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By Josh Ong Published: 01:30 AM EST A U.S. District Judge said Friday that the $8 million in damages Apple has to pay to patent licensing company Personal Audio for violations of a playlist patent from the iPod covers “past and future use of the technology” and should extend to the iPhone and iPad. Apple was ordered by the U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas early [...]

The Russian government is considering disallowing the use of Apple’s iPad tablet within government agencies due to security concerns, Russian-language business news site RBC Daily reports. Instead, it is investigating various alternative tablet options including RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook, Android-powered tablets or even a new device created by a Russian agency. Government security [...]

(Credit: Apple) Apple may be pitting suppliers against each other to assemble its next-generation iPad. The company is said to have awarded a contract to manufacture the iPad 3 to Taiwan-based Pegatron, according to a report from the Taiwan Economic News, citing the usual industry sources. If true, this would mean that Apple is looking to reduce its dependence on long-time partner Hon Hai as the [...]

By Josh Ong Published: 01:00 AM EST A massive iPhone shipment increase of 141.8 percent year over year gave Apple a growth rate more than 12 times that of the global mobile phone market in the second quarter, leaving the company poised to overtake LG as the No. 3 handset maker in the world. IDC released the results of its quarterly Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker on Thursday, noting [...]

AVG Premium Security 2011 adds two identity protection features to the AVG Internet Security interface for helping you protect your personal data. (Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) A new suite from AVG called Premium Security introduces one new feature that AVG Antivirus Free and AVG Internet Security lack: identity protection. AVG Premium Security 2011, available only to people in [...]