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Samsung vows to appeal, fight injunctions sought by Apple

When you get thrashed to the tune of US$1.05 billion in open court, it’s generally good form to go for the appeal… According to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung has vowed to fight back and keep some of its best selling products on the market. Samsung will combat Apple’s attempt to ban the sales of […]

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Hardware Legal News

Jury rules in Apple’s favor, Samsung ordered to pay $1.05 billion fine for patent infringement

It went on for months, it got about as ugly as a legal case could possibly get, but in the end, the jury mostly sided with Apple. Per Wired and Mac|Life, the verdict came in on Friday with Samsung being ordered to pay US$1.05 billion in damages for violating Apple’s patents for its iPad tablet […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

Analyst: Apple producing 13-inch Retina Display screens, may launch 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro this fall

You love the MacBook Pro with the Retina Display. Get ready for it in a smaller size. Per CNET, an analyst citing upstream supply chain sources claims that a high-resolution display bound for a rumored 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is now in production, with initial output volumes expected to be higher than the […]

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Hardware News

Apple buys fingerprint recognition company AuthenTec for $356 million

This could turn into something interesting. Per Reuters, Apple has signed a deal to buy a Florida-based company, AuthenTec, at a price of US$8 per share or about US$356 million. That’s a premium of 58 percent over AuthenTec’s Thursday closing value. While largely unknown to the public, the firm makes fingerprint sensor chips used in […]

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iMac MacBook Pro News

Analyst pegs Apple to release 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, updated iMac this fall

Just hang on a few months and that Retina Display goodness should find its way to the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Per AppleInsider, a Retina display-toting 13-inch MacBook Pro is expected to join the recently-released 15-inch model sometime this September and may be accompanied by an iMac refresh, writes analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a note shared […]