Summary: A U.S. appeals court gives Apple an opportunity to see Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet banned from store shelves. If Apple proceeds, it could shape next week’s settlement talks.
Apple has been given the go-ahead to seek a sales injunction on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, which would see the tablet banned from U.S. stores.
The two companies are set to attend settlement talks next week. Apple’s next move could shape whether the settlement talks will succeed or fail.
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Windows 8 should available by November when Intel-based devices hit retail stores.
The first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to land in retail stores in November, a source familiar with device makers’ plans told CNET.
“The schedule is tight,” said the source. “Looking at what Windows is trying to achieve not only with a new OS, but a new OS that needs to run four to five architectures — three ARM, Intel, and AMD,” according to the source.
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The Avengers smashes past Dark Shadows, and the $1bn mark at the global box office. It’s really doing quite well.
We suspect that it’s safe to call Marvel and Joss Whedon’s The Avengers movie a hit now. This past weekend, it topped the American box office for the second week running, bringing in a staggering $103.1m in the US alone. It comfortably edged out the week’s big new release, Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, which had to be content with $28.8m.
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“I’m currently without a record deal,” the season 7 winner tells THR.
by Shirley Halperin
Season 7 winner David Cook debuted a new song on American Idol Thursday night, but it won’t be coming out on RCA Records.
The show alum tells The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m currently without a record deal.” He’s self-releasing “The Last Song I’ll Write For You” to “see how the song does.”
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1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
2. fun. f/ Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
3. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
5. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
6. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
7. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
8. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
9. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
10.Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
By Joanna Stern
Nevada is putting the pedal to the metal on those autonomous automobiles.
It was just two months ago that the state approved and set regulations that would allow self-driving vehicles on the state’s roadways. And today it announced that it has approved Google for the first testing license under the new rules.
Google, which was instrumental in pushing through the original legislation in Nevada, has been testing its very own self-driving automobile for a number of years on its campuses and other secret locations. (“Good Morning America” even took it for a spin in 2010.)
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Joe McNally is a renowned American photographer who has worked for publications like National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and Time.
McNally is in Australia to hold a series of workshops, keynote presentations and seminars across the country, over the coming month.
The one-day workshop, which is also being held in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast, covers the fundamentals of working with light in order to best capture a series of subjects, with McNally providing personal one-on-one tuition throughout the event, as well as group guidance. There’s plenty of advanced lighting equipment to use on the day, including camera flashes, Nikon SLRs such as the D800 and D4, reflectors and professional studio lights.
His approach to lighting is particularly organic, and McNally is a big advocate of “thinking inside the box” — that is, working with what you have. You don’t need to have experience working with flashes to take part in the workshop; just a love for photography and to know your way around your camera in manual exposure mode.
To find out about locations and events, visit the Through the Lens website.
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By Alistair Barr | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday owners of its Kindle e-readers and tablets will be able to lend Harry Potter e-books to each other in a move aimed at encouraging more people to use the devices and sign up for its Prime service.
Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, bought an exclusive license from author J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore e-book business to make all seven Harry Potter e-book available to lend through the Kindle platform.
Lending begins June 19 and includes Potter e-books in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
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By Andrea Burzynski
(Reuters) – Hollie Cavanagh was sent home from top-rated TV talent show “American Idol” on Thursday night after singing “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – a song choice that proved prophetic.
Cavanagh closed out the show by performing Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb,” remaining composed while fellow contestant Joshua Ledet wept as she sang.
Almost 70 million votes were cast to determine Thursday’s outcome. Audience voting was based on performances on Wednesday night’s episode during which contestants sang songs by artists from California, followed by songs they wished they had written.
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