Samsung sues Apple over 10 patents
Adding to its lawsuits against Apple in three other countries, Samsung has filed another against the iPhone and Mac maker, this time in the US, states Cnet.
The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California San Jose division, and picked up by Bloomberg, accuses Apple of infringing on 10 of its patents.
One of those patents includes the capability to use the Web while on a phone call, a feature Apple has touted in its advertisements for the GSM version of the iPhone. The suit targets iPhones going all the way back to the 3G, as well as the iPod Touch, and first- and second-generation iPads.
PlayStation credit cards were encrypted
Sony has revealed that credit card details held on its PlayStation Network were stored in securely encrypted files, according to the BBC.
The news offers some hope to users worried about their personal data after the online system was hacked. Sony had previously warned that card numbers and expiry dates may have been among the stolen data.
However, other information, including dates of birth and home addresses, did not have the same level of protection.
Apple explains white iPhone delay
Apple has finally released the sought-after white iPhone 4 nearly a year after it was initially promised, and has explained the reasons behind the delay, says V3.co.uk.
Pricing for the SIM-free white model is the same as for its black counterpart and starts at £510 for the 16GB model, rising to £612 for the 32GB version.
Apple executives also shed some light on the problems the company had faced in getting the device to market. The manufacturing of the white iPhone was “challenging”, Apple senior VP Phil Schiller told All Things Digital during a joint interview with CEO Steve Jobs.
ICANN hires hacker for security
Jeff Moss, a prominent computer hacker who founded the annual Black Hat and DefCon security conferences in Las Vegas, has been hired as the chief security officer for the organisation that coordinates names of the world's Web sites, writes the Associated Press.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) manages the domain name system that underlies that chain of communication.
“I can think of no one with a greater understanding of the security threats facing Internet users and how best to defend against them than Jeff Moss,” Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's CEO, said in a statement.
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