Bad News For Galaxy Lover... It's Banned Now

An Australian court has temporarily banned Samsung from selling its new Galaxy tablet computer in the country, another setback for the South Korean electronics giant in a global patent battle with Apple Inc. that accuses it of slavishly copying the iPad and iPhone.

Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett on Thursday granted a temporary injunction against sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. The decision prevents Samsung Electronics Co. from selling the device in Australia in its current form until a further court order, or until a pending patent lawsuit between the warring technology giants is resolved.

The ruling is a blow for Samsung, which had hoped to launch the new product in time for Christmas sales. It comes after courts in other countries including Germany and the Netherlands made judgments that upheld Apple's claims that its intellectual property had been appropriated by Samsung.

The patent battle spanning 10 countries has underlined the perception of Samsung as an efficient imitator among technology companies rather than a pace setter. Over the years, the company has grown to become the global No. 1 in TVs and No. 2 in smartphones by sales. But unlike archrival Apple Inc., it has not mesmerized consumers with its originality and innovation.

In April, Cupertino, California-based Apple Inc. sued Samsung in the United States, alleging the product design, user interface and packaging of Samsung's Galaxy devices "slavishly copy" the iPhone and iPad.

Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. fought back with lawsuits of its own, accusing Apple of patent infringement of its wireless telecommunications technology.

Apple filed the Australian lawsuit in July, accusing Samsung of copying its touch screen technology. In her ruling Thursday, Bennett said she was granting the temporary injunction in part because she felt Apple had a sufficient likelihood of winning the trial against Samsung.

The judge's full orders will not be published until Friday. It was not immediately clear whether Samsung could — or would — attempt to sell a variation of the device that removed the features Apple objected to in the Australian lawsuit.

"We are disappointed with this ruling and Samsung will be seeking legal advice on its options," Samsung said in a statement. "Samsung will continue its legal proceeding against Apple's claim in order to ensure our innovative products remain available to consumers."



Samsung, which filed its Australian countersuit in September, said it remained confident it could prove Apple violated its wireless technology patents.

"We will continue to legally assert our intellectual property rights against those who violate Samsung's patents and free ride on our technology," the company said in a statement.

An attorney for Apple declined to comment after the hearing.

Office Romance Rules: See what to do and what not

For those who are dating a fellow co-worker, the consensus among experts is to proceed with caution, because such relationships are fraught with complications. Yet despite their warnings, they also concede that romance in the workplace can work -- many of them last and studies show that between 22 to 50 percent of workplace romances lead to marriage.

In fact, work is the number-one meeting ground where people find their spouses, says sociologist Janet Lever, Ph.D. This is especially so for high-powered professionals who spend 40 to 60 hours a week at the office; whose long working hours make it extremely difficult to find love.

They turn to the workplace in search for their potential partners. In a way, some feel it's a safer alternative to blind dates and dating services because when you date someone in the workplace, at least you already know something about him or her. Because of your shared history, you don't have to start with a blank slate.

But to make office romance work, it takes the right steps to manage the relationship well, to navigate potentially delicate situations and to avoid the pitfalls. So if you're involved, check out these do's and don'ts of office romance ettiquette.

Office romance ettiquette
1. DO: Keep work separate from personal issues
It takes two well-balanced people who are mature enough to respect the distinctive roles of lover and colleague. Both you and the guy need to come to an agreement that you're not going to let emotions affect your work.

2. DO: Establish the ending rules
Make a rule about what you are going to do if and when the relationship comes to an end. Couples should agree that they will not do anything to try to hurt the other in the workplace.

3. DON'T: Broadcast your relationship
Keep it quiet for as long as possible and maintain a very professional relationship at work. It's exciting when you're in love, but if the romance goes sour and everyone knows about it, there's going to be a lot of office gossip and you'll become the fodder.

Amazon in talks to start books-on-demand subscription service

Amazon already dominates book sales, whether they be paper or digital. It also has a very firm grasp on the e-reader market with millions of Kindles already sold. But Amazon is apparently not satisfied with just selling digital books to Kindle owners, it wants to offer a subscription service for them too.

If you use Netflix to stream videos for a monthly fee, Amazon believes you’ll pay a subscription to gain access to a large library of digital books too. The e-tailer is thought to be in talks with several book publishers trying to sign them up to such a service.

In return for paying each publisher a healthy fee, Amazon would be able to offer access to potentially thousands of titles as part of a rental/download service. Users would pay a monthly subscription for the privilege of access, or potentially it could form part of the existing Amazon Prime $79/year service.

This isn’t a new idea, and it’s one publisher O’Reilly is already seeing a lot of success with through its Safari Books Online service. However, Safari is aimed squarely at the technology market and costs either $27.99 or $42.99 per month depending on your level of access. I’d expect Amazon would have to be a lot cheaper, closer to Netflix pricing in fact, if such a subscription service was to take off.

More at WSJ, via TNW

Matthew’s Opinion

As a Kindle owner I do find that the price of Kindle editions is on the high side for the books I want. I’m sure this is more down to the publisher than it is Amazon who would happily sell digital books cheaper if it meant higher sales and more revenue.

With that in mind, I would definitely consider a subscription service if it was priced like Netflix and offered up access to all Kindle books. That second prerequisite is key. I don’t believe such a service would work if you could only access some books. It also wouldn’t work if new releases aren’t included, unless of course they could be purchased at a discount or arrived on the service within say, a month of the release.

Are you Aware Of This Dangrous MAC Trojan Virus

Look out, Apple users: There's another Mac OS X Trojan out in the wild, and it might be heading your way.


