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30/05/2012
HTC Says Its Smartphones Have Cleared Customs
HTC Says Its Smartphones Have Cleared Customs:
HTC today issued a brief statement announcing that its smartphones have cleared inspection with customer for compliance with an exclusion order and are being allowed into the country. "HTC devices have been released, as they are in compliance with the ITC's ruling," said HTC in a statement emailed to The Verge. The devices were stopped at the border May 15 and have been awaiting examination since then. Some EVO 4G LTE units cleared customs last week.
HTC today issued a brief statement announcing that its smartphones have cleared inspection with customer for compliance with an exclusion order and are being allowed into the country. "HTC devices have been released, as they are in compliance with the ITC's ruling," said HTC in a statement emailed to The Verge. The devices were stopped at the border May 15 and have been awaiting examination since then. Some EVO 4G LTE units cleared customs last week.
Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip
Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip:
Always leave your PC on while you watch the latest Game of Thrones? Someone at Microsoft evidently does. A granted patent outlines a model that uses historical usage data to predict when it might be able to tweak power needs of the processor in the future, and for how long. So, perhaps you leave your machine on overnight, and jump on at 8am every day? It'd know this and make frugal use of resources accordingly. This, of course, could help fill your pockets and maybe cover that upgrade.
Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 May 2012 19:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Always leave your PC on while you watch the latest Game of Thrones? Someone at Microsoft evidently does. A granted patent outlines a model that uses historical usage data to predict when it might be able to tweak power needs of the processor in the future, and for how long. So, perhaps you leave your machine on overnight, and jump on at 8am every day? It'd know this and make frugal use of resources accordingly. This, of course, could help fill your pockets and maybe cover that upgrade.
Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 May 2012 19:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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New Zealand judge orders US to hand over Megaupload documents
New Zealand judge orders US to hand over Megaupload documents:
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants scored a significant victory on Tuesday when a New Zealand judge ordered the United States government to hand over evidence the defense will need to prepare for an upcoming extradition hearing. He rejected the government's argument that the defendants should make do with the information about its case the government itself chose to introduce in court.
The judge's comments in the 81-page decision, which was provided to Ars Technica by Dotcom attorney Ira Rothken, suggest that he is conscious of Dotcom's trying circumstances and the unusual nature of the case against him. "Actions by and on behalf of the requesting State have deprived Mr. Dotcom and his associates of access to records and information," wrote Judge David Harvey, alluding to the fact that dozens of hard drives were taken from the Dotcom mansion during the January raid and have not been returned. Dotcom, Judge Harvey wrote, "does not have access to information which may assist him in preparation for trial."
Harvey described the case as "more complex than many. The United States is attempting to utilize concepts from the civil copyright context as a basis for the application of criminal copyright liability," he wrote. That "necessitates a consideration of principles such as the dual use of technology and what they be described as significant non-infringing uses."
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants scored a significant victory on Tuesday when a New Zealand judge ordered the United States government to hand over evidence the defense will need to prepare for an upcoming extradition hearing. He rejected the government's argument that the defendants should make do with the information about its case the government itself chose to introduce in court.
The judge's comments in the 81-page decision, which was provided to Ars Technica by Dotcom attorney Ira Rothken, suggest that he is conscious of Dotcom's trying circumstances and the unusual nature of the case against him. "Actions by and on behalf of the requesting State have deprived Mr. Dotcom and his associates of access to records and information," wrote Judge David Harvey, alluding to the fact that dozens of hard drives were taken from the Dotcom mansion during the January raid and have not been returned. Dotcom, Judge Harvey wrote, "does not have access to information which may assist him in preparation for trial."
Harvey described the case as "more complex than many. The United States is attempting to utilize concepts from the civil copyright context as a basis for the application of criminal copyright liability," he wrote. That "necessitates a consideration of principles such as the dual use of technology and what they be described as significant non-infringing uses."
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It's about time! Verizon Galaxy Nexus update finally to go
It's about time! Verizon Galaxy Nexus update finally to go: 
After an inexcusably long delay, the Android 4.04 update is finally ready to roll out to Verizon Galaxy Nexus customers...
After an inexcusably long delay, the Android 4.04 update is finally ready to roll out to Verizon Galaxy Nexus customers...
Facebook’s Face.com buy confirmed
Facebook’s Face.com buy confirmed:
Facebook is definitely buying Face.com, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Rumors of the deal quickly spread following Facebook’s IPO and it’s believed that the two companies have been in talks for quite some time. Sources expect the deal to be around $100 million and that lawyers are currently hammering out the details.
The purchase makes sense for Facebook, which could integrate Face.com’s face recognition technology into its social platform. With photos being a key component to Facebook’s lock-in strategy, a facial recognition feature would improve tagging to better reflect an accurate social graph for a more efficient advertising platform.
Furthermore, Face.com already has a popular Facebook app called Photo Tagger that lets users scan their albums for known faces. The company also has an iOS facial recognition app called KLIK as well as a public API.
However, we’ll have to see if Moscow-based search engine Yandex is willing to sell its stake in Face.com. Yandex along with Rhodium have invested $4.3 million in Face.com for an 18.4 percent stake in the company. Yandex may want cash and stock in Facebook as part of the deal.
