Judge Rules: HTC Infringed Two Patents Apple

The Battle of patents between HTC and Apple, which had been so quiet for so long has really heated in recent weeks. Apple has filed a new complaint against the HTC ITC last week and this week a judge ruled that two of the ten patents that Apple has made proposals in this case was prejudiced by HTC.

To the dismay of HTC in the classification, the share price began to fall after Apple introduced its second complaint on July 8, resulting in a decrease of 15 percent. Stock prices fell 4.1 percent after reaching office this weekend. But HTC has not given up. The company plans to conduct a share buyback in September for the Macquarie Group analyst Daniel Chang called "short-term support." At the same time, HTC has a call scheduled for July 16.

If you are familiar with the ITC import process (which you probably have), it goes a bit 'of something like this: Administrative Law Judge Carl Charneski decided July 15, the HTC is contrary to a series of patents for Apple. There Charneski conviction before the International Trade Commission board of six people in Washington, where the HTC to launch an appeal. At that point, it is in the hands of the Commission, may decide to ban U.S. imports of some of the HTC phones running the Android operating system.

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Video: Carmageddon Fears Last As Long As 405 Is Reopened Ahead Of Schedule

Carmageddon has come and gone. In fact, never quite emerged. Los Angeles officials had been warning of the impending closing 405 Freeway for several months now and it seems that people have listened. According to reports, the area was relatively empty highway and travel through Southern California proved to be an easy task.

The work also seemed to ease the task team is to break down part of Mulholland Drive bridge. 405 was re-scheduled for early in the morning sometimes, but the highway was open for business on Sunday, a full 17 hours ahead of schedule. This was all good practice in the first long weekend of closure has caused 405, when the construction crew takes down, then fix the other side of the old bridge.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Add-In Allows Remote Administration Via Phone Windows 7

Windows Home Server has always been a great way to store and share media across a home network, but to find ways to access that content on mobile devices has always been something of a challenge. Rather than force users to kludge together a solution using various add-on to its customers is now a server who remained faithful to the Microsoft platforms have the ability to easily access their content on the go.

Phone connector Windows Server solutions for Windows Mobile 7, besides being a mouthful, giving users plenty of options for remote access to administer the server, while on the road. The add-on allows you to remotely manage user accounts and backups, and any streaming music, photos or videos stored on the server. The connector and add-on is also compatible with the version of the enterprise server and storage of Windows, but it is clear that this function makes more sense for home users who want to stream content on the road.

Server add-on can be downloaded here, and Windows 7 phone can be found in the Zune Marketplace.

Most Tech Take: We have not had the opportunity to test the new utility yet, so let's just say we're cautiously optimistic. If it works as promised, would be a good way to take your media with you, but it is clear that some of the challenges it faces. Not only is it necessary to be running the latest version of Home Server 2011, but it requires Windows Mobile 7 as well. I can not help but wonder how many servers based on Intel Atom take up to convert a video on the fly. I'm afraid not so well.

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Acer Plans For Smartphones And Tablet Push In China

After the passage of the Business Group Chief Touch back in April, Acer has decided to establish an office for its mobile products in China, to better exploit the country's growing smartphones and tablet on the market.

Acer has long been an animal in the Chinese PC market, but has yet to fully establish its presence as a smart phone or tablet manufacturer. As the PC maker in the third place, Acer has 9.2 percent of the PC market in China, while its smartphone share was too small to research firm Analysys to calculate. Former HP executive, Dave Chan, will take over Touch Business Group in China.

After a disappointing performance from the Acer tablet Iconia, Acer will need more than a new market to pick up the tablet business. On the other hand, Acer is a partner of manufacture is adjusted to give a phone with Windows 7 "Mango" smartphone later this year, which could increase significantly if the phone company's Windows 7.5 is all cracked up to be.

