Posts Tagged ‘trial’
Nokia v. Apple Copyright Case Scheduled For Mid-2012
If you’ve been following the news these past few months, you probably know that Apple and Nokia aren’t in the best of relationships. Aside from being each other’s competition, they’ve both sued the living hell out of each other over patent infringements.
Just a brief history:
Both Nokia and Apple have sued each other multiple times over the past few months over patent infringements. Each of the companies has also requested that government officials block imports of Nokia products coming to the USA, and the block of Apple iPhone units coming into Finland.
We’re learning that the trial between the two companies could occur in mid-2012, according to Reuters. That’s over two years from now! Really, that’s all there is to say — we just thought you’d like to know.
Meanwhile, the ITC continues to investigate claims filed by both companies in both December and January. No conclusive findings have yet been reported.
[ via Reuters ]
Apple Launches Aperture 3
The Apple Store was reportedly down worldwide earlier today. There were quite a few speculations on the Internet as to what could be new. Some believed Apple was updating the store with the rumored new MacBook Pro 6.1 believed to be launched today. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Instead, Apple just released its photo editing and management software Aperture version 3.
The new Aperture 3 has been priced at $199 . Current Aperture 2.0, which was released almost two years ago, can easily upgrade for just $99. There’s also a free 30-day trial available. More »
Sirius XM Radio App Now Officially Available for BlackBerry
Last month, we heard a rumor that an official Sirius XM Radio application was going to launched for BlackBerry by the end of January [last month]. It appears the tipster was off by a few days, as the application is now officially available with over 120 channels. Unfortunately for many of you, it appears that the Howard Stern radio show won’t be available. The reasons are unknown at the moment.
The Sirius XM Radio app is supported by the BlackBerry Storm/Storm2, Curve 8500-8900, Bold 9000-9700, Tour 9600. The app requires a premium subscription from Sirius XM, though there’s a free 7-day trial available. All of the content, as you may be aware, is ad-free.
If you’re interested, you can grab the application form the Sirius XM for Blackberry website. Additionally, you can go to siriusxm.com/blackberry on your BlackBerry smartphone.
Rhapsody Now Available for Android in Beta
Rhapsody subscribers with Android smartphones, rejoice! Rhapsody has officially made available its Rhapsody for Android Beta application, which was originally promised by the end of 2009. If you are excited and thinking about downloading the application, take the following things into account:
- The app is not available on the Android Market quite yet. Instead, Rhapsody for Android Beta is available at the following address: http://www.rhapsody.com/android/download.
- The app is only available to Rhapsody-to-go members. There’s a free 7-day trial, but you have to cancel it before it expires to avoid any fees.
- The app is beta stage, so there’s a lot of bugs expected. More »
Backupify drops paywall allowing free backup of all supported online services until January 31st
Reach back into the cobweb filled corners of your mind to November 21st when I reviewed Backupify. I labeled it as an awesome way to keep your online accounts backed up in the unfortunate event of data loss occurring in said online services. At the time, choosing the free service option only allowed Twitter account backup with other accounts costing extra.
If you were on the fence with the actual usefulness and resilience of Backupify’s ability to take on many online accounts, Backupify has quite the deal for you — all access, FREE.
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How to Extend Your Windows 7 Trial Up to 120 Days
If you feel like 30 days is not enough time to try a new operating system, (in this case any of the versions of Windows 7), then worry no more. There is a little known secret to extend the trial period from 30 days up to 120 days all by simply using a single-line command. Instructions on how to do this were published Tuesday night in a Windows Secret newsletter by Woody Leonhard. He explains that this is possible thanks to a tool called ’slmgr’ [Software License Manager] that comes with Windows 7.
Anyway, here is what you need to do. When your trial is about to expire, meaning there’s only a couple days left, do the following:
- Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > and finally right-click on Command Prompt and choose ‘Run as administrator’ and enter your password.
- Type: slmgr -rearm and press Enter. [Make sure you leave the space after 'slmgr' and type a hyphen before 'rearm']
- Restart Windows 7.
- Once the OS is restarted, the 30-day trial period will begin all over again. You can perform this trick only three times for a total of 120 days.
Pretty cool, huh? Now you can really make up your mind and decide whether you love the new Windows OS or not. Go here for more information on this Windows 7 trick and to learn some others.
Peter Sunde Abandons The Pirate [Bay] Ship
The Pirate Bay’s co-founder, Peter Sunde, a.k.a. ‘Brokep’ announced Sunday that he is finally quitting the torrent tracker website. As Wired Magazine says, this might be an indication that despite earlier reports, Global Gaming Factory might be buying The Pirate Bay after all.
Peter, who like his colleagues – face a year in prison if their appeal is turned down, wrote on his personal blog that he has no more time to take care of The Pirate Bay, as he has many other projects waiting to be finished, including writing a book. He went on to say:
“Today marks the end of a small era for me, but I am simply leaving a role in order to be a person instead.”
We wish him the best of luck with his future projects.
[ Wired ]
Google Apps Not So Free Anymore
Google Apps, a suite of tools designed for enterprise no longer wants you to sign up for their free version, apparently. The site only allows users to “Begin Free Trial”, in which it would be free for approximately 30 days. After that, the cost is $50 per user after the trial.
Google may want to be turning away from the free version, as many companies are finding it sufficient for their uses, and that obviously isn’t making Google much money at all.
Just earlier this year, Google Apps’ user limit went from 200 to 50, though Google has stated they have no plans to decrease the count any further.
You can still reach the Google Apps free signup page here, despite the fact Google may not want you to know about it!
Update: Looks like Google is in the process of restoring the Standard Edition link, as they claim it was accidentally removed.
[ source: TechCrunch ]
BitTorrent site with 250,000 users shut down
This week, police and anti-piracy entities pulled the plug on Snowtigers, a private torrent tracker with a user base of over 250,000 which has been up and running since 2005. The police along with ALPA (Association Against Audiovisual Piracy) made a total of 10 arrests, also seizing 21 servers. There is currently no word on the status of Snowtigers’ servers located in both The Netherlands and Canada. Frédéric Delacroix, a member of ALPA addressed this, citing: “We are dealing with a truly international network,” adding “the investigation is not complete, it exceeds our French borders.”
The fight against piracy has been stepped up a few notches with The Pirate Bay trial. Don’t expect it to slow down.