Samsung wins Apple battle by not being cool July 9, 2012 SAMSUNG Electronics defeated Apple in the latest spat in the rivals’ patent wars yesterday as a British judge ruled Samsung’s Galaxy tablets did not infringe the U.S company’s designs for the iPad because they were “not as cool”. In the High Court judgment Judge Colin Birss said that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets belonged to the same [...]
Samsung forecasts profit surge July 6, 2012 Samsung said it expects to see a profit surge of 79 per cent in the second quarter of 2012 due to the new Galaxy range of smartphones. The firm has predicted an operating profit of 6.7 trillion won (£3.5 bn) for the three-month period, the highest since 2008. Whilst overtaking Nokia as the world’s biggest [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 2, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Heatwave threatens US harvest An intense heatwave is threatening havoc with this year’s US grain harvest, burning up hopes of blockbuster yields and sending prices soaring. Even a modest reduction in crops could send ripples through global food commodities markets, as the US is the world’s top exporter of corn, soyabeans and wheat, [...]
Games consoles meet a chainsaw massacre July 2, 2012 WHAT would you rather do: harvest corn, or chainsaw a zombie in the face? That’s the question asked by the Facebook app for Gaikai, the cloud gaming company just bought for $380m (£242m) by Sony, which clearly believes the chainsaw is mightier than the scythe. It’s probably right, too. Just a few minutes of experimenting [...]
Five years old: iPhone hits the grand old age June 28, 2012 CELEBRATING its fifth birthday today, the world’s most iconic smartphone continues to dominate its rivals according to data from Ipsos MORI. Revealed to the world by Steve Jobs in January 2007, the first iPhone was scanned through the till on 29 June of the same year. British fans of Apple will be able to celebrate [...]
Samsung banned from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in the US June 27, 2012 APPLE has triumphed in the latest round of patent battles with its archrival Samsung after a US judge yesterday backed the iPad maker’s request to halt sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 device. “Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing [...]
Judge halts sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US June 27, 2012 A US judge backed Apple Inc’s request to stop Samsung Electronics selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States, giving the iPhone maker a significant win in the global smartphone and tablet patent wars. Samsung’s Galaxy touchscreen tablets, powered by Google’s Android operating system, are considered by many industry experts to be the [...]
Wolfson soars on deal to supply Samsung parts June 26, 2012 SHARES in chipmaking firm Wolfson Microelectronics rose by almost seven per cent yesterday after it announced a deal to provide audio technology to Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone. The Edinburgh-based company’s ultra low power HD audio hub, known as the WM8994, will be used in Samsung’s Galaxy S3 handset, which was launched last month and is [...]
Samsung calms investors with solid forecasts June 25, 2012 SAMSUNG executives leapt to reassure investors yesterday over the company’s performance after its shares fell by 4.4 per cent to a four month low. Since the launch last month of its latest smartphone, the Galaxy SIII, Samsung has been cursed with the blessing of overwhelming demand. But the South Korean firm revealed it expects to [...]
Sony and Panasonic launch tie-up for latest design TVs June 25, 2012 RIVAL Japanese television makers Sony and Panasonic said yesterday they will cooperate to make OLED (organic light emitting diode) sets as they battle Korean rivals Samsung and LG Electronics for pole position in the next-generation TV market. The race to garner a lead in OLED, widely touted as the successor to liquid-crystal displays, will depend [...]