U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said Samsung’s Galaxy tabets infringed on Apple’s patents, but left the onus on Apple to establish the validity of their patents. As for issuing an injunction against Samsung:

At the hearing on Thursday in a San Jose, California federal court, Koh also said she would deny Apple’s request for an injunction based on one of Apple’s so-called “utility” patents.

She did not say whether she would grant the injunction based on three other Apple “design” patents.

The following courtroom conversation helps illustrate why Apple is going after Samsung for allegedly copying its flagship iOS devices:

Koh frequently remarked on the similarity between each company’s tablets. At one point during the hearing, she held one black glass tablet in each hand above her head, and asked Sullivan if she could identify which company produced which.

“Not at this distance your honor,” said Sullivan, who stood at a podium roughly ten feet away.

“Can any of Samsung’s lawyers tell me which one is Samsung and which one is Apple?” Koh asked. A moment later, one of the lawyers supplied the right answer.

Microsoft continues to pen licensing deals with Android device manufactures, with Quanta Computer being the latest. This is just another name on Microsoft’s list, seeing as they have already worked out agreements with Android device makers Acer, Amazon, HTC, Samsung and ViewSonic. From the article on The Next Web:

The dollar figures involved here are non-trivial. Rumors have floated that OEMs are paying between 5 and 15 dollars per unit shipped to Microsoft, effectively making Redmond a massively profitable player in the Android market. And all it has to do is collect the checks. With giants such as HTC and Samsung on board, the pattern appears to be set.

With Microsoft experiencing issues growing their mobile user base, it appears Android may actually be benefiting them more than they would like to admit.

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“I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (dmr) died at home this weekend. I have no more information.”

Dennis contributed much to the computing world, and will be greatly missed. From Wikipedia:

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 - October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist notable for developing C and for having influence on other programming languages, as well as operating systems such as Multics and Unix. He received the Turing Award in 1983 and the National Medal of Technology 1998 on April 21, 1999. Ritchie was the head of Lucent Technologies System Software Research Department when he retired in 2007.

This is my next… has been having some fun with iPhone 4S’ Siri. So much that they posted a page of responses received while asking it unconventional questions. Head on over and see what interesting responses can be coaxed out of her.

My personal favorite:

Siri Response

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