Companies can only compete with each other by matching the other’s features for so long. This is especially true when, like Google and Facebook, both are already giving away their product for free. With their latest updates to their social media portals, each company is playing to its strengths: Facebook has eyeballs, and Google has software.

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We know, Samsung already took the wind out of your “price cut!” sails, but hey — we’re pretty certain you’ve still got a few things you’d like to see changed on the altogether lovely Series 9. Sammy’s sexiest laptop to date has surely found its way into the homes of quite a few ultraportable aficionados, boasting a Core i5 chip, USB 3.0 and lovely all-in-one trackpad. ‘Course, even those enamored with the design have probably found a few chinks in the armor after a few month’s use, so we’re anxious to hear what you’d recommend Samsung do with revision B. Would you tone down the gloss? Arrange the ports any differently? Toss in a magnetic power connector? Boost the screen resolution? Voice your opinions down in comments below — it’s a free country, you know?

How would you change Samsung’s Series 9 laptop? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Much ink has been spilled about Oracle’s lawsuit against Google for Android’s allegedly unlawful use of Java, and rightfully so, considering Team Ellison’s seeking to take more than a billion dollar chunk out of Google’s bottom line. Just because Oracle’s damage calculations add up to ten figures doesn’t mean that the court will agree with them, however. And, there’s a long legal road to be tread before the court can assign a dollar value to the case — namely it must determine if the patent claims and copyrights are valid and whether Android actually infringes them.

That’s why Google requested the USPTO re-examine the patents asserted by Oracle, as the process gives Google a shot at invalidating them outside the courtroom. It looks like the strategy is paying off, as one of those re-exams recently resulted in a rejection of 17 of the patent’s 21 claims — which reduces the number of claims Oracle can assert in court accordingly. Of course, those four remaining claims plus the 118 contained in the other six asserted patents (should they survive the re-examination process) could still spell doom for the little green bots, but it is a victory, albeit a modest one, for the team in Mountain View. So, Oracle may have a few less IP bullets to fire Google’s way, but it’s still got plenty of other legal ammo left. We’ll keep you posted when next shot’s fired.

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There is none more calming in this uncertain life than to be protected. A secured dwelling, a protected real property, and a secured car makes for a calm living. But others don’t want to be secured at all. They only get insured when the accident is already there.

Contemplate the other way around. You are the one to cause an accident to others. Conceivably your faulty swerving caused the others to wreck in havoc. And you don’t have dollar in the bank. What will you do now?

On whichever side, having a car insurance is a win-win solution for you and others. Don’t feel threatened at the price it may incur. Permit me to present to you three ways for you to avail of the cheapest yet the ideal car insurance.

Back To The Basic: Do A Background Research

You will never go to war with no weapon and armor.Same with purchasing for a car insurance . Look first on the different places where they give the ideal deals on prices and the insurance coverage that goes with it.

Widen your research to as many dealer options available. To know about laws concerning car insurance across states, surf on various websites of car insurance dealers. After you are done doing the preliminaries, your are now ready to begin your legwork.

Compare And Contrast Insurance Prices

According to reports as of January 2010, the average cost for car insurance is pegged at $1,844 a year. But it further varies on immediate factors such as location, car model, how often do you drive and how many cars do you actually own.

Driving into accident prone areas like busy roads requires you a higher amount of insurance You may never know will you bump on other’s expensive car or you scratch your car yourself, so you have to be sure you something to pay for the damage and fund for the repair.

On the aspect of car model, the more safety features included in your car, the lesser insurance you will as it exercises safety to the car user. If you have airbags or anti-lock breaks, it keeps you from simple accident like banging your head and chest hard on the steering wheel.

Price of car insurance also follows from how lots of cars do you drive and how frequently do you travel with them. You have to be more insured as you are often on the road prone to coming accidents. If they are destroyed too, you ought to have resources for repairs. Today, the range of maintenance and repair bill of one car alone from cheap to the classy models cost from $3000 up to $10,000 high. With that expensive payment on repairs alone, selecting for the cheapest yet the greatest insurance should be the priority.

Compare And Contrast Insurance Coverage

The most important aspects of insurance coverage authorities are looking for is its capacity to afford property and injury liabilities. We may on no account be certain of the extent of the damages we can inflict to ourselves, more so on others if accidents come. Injury liabilities do not include solely the physical aspects of it but its consequences too such as the incapability to work after the accident because of the recovery period or the complete incapability due to huge impairment the accident has caused.

As we drive along the road, bear in mind that we also ought to keep others safe much as we want ourselves to be secured. By being insured ourselves, we also provide protection to other people. But in no way disregard to be careful in selecting the best opportunity. It’s true that not one thing comes without a price, but, at the very least, they can be cheaper.

See that you only get the finest coverage by getting your car insurance comparison quotes online and find out how to get cheap car insurance as well. Compare real time car insurance quotes and click on the links now!

For years, suit-and-tie circles have bowed to BlackBerry as the king of corporate communication, but iOS has been creeping in on enterprise territory, calling into question RIM’s sovereignty in the boardroom. The folks at Deutsche Bank Equity Research struck the most recent blow to RIM’s enterprise dominance with the announcement that they’ll buck BlackBerry for iPhone, following a trial using Good Technology’s secure email app. The company tested the app in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server, delivering AES 192-encrypted email and calendar data to employees, and, according to the firm’s research analyst, the iPhone proved an easier and faster solution to BlackBerry. Last summer, AT&T announced that 40 percent of iPhone sales are enterprise, and we just reported on RIM’s possible move to devices beyond the BlackBerry. We’re not saying it’s off to the guillotine with the old standard bearer, but it definitely looks like there are new contenders for the enterprise crown.

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