A court in California has allowed Apple and Samsung Electronics to add recent products from both companies in a patent infringement lawsuit.
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Samsung previews foldable, rollable 'Youm' smartphone displays
Flexible OLEDs that can be rolled up or wrapped around the sides of smartphones are getting closer to reality. Samsung Electronics showed some of its prototype flexible displays at CES Wednesday and launched a new brand name for them, Youm.
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Samsung's curved OLED TV boasts immersive viewing experience by creating panorama effect
Today at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Samsung Electronics unveiled Samsung’s Curved OLED TV, breaking the barrier of innovation in home entertainment.
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Samsung’s new TV lineup promises a world of possibilities
While Samsung’s press conference at CES on Monday focused on both Wi-Fi-enabled cameras and a line of smart home appliances, the main focus was on the stunning new selection of smart TVs. Upping the ante on last year’s designs, Samsung’s 2013 models are all designed to deliver a maximum amount of content with a beautiful design and intuitive user interface.
Boo-Keun Yoon, President of Samsung Electronics, stressed the company’s commitment to deliver a full-fledged content experience to consumers looking for simpler ways to find and enjoy their favorite movies, music, and television programs.
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Samsung and LG get ready for TV battle at CES
LG Electronics is hoping to make its smart TVs more attractive by making it easier to share and find content, while Samsung Electronics is only hinting at what its plans are for 2013. Both companies will present new TV hardware and software at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas next week.
LG‘s TVs will make it easier to share content with a feature called Tag On, which uses NFC (near-field communication) to connect a TV with a smartphone or other compatible devices. To connect, users just have to hold a smartphone or some other NFC-enabled device against an NFC sticker on the TV, the company said on Monday.
A recommendation function called On Now will suggest trending on-demand and broadcast content. Results pop up in thumbnail images, making it faster and easier for the viewer to make a selection, according to LG.
The TVs will also have thinner bezels, the frames that surround TV screens.
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Samsung, LG set for TV battle at CES
LG Electronics is hoping to make its smart TVs more attractive by making it easier to share and find content, while Samsung Electronics is only hinting at what its plans are for 2013.
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Apple pulls Samsung Galaxy S III Mini from patent lawsuit
Apple has dropped its patent-infringement accusations against the Galaxy S III Mini, a mid-market Android smartphone that Samsung Electronics says it is not selling in the U.S.
In a filing in the U.S. District Court for Northern California on Friday, Apple said it would withdraw its request to include the Galaxy S III Mini in a patent infringement case against Samsung that is set for trial in 2014. On November 23, Apple had asked to add the Mini and five other recently released Samsung products to its complaint, which originally was filed in February. The case is one of many in an ongoing set of disputes between the two companies in several countries.
When Apple asked to add the Mini to its case, the phone was expected to be released in the U.S. soon. Samsung subsequently filed an opposition to that request in which the South Korean company said it was not selling the Mini in the U.S.
Sales noted, dropped anyway
In its filing on Friday, Apple said the Mini apparently was available for sale in the country, because its attorneys had bought multiple Minis from Amazon.com’s U.S. online store and successfully had them shipped to addresses in the U.S. The company also said it appeared the device was still on sale at Amazon on Wednesday.
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Apple drops bid to add Samsung Galaxy S III Mini to patent lawsuit
Apple has dropped its patent-infringement accusations against the Galaxy S III Mini, a mid-market Android smartphone that Samsung Electronics says it is not selling in the U.S.
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Foxconn, Samsung face labor issues at Chinese factories
Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China.
24-year-old Wang Hong Wei knows what it’s like: He and about four to six others would collectively assemble 2700 Samsung Galaxy S III phones each day at the factory run by HTNS Shenzhen Co. But they could never finish the job within normal working hours.
“They told us we could complete it in ten hours, but ten hours was not enough,” Wang said when interviewed in late November. “Every day we kept working, but we couldn’t finish.”
Long working hours are often cited as one of the major labor law violations occurring at electronic manufacturers in China. But for many workers in the country, the excessive overtime is simply the norm, and even sought after. In exchange, employees receive higher salaries, and companies such as Samsung and Apple supplier Foxconn can ship out more product. But after facing increased scrutiny over working conditions in China, both Samsung and Foxconn have pledged to bring down workers’ overtime hours over the next two years.
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Foxconn, Samsung face dilemma with plan to cut overtime at Chinese factories
Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China.
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USPTO questions another Apple patent in fight with Samsung
Another of the patents Apple relied on in a $1 billion infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics has been called into question by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office (USPTO). The move, if not successfully opposed by Apple, may help Samsung in its appeal against the judgment.
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Trend Micro updates security app to detect Samsung attacks
Trend Micro has updated its mobile security software to detect potential attacks on several Samsung Electronics devices that have a flaw that could allow a malicious application to access all of the phone's memory.
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Apple-Samsung patent dispute: Court denies bids to ban products, retry case
A court in California has denied Samsung Electronics a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, and also refused Apple a ban on the sale of some Samsung products.
A jury decided in August that the South Korean company must pay Apple $1.05 billion for infringing several of its patents in Samsung smartphones and tablets.
But Samsung asked for a new trial of the case, alleging that the foreman of the jury, Velvin Hogan, was untruthful and biased in the voir dire, a court procedure of questioning prospective jurors for potential bias.
Hogan did not mention that he had been sued by his former employer, Seagate, for breach of contract after he failed to repay a promissory note in 1993 and filed for bankruptcy six months later, according to a filing by Samsung. The company said it has a “substantial strategic relationship with Seagate,” and is the single largest direct shareholder of the hard drive manufacturer after selling it a business division last year.
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Judge denies retrial to Samsung in patent dispute with Apple
A court in California has denied Samsung Electronics a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, and also refused Apple a ban on the sale of some Samsung products.
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Android flaw leaves Samsung vulnerable, users charge
A suspected fault in how Samsung Electronics has implemented the Android’s kernel in several of its devices could allow a malicious application to gain total control over the device.
The vulnerability was described on Saturday by the user “alephzain” on XDA Developers, a forum for mobile developers. It affects devices using the Exynos processor models 4210 and 4412. Alephzain wrote that the issue was a “huge mistake.” (See also “Mobile Malware: It’s bad now, but will be worse in 2012.”)
By Sunday, another developer on the forum, Chainfire, had posted an Android application package (.apk) file that will successfully exploit the vulnerability.
“You should be very afraid of this exploit,” Chainfire wrote. “Any app can use it to gain root without asking and without any permissions on a vulnerable device.”
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Samsung devices vulnerable to dangerous Android exploit
A suspected fault in how Samsung Electronics has implemented the Android's kernel in several of its devices could allow a malicious application to gain total control over the device.
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