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NASAs Space Shuttle Discovery arrived at Washington Dulles International atop a modified 747. Oracle and Google kicked off a high stakes jury trial. Samsung is expected to show the next flagship Galaxy smartphone at a London event. Microsoft has detailed four official versions of its next OS.
The Byte, Feb. 3, 2012 Today on The Byte: Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that Sony's losses aren't his fault. Google has to pay a fine to a French mapping company for undercutting competitors. RIM cuts the price of its Playbook again, hoping to clear out inventory. Android Market malware is reduced by 40 percent by an application scanner called Bounce.
Raspberry Pi Linux PCs will be back in four to six weeks. Microsoft released Windows Server 8 operating system to let admins test it out. Apple won an injunction potentially requiring Motorola Mobility to recall infringing smartphones. Helicopter robots play a rendition of the James Bond theme.
Even though the iphone is hot in the news right now, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 still appears to have a lot a heat building up to its release. The Note 8 is the most-pre-ordered entry in the Note family. This is a slight shock to the company, due to the fact that the last phone they released had battery issues, and many customers were unhappy and did not want a samsung phone any more. The phone hits store shelves in the US and UK this Friday, September 15.