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BlackBerry partners up for security solutions push
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-11-13 23:58
BlackBerry has unveiled its new mobile-device management and security platform and struck wide-ranging partnerships to bolster its capabilities, sending its shares more than 6 per cent higher.
BlackBerry said it would team up with Samsung to provide a "highly secure mobility solution" for Samsung's Android phones. The system couples the Canadian company's device management capability with the KNOX software embedded on Samsung's Galaxy phones and tablets, and will be available in early 2015, the companies said.
Samsung Denies That KNOX Security For Android Is ‘Completely Compromised’
Submitted by l33tdawg on Sun, 2014-10-26 23:27
Samsung has smacked down claims that a major vulnerability has been discovered in Samsung KNOX security for Android, just days after it received approval from the US Government.
Samsung KNOX is an Android-based solution specifically designed to enhance security of the current open source Android platform.
Nvidia launches patent suit against Qualcomm, Samsung
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-09-04 22:54
In a fresh patent suit for the tech world, Nvidia is launching a legal battle against Qualcomm and Samsung. The processor maker filed formal complaints over seven patents with the International Trade Commission as well as at the U.S. District Court in Delaware.
Nvidia is arguing that both Qualcomm and Samsung have been infringing upon its GPU patents covering programmable shading, unified shaders and multithreaded parallel processing technologies.
Samsung has reportedly begun testing three-sided display phone
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-08-11 01:03
If you thought the Samsung Galaxy Round was peculiar, get ready for another whole level of quirk. According to a Korean supplier of Samsung parts, the company has begun testing three-sided displays for potential application on mobile devices.
The technology has been rumored for quite some time, but it finally seems to have gained some steam, with sources claiming that such a device could go into production by the end of this year.
Bad Microsoft Android patents may lie behind Samsung lawsuit
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-08-07 00:40
At this point, it's hard to say exactly what's going on in Microsoft's patent contract dispute with Samsung. The two companies may just be fighting out their contract terms or it could be the first shot at Microsoft's Android patent portfolio.
Microsoft's heavily redacted lawsuit was filed on August 1st in the US District Court in the Southern District of New York. In a blog posting by David Howard, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, claimed that the two companies have "a fundamental disagreement as to the meaning of our contract."