[via TechCrunch]
Facebook’s Face.com buy confirmed is written by Rue Liu & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Facebook is definitely buying Face.com, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Rumors of the deal quickly spread following Facebook’s IPO and it’s believed that the two companies have been in talks for quite some time. Sources expect the deal to be around $100 million and that lawyers are currently hammering out the details.
The purchase makes sense for Facebook, which could integrate Face.com’s face recognition technology into its social platform. With photos being a key component to Facebook’s lock-in strategy, a facial recognition feature would improve tagging to better reflect an accurate social graph for a more efficient advertising platform.
Furthermore, Face.com already has a popular Facebook app called Photo Tagger that lets users scan their albums for known faces. The company also has an iOS facial recognition app called KLIK as well as a public API.
However, we’ll have to see if Moscow-based search engine Yandex is willing to sell its stake in Face.com. Yandex along with Rhodium have invested $4.3 million in Face.com for an 18.4 percent stake in the company. Yandex may want cash and stock in Facebook as part of the deal.
[via TechCrunch]
Facebook’s Face.com buy confirmed is written by Rue Liu & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
SlashGear 101: What is Samsung Music Hub?
SlashGear 101: What is Samsung Music Hub?:
This week Samsung has released a brand new ecosystem and app which will take their involvement in the music industry to a new leve: Music Hub. This new service will be working on the Samsung Galaxy S III exclusively when it is first launched, and will only be working in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and the UK – and eventually the USA. Eventually Samsung hopes to extend this service, which can be compared directly to Spotify and Google Music in its scope, to more phones than just the Samsung Galaxy S III and to the whole music-loving planet.
As you can see in the image below, Samsung has already thrown out the idea that this application will be limited to one device – the image showing the Galaxy S II (not III) working well with the new software. What this software will do is provide you with access to 19 million music tracks at once, all of them streaming over the wireless web. There will be one flat fee for this service when it is first initiated, that being £9.99/€9.99, but we can expect this price and the service’s offerings to change and evolve over time.
Samsung Music Hub is a complete replacement of your music applications – all of them. You’re allowed to not only stream music from Samsung’s collection, but upload your own music tracks and access them the same way Google Music currently does. One of an upcoming slightly more costly Premium Accounts will soon be available and will bump your storage from double-digits all the way up to 100GB of cloud storage for your songs: that’s roughly 20,000-30,000 tracks if you’re keeping count.
This application ecosystem will be integrated with both Samsung’s line of Smart TVs and iTunes, and versions of the mobile app will almost certainly be making their way to not just the Galaxy S line, but the Galaxy Note and Tab lines as well.
UPDATE: Samsung Mobile Hub has had a couple of price updates listed. They are as follows:
You can join in on the fun via the Australian Samsung Music Hub website for now, and wait what we must assume is a short amount of time before this lovely service is extended across the rest of the states and countries of the world.
SlashGear 101: What is Samsung Music Hub? is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
This week Samsung has released a brand new ecosystem and app which will take their involvement in the music industry to a new leve: Music Hub. This new service will be working on the Samsung Galaxy S III exclusively when it is first launched, and will only be working in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and the UK – and eventually the USA. Eventually Samsung hopes to extend this service, which can be compared directly to Spotify and Google Music in its scope, to more phones than just the Samsung Galaxy S III and to the whole music-loving planet.
As you can see in the image below, Samsung has already thrown out the idea that this application will be limited to one device – the image showing the Galaxy S II (not III) working well with the new software. What this software will do is provide you with access to 19 million music tracks at once, all of them streaming over the wireless web. There will be one flat fee for this service when it is first initiated, that being £9.99/€9.99, but we can expect this price and the service’s offerings to change and evolve over time.
Samsung Music Hub is a complete replacement of your music applications – all of them. You’re allowed to not only stream music from Samsung’s collection, but upload your own music tracks and access them the same way Google Music currently does. One of an upcoming slightly more costly Premium Accounts will soon be available and will bump your storage from double-digits all the way up to 100GB of cloud storage for your songs: that’s roughly 20,000-30,000 tracks if you’re keeping count.
This application ecosystem will be integrated with both Samsung’s line of Smart TVs and iTunes, and versions of the mobile app will almost certainly be making their way to not just the Galaxy S line, but the Galaxy Note and Tab lines as well.
UPDATE: Samsung Mobile Hub has had a couple of price updates listed. They are as follows:
“Samsung Music Hub offers 2 levels of subscription
Mobile: For $9.99 per month you get access to the Samsung Music Hub from only one Samsung GALAXY Smartphone or GALAXY tablet. It’s even more affordable with a longer subscription – 6 months pre-paid access is $54.99 and 12 months pre-paid access is $99.99.
Premium: If you want to get Samsung Music Hub on multiple Samsung Music Hub capable devices (up to four devices) plus via PC or Mac, you can get started for only $12.99 per month. Just like before – pay upfront and get discounts! 6 months access is $69.99 and 12 months is $134.99.”
You can join in on the fun via the Australian Samsung Music Hub website for now, and wait what we must assume is a short amount of time before this lovely service is extended across the rest of the states and countries of the world.
SlashGear 101: What is Samsung Music Hub? is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
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