Here’s all the cool new stuff Samsung showed off today

Samsung showed off lots of fresh new gadgets today at CES, including smart TVs, sleek laptops, Wi-fi-enabled cameras, and an absurd connected refrigerator.

Apple, Samsung infringed on each other’s patents, says South Korea court

While we’re still waiting on the jury’s response to the Apple v. Samsung case in San Jose, a South Korean court has issued its own verdict, which finds that both companies infringed on the other’s patents.

Apple and Samsung take 90 minutes to tell each other off in opening statements

Apple and Samsung’s highly publicized trial began today, with opening statements from either company that lasted 90 minutes each.

“Samsung had two choices: Accept the challenge of the iPhone, come up with its own designs, and beat Apple fairly in …

Apple-Samsung patent suit may not be as secret as they’d like

If Apple and Samsung want to fight their long-winded patent lawsuits in Judge Lucy Koh’s court room, they’re going to have to do it a little more publicly. Koh ruled today that the two companies could not seal documents that …

Apple tells retailers to stop selling the Galaxy Nexus and Tab

Apple is sending notices to retailers to stop selling Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1, a filing by Samsung revealed today.

Foss Patents reports that a filing by Samsung included a note about Apple sending out letters to third …

Apple finally strikes a blow against Samsung with Galaxy Tab injunction win

Just when you thought Apple’s legal battle with Samsung over its tablet designs was over, the iPad-maker has won a preliminary injunction that would ban the sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android slate.

The ruling was made yesterday by …

High-res iPad and Samsung tablet rumored for February (sorry, holiday shoppers)

Both Apple and Samsung are hard at work tackling the next big innovation in tablets: higher resolution screens that can match the pixel fidelity of the iPhone 4′s Retina Display.

And both companies are apparently gearing up to show off …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 no longer banned in Australia

Samsung executives’ moods are no longer down under. Australia’s High Court removed its country-wide ban on the company’s tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, today.

Australia’s court prohibited the sale of the tablet when Apple filed an infringement suit against the …

Samsung gives up the fight against iPhone 4S in South Korea

Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung has decided not to pursue a lawsuit to block the sale of the iPhone 4S in South Korea, as it apparently feared backlash from Korean consumers wanting to get their hands on the latest Apple device.…

Asus unveils Transformer Prime Android tablet with quad-core power

Taiwanese computer manufacturer Asus has officially unveiled its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the first-ever Android tablet with the Tegra 3 quad-core processor that allows smart devices to provide stunning graphics and power efficiency at the same time.

Asus is looking …

How the enterprise is adopting tablets (infographic)

It’s no secret enterprises have begun to adopt tablets with the same fervor of consumers. Since the debut of Apple’s iPad in Jan. 2010, the integration of tablet devices into our lives and work has progressed rapidly — so fast …

Samsung aims to block iPhone 4S sales in Italy, France

Samsung plans to file patent infringement claims against Apple’s new iPhone 4S and stop it from being sold in France and Italy, the company said today. The move shows Samsung is willing to fight back hard against Apple’s lawsuits.

“The …

Samsung may cancel Australian Galaxy Tab launch after Apple rejects settlement offer

Samsung may scrap long-made plans to launch the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia after Apple rejected an offer to settle the dispute between the two companies.

Apple and Samsung have been fighting in courts around the world since April, …

Samsung updates 7-inch Galaxy Tab with dual-core processor and Honeycomb

Samsung has updated its 7-inch Galaxy Tab with better specs like a dual-core processor and Honeycomb Android OS, the company said today. It’s calling the upgraded device the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. The Galaxy Tab, first released at the end …

Samsung introduces Galaxy Tab 8.9, upgraded Galaxy Players

Samsung on Monday introduced its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet, a smaller sibling to the sleek Tab 10.1, which is currently of the best Android tablets on the market. It also showed off two updated Galaxy Player media devices.

The three …

Apple yet again pushes for EU ban of Samsung Galaxy tablets, phones

After a German court granted that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 could be sold in most of Europe, Apple this week brought the case to the Netherlands to push for the ban of Samsung’s entire Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets.…

Report: Best Buy has more than 240K unsold HP TouchPads

Best Buy has more than 240,000 unsold units of the HP TouchPad in its inventory, indicating that consumers aren’t responding well to the product.

Both HP and Best Buy declined to provide an official comment on this story.

Specifically, Best …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban lifted in almost all of Europe

Samsung is now allowed to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet again in most of Europe after a German court lifted an injunction on the device requested by Apple.

Avi Greengart, research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis, thinks …

Samsung had warning Apple was trying to ban Galaxy Tab 10.1 in EU

Though Samsung told VentureBeat on Tuesday the company had “no notice”  Apple was requesting an injunction to ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe, a report today says Samsung knew what Apple was up to.

FOSS Patents‘ Florian Mueller …

Ouch: Apple blocks sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe (updated)

A German court on Tuesday granted Apple a preliminary injunction that blocks the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union, excluding the Netherlands. The move comes just a week after Apple halted sales of the Galaxy …