Samsung Returns Fire Against Apple Lawsuit

This could get nasty.

Last week, Apple opened its lawyers up against Samsung, alleging that the Korean company copied the iPhone and iPad for its Galaxy products.

Apple to Beat Google to Cloud Music Service

Forget that leaked version of Android Music, Apple is read to rock and roll.

With the launch of Amazon’s music locker service, Cloud Drive, it seems there’s only a matter of time before competing products by Google and Apple are unveiled. In fact, these two companies were rumored to be working on their own cloud music services before we heard anything about Amazon’s Cloud Drive. So who’s up next?

Yahoo! Ups Data Retention Period to 1.5 Years

Yahoo! has announced that it is extending the period for retention of user data from 90 days to 18 months.

On Wednesday, Anne Toth, Chief Trust Officer at Yahoo!, announced that the company would be extending the period of data retention in order to provide customers with a more “robust, individualized experience.”

Battery Concept Features USB Interface

Designers create a rechargeable AA or AAA battery concept that also allows USB charging via the interface on the side.

This extremely simple design by Hairno Bao, Hailong Piao, Yuancheng Liu and Xiameng Hu is just a regular set of AA or AAA batteries with a USB interface embedded into the side. Dubbed Continuance, these batteries are fully rechargeable and are capable of giving some power to your usb gadgets as well.

As the world becomes more and more engulfed in its technology and gadgetry, there is always a need for alternative battery and energy sources. The Continuance concept is perfect for those of us who require USB charging for our products as well as the classic AA or AAA batteries for other tools and devices. Killing two stones with one battery!

Samsung Challenges Intel For Chip Leadership

It appears as if the chip industry had a much better 2010 than 2009, as the global semiconductor business is estimated to have gained about $70 billion in sales last year.

 Gartner reports that global chip sales surged to $299.4 billion.

"The industrywide upturn was due to the combination of pent-up demand that had built in the wake of the worldwide economic recession, and rebuilding of semiconductor inventories that were significantly depleted during the recession and early recovery," said Peter Middleton, principal analyst at Gartner.