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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has plenty of upgrades - so why does it feel so meh?
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-04-11 07:03
Samsung's newest flagship is finally here. With the Galaxy S5, Samsung hopes to break out of the boring spec-bump-style upgrade that the company said hindered sales of the Galaxy S4. While the design is mostly the same (and we might say a little worse), Samsung's solution to consumer indifference is a boatload of extra features. With the S5, Samsung added things like a fingerprint scanner, a heart rate monitor, and water resistance.
Apple lays out its $2.2B claim against Samsung
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-09 05:30
Apple began to lay out its $2.2 billion damages claim against Samsung Electronics for the first time on Tuesday, arguing to an eight-person jury in California that Samsung's alleged patent infringement was large and significantly damaged Apple.
Samsung sues newspaper for $284k over negative reports on Galaxy S5
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-04-08 03:35
According to a report by the Korean language MediaToday (machine translation), Samsung is taking issue with negative reports related to the Galaxy S5 camera.
Samsung alleges the news source published incorrect information, while the news site appeared to defend its reports, stating that "the story fits the facts" and was not a "false alarm."
Apple demands over $2B from Samsung for patent infringement
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-02 00:18
Samsung should pay more than US$2 billion for repeated infringement of Apple patents in more than 37 million smartphones sold in the U.S., a Silicon Valley jury was told Tuesday as a trial between the two companies got underway after more than two years of preparation.
Apple opened its case by declaring, "the reason the damages are high is because the scope of Samsung's infringement is massive," but Samsung hit back soon after, telling the jury that the Apple figure was "a gross, gross exaggeration and an insult to your intelligence."
"Virtually no evidence" for claim of remote backdoor in Samsung phones
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-03-14 00:09
On Wednesday, developers of an alternative version of Google's Android mobile operating system published a startling claim: Samsung's S3, Note 2, and seven other models of Galaxy smartphones contained a backdoor that provides remote access to virtually all data stored on the devices. The code that allows access, which controls the phones' baseband or modem processors, made it possible to remotely read, write, or even modify users' files.