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Acer Aspire 5755 Notebook Will Perform Daily Tasks While You Look

UK operations, today announced the Acer Aspire 5755 notebook designed for the entire performance, including games and multimedia tasks. It sports a base Sandy Bridge, and because "the design is now a major part of the equation" when it comes to computers, Acer laptop is dressed in a glossy cover with a "modulated stripes sexy model more color options" as brown, black, red and blue.

Sandy Bridge processor options run the gamut from a Core i3 2310M, up to a 2820QM Core i7 processors with several in between. Aspire 5755 supports up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, a 15.6-inch HD (1366x768) LED-backlit display, Nvidia GeForce GT 540-Optimus technology, up to a 1 TB hard drive, multi- card reader, 8x DVD-Writer (optional Blu-Ray), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, HDMI, optional Intel Wireless Display (WiDi), Dolby Advanced Audio v2, multi-gesture touchpad, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Aspire 5755 is available today in England for about $ 1445. No word on when it will land Stateside or how much.

Photo Credit: Acer

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Android 3.2 SDK Released Honeycomb Honeycomb Developer 7 Inch Tablets Imminent?

Google released the SDK for Android 3.2, that makes you want to Android developers the green light to become familiar with software upgrade.

The big news in 3.2 is that it supports different screen sizes, this could mean that we will see the end to waiting for Acer Iconia A100 and upgrade to Honeycomb can finally make its way to the HTC Flyer 7 - inch too.

It also means we begin to see the different size Android tablets are round - only 10 inches instead of tablets, such as the Motorola Xoom, the screen size of 3.2 allows companies the flexibility to offer too many tablets by 8.9 and 7 inches.

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In addition to supporting new screen size, Google has built a function "compatibility zoom using pixels wide applications for Smartphone waist size tablet, rather than just to stretch (and probably distortion) between them. There are also official microSD compatibility.

Motorola Xoom lucky users are already starting to see Android 3.2 update roll out.

No word yet on whether the update reach the rest of the family Android tablet, but since you are in the way of Xoom, wait no longer

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Apple Will Launch The Low Cost Of $ 350 For IPhone, IPhone 4S / 5 End Of The Summer

We know that these next-generation iPhone rumors have been out of control (it's not every year, just before a new iPhone is scheduled to be released?), But we just got new information from a source very solid ours. According to our sources, Apple will indeed be launching a prepaid iPhone / cheaper this year. We are told that the handset will retail for no more than $ 350 without a contract. Ready for some really interesting? It is quite possible that the iPhone will be really cheap iPhone 3G. We reported that we were able to confirm independently that the iPhone featuring five completely new design, but this source of ours is not sure that will be the next iPhone. Whether the iPhone-4 or 5, it will release or "minimum advertised in late summer, late August-ish.

"They have the theory that new cases have been third if the iPhone is coming out with another, if Apple was certainly delete your flight case specifications. If this proves true, it means there would be a 4S iPhone, as well the prepaid iPhone 3G available in the next two months. Let's do better, however. In addition to this news, we are told that Apple will continue selling the current iPhone 4 and, finally, giving the company a wide range of appliances in the segments of low price, medium and high. Along with the launch of rumors about Sprint and T-Mobile in the U.S. alone, Apple seems ready to support and new market leader in mobile clever, are no?

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Ford Five Hundred Points, The Mercury Montego Sedans Pain Above The Fuel Tank

Ford announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminiscent of nearly 3,000 examples of its five hundred and Mercury Montego (photo), the sedan model year 2007.

The action, which affects 2,945 vehicles, because of potentially faulty welds between filling the fuel tank, a condition that can cause a fuel leak or smell gas for residents. In the worst case, a leak causing a fire. Cars with the problem of the fuel tank affected could see a warning light illuminated in flight due to evaporation of leak detection programs.


Ford will inspect and replace the fuel tank at no cost to the owners (who have had the cost of the procedure may request a refund), and the manufacturer of Dearborn will begin notifying owners Five Hundred and Montego Principle 15 August. See the official press release from the NHTSA after the jump for more details.

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