Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Another day, another furious litigant claiming that an Apple product infringes on one of their patents. Today we’ve got ZapMedia, who’s having some fun with a patent granted Tuesday by claiming that it covers tech used in both the iPod and iTunes. The patent describes a central media server and a “plurality of media player devices” that access the server over various networks — but it was filed for on September 20th, 2005, which, you’ll note, is after the 2003 launch of the iTunes Store. Hmm, not to worry, ZapMedia also says it has an almost identical 2006 patent filed for in 2000 — but that patent, as far as a quick USPTO search shows, hasn’t been assigned to ZapMedia, instead remaining with Kenneth Liscomb and several other individuals also listed on the new patent. What’s more, ZapMedia has apparently been shopping the earlier patent for over a year now to no avail — doesn’t seem like anyone’s interested, now does it?
Disclaimer: Nilay’s a lawyer, but he’s not your lawyer, and none of this, particularly the quick USPTO searching part, is legal advice or analysis.
Read - ZapMedia lawsuit article
Read - ZapMedia patent issued yesterday (”System and method for distributing media assets to user devices and managing user rights of the media assets”)
Read - ZapMedia patent issued in 2006 (”System and method for distributing media assets to user devices via a portal synchronized by said user devices”)
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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Another day, another furious litigant claiming that an Apple product infringes on one of their patents. Today we’ve got ZapMedia, who’s having some fun with a patent granted Tuesday by claiming that it covers tech used in both the iPod and iTunes. The patent describes a central media server and a “plurality of media player devices” that access the server over various networks — but it was filed for on September 20th, 2005, which, you’ll note, is after the 2003 launch of the iTunes Store. Hmm, not to worry, ZapMedia also says it has a 2006 patent on similar tech — but a quick search of the USPTO doesn’t show any other patents issued to the company. Looks like someone’s got a little explaining to do, no?
Disclaimer: Nilay’s a lawyer, but he’s not your lawyer, and none of this, particularly the quick USPTO searching part, is legal advice or analysis.
Read - ZapMedia lawsuit article
Read - ZapMedia patent issued yesterday (”System and method for distributing media assets to user devices and managing user rights of the media assets”)
Read - Google patent search showing ZapMedia’s other two filed (but not granted) patents
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Filed under: Portable Audio
We haven’t heard much about Samsung’s pebble-tacular YP-S2 DAP, but maybe that’s because there’s not much to say: the 1GB player comes in a variety of metallic colors and plays WMA and MP3 for about 10 hours at a go. We’d suppose it also works well as a skippin’ stone, but it’s all just conjecture till it hits in May. Check a little vid after the break.
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Hear that off in the distance? It’s the sound of cash registers going *ka-ching*. According to research conducted by the CEA one in five tax-payers will cumulatively spend up to five billion dollars on consumer electronics; as a direct result of the economic stimulus package signed by President Bush last February.So what type of items [...]
Filed under: Storage
32 and 64GB capacities aren’t all that impressive when it comes to SATA II 2.5-inch solid state drives, but OCZ’s new devices do claim 120MBps read and 100MBps write speeds which would put it up there on the ranks. Unfortunately, OCZ neglected to clue anyone in on price or release date for these puppies.
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Filed under: Storage
32 and 64GB capacities aren’t all that impressive when it comes to SATA II 2.5-inch solid state drives, but OCZ’s new devices do claim 120MBps read and 100MBps write speeds which would put it up there on the ranks. Unfortunately, OCZ neglected to clue anyone in on price or release date for these puppies.
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Canon’s got another three new PowerShots going out this evening. What you need to know:
- SD890 IS (above) - 10 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, 2.5-inch display, sub 1-inch macro
- SD790 IS - 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 3-inch display
- SD770 IS - 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 2.5-inch display
They’ll be out in April, and will run you $399, $349. and $299, respectively.
[Thanks, Dave]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Canon’s got another three new PowerShots going out this evening. What you need to know:
- SD890 IS (above) - 10 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, 2.5-inch display, sub 1-inch macro
- SD790 IS - 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 3-inch display
- SD770 IS - 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 2.5-inch display
They’ll be out in April, and will run you $399, $349. and $299, respectively.
[Thanks, Dave]
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Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Those hot/cold “Blu-ray coming to Xbox 360” rumors just cooled off a bit again, with product manager Aaron Greenberg telling Reuters “Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience”. Clear enough? He also dropped the nugget that Microsoft expects to trail the PS3 in sales again in February, but should have things turned around by April, just in time for the GTA IV launch, which should also be right around the time this rumor rears its head again. In the meantime, digital distribution anyone?
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How long can you stand to be without access to the Web? WiFi hotspots can bring the Internet to any new laptop computer, and most cellphones offer a more portable but limited view of the Web. Now some devices aim to split the difference between laptop and phone.
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