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Apple’s scrolling patent declared invalid
A win came for Samsung last night as the United States Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated all 20 claims of Apple's US Patent No 7,479,949. Patent number 7,479,949 covered the bounce-back scrolling effect...
Samsung Galaxy S3 fares slightly better in blender than iPhone 5
The wonderful boffins at Blendtec are at it again, turning shiny gadgets into dangerous black smoke. This time around they pitted Apple's iPhone 5 against the Samsung Galaxy S3, and in spite of criticism...
Apple’s new ‘slide-to-unlock’ patent: a discussion of patent law
The lock screen in Android 2.3 compared with the revised lock screen in Android 4.1
There has been a lot of press coverage of technology patents over the past year or so, what with the...
Motorola cashes in on iOS 6 Maps failure — #iLost? Not with a RAZR...
It's no secret that Apple's iOS 6 Maps application — which replaces the Google Maps app that has featured on iOS since day dot — is a bit of a let down, to say...
Things that will suck in iOS6 — No more Google Maps. In other words,...
Look, I'll say this right up front — you don't really need a reason to like Android. However, if you're looking for one, just one, then here's a big one. You used to be...
Samsung fires directly at Apple’s iPhone 5 in new ads promoting the Galaxy S...
Samsung have launched a new ad that doesn't hold back against Apple's brand new iPhone 5. The ad, shown below, aims to inform people that the Galaxy S III is already the best of...
Friday Editorial: iPhone 5 — The Ausdroid View
Look, apparently some tech company announced the launch of another phone the other day, and there's been a lot of noise about it ever since.
You've no doubt heard about the iPhone 5 by now....
Google responds to Apple vs Samsung verdict
It was a big weekend for Apple, a $1.049 Billion weekend to be exact, which will obviously be appealed again and again through every avenue that is available in the US. Samsung and Apple...
Apple vs Samsung: Looks like Apple won.
Anyone who's alive probably knows that Apple and Samsung have been doing battle in a number of forums for a couple of years now. There's a lot to these issues, and we don't propose...
Samsung to open Experience store August 22nd
We reported a while back that Samsung was going to launch their Samsung Experience store in Sydney and already had construction under way at 450 George St just down the block and across the...
Foxconn CEO: iPhone 5 “will put Samsung’s Galaxy S III to shame”
Foxconn's vocal CEO has already begun touting Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 saying that it "will put Samsung's Galaxy S III to shame" to a group of shareholders at a meeting. This obviously a confirmation...
Compared: Samsung Galaxy S III vs. The Competition
With Samsung letting the cat out of the bag in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S III -- the successor to the Galaxy S II -- we thought it would only be fair...
Apple wants to ban the Galaxy Nexus in the US by going after Ice...
It turns out that Apple isn't all that happy with the Galaxy Nexus after all.. well sort of. Apple has filed a preliminary injunction motion against the Galaxy Nexus because of 4 patents that...
BREAKING: Apple fails in High Court bid to extend Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban
BREAKING: Apple Inc has failed in its application to have the High Court of Australia overturn the decision of the Federal Court to allow Samsung to commence the sale of its Galaxy Tab 10.1....
Federal Court overturns ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
We will have more detail soon, but we have news from the Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia today that it has overturned the earlier ban on Samsung's sale of the Galaxy...