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Did Samsung steal Apple's icons? - CNET Update

2012-08-06
safely landing on your earthly screens I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update courtroom drama continues this week in the lawsuit between the two biggest phone makers Apple and Samsung Apple scaling Samsung a copycat samsung says it's just being competitive the Apple testimony in the trial has revealed some interesting tidbits so far we learned that Apple's executives believed a seven inch iPad would be a good idea the iphone was called Project purple and was under such secrecy when it launched it was joke to be like Fight Club but on Monday Apple made the argument that Samsung's icons look the same as Apple's icons so what do you think is it inspiration or outright copying the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and it's touchdown was truly an unparalleled achievement in technology just that sky crane system alone was quite a feat not to mention every other element that piloted this one-ton nuclear powered Rover but it will still be a few days before we hear more from curiosity scientists have to spend the next week testing all its instruments and later it will go for a spin on the surface and we'll get some better color photos eBay is testing a same-day delivery service called ebay now residents in San Francisco can order from some retailers like target and macy's and get the item the same day now this would be a competitor to Amazon who has also been talking about same-day delivery last show we talked about a new service called dial broadcasters have worked together to fund a new way for you to pick up live TV on your phone or tablet no subscription just a one-time fee to buy the antenna attachment you'll start to see this on sale on the fall and you sent in lots of positive reactions so here's some viewer feedback about the concept I have loved having netflix on my phone the past couple years and the NBC live Olympics app has worked pretty well so if it's a one-time fee I would definitely be down Bridget I consider but under two circumstances one that I could potentially poured it over to my next phone rings only gonna last about two years typical phone and two is it going to be data or is it gonna be over a stick transmission I'd rather just look up some old-school rabbit ears yes i would pay 2likes yeah maybe hundred dollar fifty bucks I think that's a really cool invention yeah I want to know what kind of allowance that kid gets to pay for it too cute but to answer your questions no this is not data it's over the air many of you said you'd like to watch it on your commute but reception could be an issue but where would work well is tailgating for sure or catching the game when you're out of the house and if there's a hurricane that knocks the power out you could still watch your local news we'll just have to wait and see how well this service shapes up that's your tech news update for more of the stories mentioned the show you can head on over to cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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