read on ….
Compete Report: Google Nexus 7
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This is a reprint of Paul Thurotts ( winsupersite.com )interesting article that seems pretty balanced to me in regards to where the Nexus 7 tablet really fits in the scheme of things.
I have to agree with a lot of his points especially in regards to evolution rather than revolution and its more about the eco system your getting into.
Read on and let me know what you think……
This is a reprint of Paul Thurotts ( winsupersite.com )interesting article that seems pretty balanced to me in regards to where the Nexus 7 tablet really fits in the scheme of things.
I have to agree with a lot of his points especially in regards to evolution rather than revolution and its more about the eco system your getting into.
Read on and let me know what you think……
Good news Windows 8 Store Will Offer Free Seven Day Trials for Paid Apps.
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Now this has got to be good news for users. Microsoft has released the details on how they plan to run the apps released through the new App Store coming with Windows 8. We have known about the store for a long time, but this is the first time we've heard about the inner workings of the apps, like the cut Microsoft plans to take.
First and foremost, all paid apps will cost at least $1.49 as opposed to the $0.99 other platforms allow. And most importantly for consumers, Microsoft plans to implement a 7-day "try before you buy" setup with apps that will let you opt-out of the full purchase if you don't like it.
Microsoft seems to also want to provide app developers with an incentive to churn out apps for its platform. Although they are sticking with the same 30% royalty cut that Apple takes, Microsoft's new store will only take 20% once your app earns $25,000 in sales.
Now this has got to be good news for users. Microsoft has released the details on how they plan to run the apps released through the new App Store coming with Windows 8. We have known about the store for a long time, but this is the first time we've heard about the inner workings of the apps, like the cut Microsoft plans to take.
First and foremost, all paid apps will cost at least $1.49 as opposed to the $0.99 other platforms allow. And most importantly for consumers, Microsoft plans to implement a 7-day "try before you buy" setup with apps that will let you opt-out of the full purchase if you don't like it.
Microsoft seems to also want to provide app developers with an incentive to churn out apps for its platform. Although they are sticking with the same 30% royalty cut that Apple takes, Microsoft's new store will only take 20% once your app earns $25,000 in sales.