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Blue Jeans Cable gets cease-and-desist from Monster Cable

What happens when a Big company like Monster Cable sends a cease-and-desist to a small company, well in most cases the small company does as they are told or they fight back and again most times they lose because the big company has more money and better lawyers. In the case of Monster Cable sending Tartan Cable (a subsidiary of Blue Jeans Cable) a cease-and-desist might have been the wrong thing to-do because the owner of Blue Jeans Cable (Kurt Denke) was a lawyer for over 20 years and with experience in intellectual property litigation.

Its been reported that Monster Cable likes to push around the small business and some people call them a “legal bully”, they even went on the attack against a clothing company called Monster Vintage and yes I said clothing not cables.

Blue Jeans Cable takes pride in thinking of the consumer by aiming to be like jeans, funny as it sounds there is good cause to be like jeans as they say “a good pair of denims are perfect in form and function, eminently practical, affordable, and unpretentious”. Blue Jeans Cable received the Monster Cable Correspondence of letters and exhibits, and now Kurt will be sending them a letter which will basically say Monster Cable should let this one go and that their patents are “non-patentable and non-enforceable”. You can read the details of why that is on the via link below, but simply put “if Monster Cable were to lose in court, we may see this case cause a precedence for future cease and desist requests’.

What do you think of big companies pushing around the little guy?

You can read the letter and exhibits in PDF form on bluejeanscable.com

Via AudioJunkies

Truphone to gain SIM4travel’s travel SIM capability

It looks like Truphone is to gain SIM4travel’s travel SIM capability thanks to their takeover of the business and it’s assets which include staff in London and Portugal, the infrastructure, distribution and customer base.

Phones Review reported “With this takeover Truphone gains SIM4travel’s travel SIM capability along with SIM4travel’s Mobile Virtual Network Enabler platform. Truphone will begin integrating SIM4travel’s assets into their portfolio immediately but will take a few months to finish”.

They want to give their users much cheaper calls and they will do this by launching a singular global Truphone SIM.

Nokia Tube: should shareholders be worried?

Following on from Mark’s post earlier today about the Nokia Tube, a cellphone/handheld computer that’s aiming its targets at the Apple iPhone. We had a comment early today on PR that raises an interesting question about Apple’s rule over the high-end phone market.

The reason Apple could rule this market is because the future of the so-called phone is more of a handheld computer/do everything device.

Here is what Arn said:
It’s a hand-held computer that just so happens to have voice capability market, and without a unified approach to the OS and application development, Nokia and the other manufacturers are fragmenting their market share into all these “specialist” phones that only appeal to small niches. They are nullifying the only advantage they have, size.

So they own a huge share of a commodity market. Ask Dell how that’s working out. What good is it if they can’t parlay a leadership position in the current handset market into a large share of this new handheld computer market.

Do you agree and what’s your view of the Apple iPhone and the Nokia Tube taking its market share?

Smart Phone Industry Report: Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and the Apple (AAPL) iPhone

The battle for supremacy in the smart phone industry has transformed into a two-way race between Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, according to a March 17-24 ChangeWave survey of 3,597 consumers.

The survey shows RIM dominating in terms of current consumer smart phone market share; however the Apple iPhone shows tremendous momentum going forward. In addition, the survey reveals accelerating woes for smart phone maker Palm (PALM) and its Treo Read more

Nokia N96 will be possibly getting xenon flash: True or False

According to Phones Review who got their information from another source they are saying that the super smartphone Nokia N96 will possibly getting xenon flash, maybe this is true but then again maybe it is false, we will have to wait and see.

Obviously this is not official but we are going on what we have heard, a Nokia Rep apparently has said “the delays are due to them adding (at the last minute) a Xenon flash, ala N82! Finally, an all in one phone with almost nothing (bar BlackBerry) missing, from what I can tell of the marketing stuff he left for the N82, Xenon flashes seem to be Nokia’s next big push from now on, which is fine by me.”

So when you think about it that the Nokia N82 has it, you must wonder that surely the Nokia N96 should have xenon flash.

We will keep you updated.

Source - Phones Review

South Korea fire causes laptop battery shortage: Asus, HP and Dell affected already

So when you hear about a South Korea fire you may read the news and think “well its miles away and does not affect me”, but this will not be the case for many computer users. The fire was at LG Chem’s Ochang laptop battery plant and this has now caused a laptop battery shortage, which has already affected Asus, HP and Dell.

The situation could get much worse as there is a rumor that customers could end up with a price hike for replacement batteries, and while Dell will not say how much this is affecting laptops they did comment by saying they are talking with other suppliers to source more batteries. The Ochang plant will start production again in around 2 or 3 months. Do you think you will be affected?

Source: Read

Do we really need 200 possible endings on Fallout 3 game?

We all like playing games and we really love the ending to be fantastic, but do we really need 200 possible endings on Fallout 3 game?

Yes most games have one ending and we all know that some games offer different endings, but 200 come on that is a bit much isn’t it. Fallout 3 apparently and according to a recent podcast with Bethesda’s Todd Howard there will be 200 possible endings which in my eyes is pathetic.

If the game is that good then we can see this working but would you really play the game 200 times just to see a different ending? (I think not people).

I really want to know what you think of 200 possible endings on Fallout 3.

Source - Kotaku

Koodo Mobile official launch is today under Telus name

The latest mobile news has it that Canada are about to get a new mobile outlet which is launching today and yes similar to that of Fido. Koodo Mobile are launching under the tag name Telus.

They are offering superb low prices on mobile plans like for example $15 CAD per month with per-second billing and a few contract free lines as well.

What else can we say really other than pop over to the source links for more info and the chance to watch a video.

