Samsung expands German patent row with Apple
Emoticon patent, three others asserted. Samsung has filed four new patent claims against Apple in a German court as the patent war between the rival electronics giants continues. The new…
Samsung wants Apple’s Qualcomm contracts
Aims to derail key defence. Samsung has requested access to supply contracts between Apple and chipset maker Qualcomm that it hopes will serve as proof of patent infringement. In documents…
Apple seeks Intel source code in iPhone defence
Apple has sought access to the source code underlying chips used in past iterations of the iPhone in a bid to strengthen its defence against patent infringement allegations levelled by…
Australian iPhone 4S court case faces 2013 judgment
Apple ‘free-riding’ on 3G patents, Samsung claims. Apple has sought to delay full hearings of a patent infringement case against three generations of its iPhone until “later this year”, putting…
Apple invokes French law in iPhone hearing
Apple has sought to derail a bid by Samsung to have the iPhone 4S pulled from Australian shelves by alleging the patents involved fall under French laws. The South Korean electronics giant…
Samsung tries to block iPhone 4S in Australia
Appeals interim injunction on Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung has filed for immediate injunctions on the sale of the iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan, expanding its global counter-attack against Apple….
Apple escapes iPad ban in Shanghai
A Shanghai court has rejected a request to stop Apple selling its iPad tablets in the city, averting an embarrassing suspension in its own flagship stores. The Shanghai Pudong New…
US judge throws out Proview’s iPad suit
A California judge tossed out a lawsuit in which the Chinese firm Proview Electronics accused Apple of tricking them into selling the “iPad” name for less than it might have….
US Air Force cancels iPad order
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has cancelled without an explanation its planned order of 2,861 iPad 2 devices. The tablets, originally scheduled for delivery in late February, were…
Russian citizens targeted in Ustream DDoS
Webcast outfits Ustream and Bambuser were knocked offline for hours Wednesday after massive distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks hit ‘Russian opposition’ broadcasters on each platform. The attacks came as…
Melbourne IT hit with DDoS legal threat
Former customer disputes suspension of shared hosting account. Melbourne IT has been hit with a legal threat for suspending the website of a Manly-based business following a distributed denial of…
The “Receipt for Your Payment to” eBay Paypal Phishing Spam
There has been a new rash of “Receipt for your payment to” eBay Paypal phishing spam which is intended to elicit a shock response causing the target to rush to…
How to Cancel an Automatic Recurring Subscription Payment in Paypal?
One of the more useful features of Paypal is that you can set up an automatic subscription payment – i.e. a regularly recurring payment – so that if you have…
Paypal Requires eBay Buyer to Destroy $2500 Antique Violin to get Refund
Paypal’s Terms of Service (TOS) regarding disputes for “significantly not as described” (SNAD) section lead to a heartbreaking situation in which an eBay buyer who requested a refund when he…
eBay to Stop Sellers from Posting Negative Buyer Ratings
eBay has announced that beginning in May, sellers will no longer be able to leave negative – and perhaps not even neutral – feedback about users (buyers), even though buyers…
Paypal Withholding Funds to eBay Sellers for Up to 21 Days!
This is a classic example of the problem when one entity with too much control owns the entire sales stream – from start to end – from offer to sale…
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