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it's Monday August twenty seven twenty twelve I'm adrianne jeffries and barring any last-minute hacking this is ninety propaganda free seconds on the verge the Apple and Samsung trial concluded late Friday night with the results overwhelmingly in Apple's favor the jury concluded the Samsung did in fact willfully infringed on the design of the iphone and various related patents and awarded Apple over 1 billion dollars in damages Apple hailed the victory as a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right while Samsung called it quote a loss for the American consumer Google meanwhile shrugged off the verdict does not being a threat to the core android experience nevertheless Microsoft's bill cox had the best reaction tweeting hours after the verdict that Windows Phone is looking good right now speaking of Samsung the company has confirmed it will unveil new windows 8 hardware this week at Aoife in Berlin Germany early photos have hinted the device could be a transforming tablet with attachable keyboard and a slot for the stylus the verge will beat Aoife all week where Samsung Sony acer and many others are expected to make big Hardware reveals here's a Samsung naming prediction straight from the verge staff the galaxy surface 10.1 and finally the world this weekend mourn the loss of Neil Armstrong the first human being to ever walk on the moon Armstrong was the spacecraft commander for Apollo 11 in 1969 it was his only trip to the moon he later left to become a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati where he lived with his wife Carol until his death at 82 one full step for man one giant leap