The sneaky malware pretends to a be a Chinese-language PDF document about the Pinnacle Islands, eight uninhabited rocks in the East China Sea simultaneously claimed by Japan, Taiwan and mainland China.

If you open the file, which could appear as an emailed attachment or as a Web link, the document, written in traditional Chinese ideograms, does indeed display. But a Trojan silently installs itself in the background as you try to sort out centuries-old territorial claims.

The Trojan doesn't really do anything — yet. But F-Secure, the Finnish security firm that discovered it, notes that it lays the groundwork for much more sophisticated attacks against Macs.

The Trojan installs "backdoor" software to give a remote operator control of the machine, and sets up a communication link with a currently inactive command-and-control server.

Those two steps, repeated in thousands of Macs, could create a Mac-only botnet — a vast army of "zombie" machines silently distributing malware and spam. Substitute an English-language document for global appeal, flip on the command-and-control server, and you're in business.

The growing market penetration of Macs in the worldwide PC market, coupled with the general cluelessness of Mac owners about the need for anti-virus software, has created a ripe field of millions of powerful, unprotected machines ready for exploitation by cyber criminals.

And for a cyber criminal, the best kind of botnet to run would be one comprised of machines whose owners think they'll never be infected.

Fortunately, anti-virus companies are here to help. F-Secure's paid Mac anti-virus software has already incorporated protection against this Mac-only Trojan, as has Sophos' free one.

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Amazing Nike Mag Shoes

A few moments ago, Nike officially unveiled the Nike Air Mag AKA “Marty McFly” shoe. As stated earlier, Nike announced that 1500 pairs of this shoe will be auctioned on eBay, nikemag.eBay.com, with all net proceeds going directly to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. The auction will begin tonight at 8:30PM PST and end on September 18 (150 pairs will be posted on eBay per day for 10 days). The Nike Air Mag has been anticipated for the longest as it first showed its face in the 1989 2015 released film Back to the Future.

The Ugly Truth

Qus.: What are you doing?
Ans.: Business.
Tax : PAY PROFESSIONAL TAX

Qus.: What are you doing in Business?
Ans.: Selling the Goods.
Tax : PAY SALES TAX
Qus.: From where are you getting Goods?
Ans.: From other State/Abroad
Tax : PAY CENTRAL SALES TAX, CUSTOM DUTY & OCTROI
Qus.: What are you getting in Selling Goods?
Ans.: Profit.
Tax : PAY INCOME TAX

Qus.: How do you distribute profit ?
Ans : By way of dividend
Tax : PAY DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION TAX

Qus.: Where you Manufacturing the Goods?
Ans.: Factory.
Tax : PAY EXCISE DUTY

Qus.: Do you have Staff?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY STAFF PROFESSIONAL TAX

Qus.: Doing business in Millions?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY TURNOVER TAX ?
Ans : No
Tax : Then pay Minimum Alternate Tax

Qus.: Are you taking out over 25,000 Cash from Bank?
Ans.: Yes, for Salary.
Tax : PAY CASH HANDLING TAX
Qus.: Where are you taking your client for Lunch & Dinner?
Ans.: Hotel
Tax : PAY FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT TAX

Qus.: Are you going Out of Station for Business?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY FRINGE BENEFIT TAX

Qus.: Have you taken or given any Service/s? Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY SERVICE TAX

Qus.: How come you got such a Big Amount?
Ans.: Gift on birthday.
Tax : PAY GIFT TAX

Qus.: Do you have any Wealth?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY WEALTH TAX

Qus.: To reduce Tension, for entertainment, where are you going?
Ans.: Cinema or Resort.
Tax : PAY ENTERTAINMENT TAX

Qus.: Have you purchased House?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY STAMP DUTY & REGISTRATION FEE

Qus.: How you Travel?
Ans.: Bus
Tax : PAY SURCHARGE

Qus.: Any Additional Tax?
Ans.: Yes
Tax :PAY EDUCATIONAL, ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL & SURCHARGE ON ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT.'s TAX !!!

SURCHARGE ON ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT.'s TAX !!!

Qus.: Delayed any time Paying Any Tax?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY INTEREST & PENALTY

INDIAN : Can I die now??
Ans : No, wait we are about to launch the FUNERAL TAX

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Petrol Price in INDIA

Pakistan Rs. 26

Bangladesh Rs. 22

Cuba Rs. 19

Nepal Rs. 34

Burma Rs. 30

Afghanistan Rs. 36

INDIA Rs. 63.40

BASIC COST PER 1 LITRE 16.50

Centre tax 11.80%

Excise duty 9.75%

Vat cess 4%

State tax 8 %

Total Rs. 50.05

Now extra 13.35 Rs, PER 1 LITRE

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The Owner Of Facebook Had Received an Attack by Hacker

Last night Zuckerberg’s fan page on the website was attacked by hackers, who took over his page and posted the following message, pretending to be him: “Let the hacking begin: If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way? Why not transform Facebook into a ‘social business’ the way Nobel Price winner Muhammad Yunus described it? http://bit.ly/fs6rT3 What do you think? #hackercup2011.”

"Facebook users - famous or not - need to take better care of their social networking security," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at internet security firm Sophos. "Mark Zuckerberg might be wanting to take a close look at his privacy and security settings after this embarrassing breach. It's not clear if he was careless with his password, was phished, or sat down in a Starbucks and got sidejacked while using an unencrypted wireless network, but however it happened, it's left egg on his face just when Facebook wants to reassure users that it takes security and privacy seriously. Maybe Mr Zuckerberg would be wise to get a refresher on computer security best practice."

The Video Can be Seen at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4djYIOZ6Qc&feature=player_embedded

Source :- telegraph.co.uk