Source – Phones Review via mobilesyrup

Key Changes to O2 Mobile Phones: Consumer Pay Monthly terms and conditions

If you connected or upgraded before 29 June 2007 (or before 18 September 2007 if you connected through Carphone Warehouse) the following applies to you. If you connected or upgraded on or after these dates the following changes already form part of your agreement with O2.

At O2 they have introduced a new approach to our Consumer Pay Monthly terms and conditions.

To keep it simple, they have separated the terms into two sections:

• A Services Agreement that covers the supply of airtime and other services
• An Equipment Agreement that covers the supply of phones and other equipment

There are also some general terms that apply to both sections, and all the definitions have been moved to the end of the general terms. The parts that apply to you will depend on what you have purchased from O2. If you have purchased an airtime tariff with a handset, both sections will apply, but if you have purchased a SIM only tariff, only the Services Agreement will apply.

If you have purchased your equipment from one of O2’s distributors (including Carphone Warehouse), the Equipment Agreement will not apply to you and that distributor may have provided you with their own set of Equipment terms, but the Services Agreement will apply to you as your airtime is being provided by O2.
Most of the terms have simply been re-ordered in accordance with this new structure, but they have made some changes.

If you’re a bit hard pressed for time, don’t worry, you can find a summary of the changes at a O2.co.uk/termsconditions/yourairtimecontract (but they do recommend finding a moment to familiarize yourself with the fully updated terms).

Source: O2

Why was 1998 the best year for gaming, this video explains

This video found on Game Trailers tries to explain why 1998 was the best year for gaming, but is the video creator right or did he repeat himself endlessly in parts and sound boring as this did not convince me. With 2008 including gaming from the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3 and amazing video cards on PC’s…surely things are better now. Watch the video below and share a comment.

Audi Shares Profits: average auto worker gets $8,138 bonus

It looks like Audi is a good company to work for; they have made massive profits in the last fiscal year and have decided to share 222 million euros with its 45,000 employees via Audi’s extended employee profit sharing plan. This means the average autoworker will get a 5,300 euro bonus (about $8,138).

Its nice to see a company sharing when times are good, in fact that’s 43% more than the bonuses they gave out the year before.

Source: Read

Nintendo Wii squeaky clean disc drive lens or no Super Smash Bros. Brawl

After some of the Nintendo Wii fanatics waited two years for this console many of them have been disappointed at the fact that they’re unable to play Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Nintendo have come back with this reply. The double layer disc can only be read by a squeaky clean disc drive lens. They also say not to try and clean the disc lens on your own and that you should send it off to Nintendo HQ. Hopefully this will sort out the problem.

Have you had this problem?

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Survey reveals BlackBerry on top of Palm: 73 percent choose RIM

Oh it seems that things are on a downward slope for Palm according to a survey, PALM were the ones that began the smartphone revolution and we know that and with bringing in a new range of stunning corporate handsets for fleets, but it now seems that their market share has plummeted thanks to enterprise competitor Research In Motion (RIM) and their BlackBerry cell phones.

The best and lucrative cell for the corporate customer base is the Palm Treo and of course is a status symbol amongst the business suits and this is what makes the latest survey from Change Wave extremely disturbing.

The Change Wave has given a number of RIM BlackBerry and Palm handsets, they have not disclosed their research methods that corporations use in their workforce, and so what does this mean? Well the research actually gives the bigger picture that the corporate sector has indeed been purchasing larger quantities of BlackBerry smartphones while Palm’s share continued to slip away.

Palm saw their enterprise smartphones take 28% of those companies surveyed in February 07 and a year later Palm has shrunk to 18% which is pretty bad on the scale of things, 59% of companies chose RIM BlackBerry cell phones and a staggering % choosing the BlackBerry in February 08.

Source via Phones Review

Ford Recall Update: 470K Mustang sports cars recalled, air bag software update

It is under 3 months since Ford Motor Co recalled 1.2 million trucks and SUVs due to a faulty sensor and today we are hearing that there is a Ford recall for 470,000 Mustangs in the US.

The sports cars have been recalled due to a much needed air bag software update Read more

UK at forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution: Sony Blu-ray sales to rocket

The UK is at the forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution and is leading the way in Europe in next generation disk sales. Based on a rapid uptake of sales in 2007, DEG Europe, a non-profit, pan-industry body to promote awareness of DVD and HD formats across Europe has high expectations for the adoption of next generation technologies throughout 2008 Read more

YouTube Ban Lifted in Pakistan

The ban has now been lifted from YouTube in Pakistan. Officials removed video clips that were to offensive and have decided to lift the country wide ban. YouTube is a popular Read more

Official New Apple MacBook Pro News: upgraded with multi-touch like Mac Air

Yesterday the web was alight with news about new Apple MacBook’s and MacBook Pro’s coming today, but later in the day it was getting clearer that this was going to be a refresh rather than new laptops.

We have now got the official news that the new Apple MacBook’s are getting upgraded with faster processor speeds and multi-touch like Apple MacBook Air and iPhone. Many Mac fans would of wanted a new form-factor but this will not be the case Read more

GDC 2008 Gaming News: Monster Lab Combat Walkthrough

Watching the Monster Lab Combat Walkthrough video that you can watch below has its ups and downs really, and in that I mean the graphics and customizing robots seems pretty cool indeed but then the Read more

It is starting: Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD drops to $99 with 7 free HD DVDs

We all like deals of course we do, but this one is special. We have been talking about format wars for quite a long time now with Blu-ray becoming the winners all round and Read more

$22,000 Matrix like camera array is self reconfigurable, creates 3D objects

Cameras are a big part of human life and there are many of them but nothing like this, the clever ones over at Carnegie Mellon setup this amazing matrix like rig for an amazing and what we call a Read more

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