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Boston University sues for big bite of Apple

Written by Modar HIJAZI 10:16 am on 5 July, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Claims company stole prof’s chip

By: Jessica Van Sack

Boston University is taking on the richest consumer electronics company on the planet, claiming Apple ripped off a computer engineering professor’s patented electronic semiconductor and stuffed it into the world’s most popular devices.

In a bombshell lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the university alleges that a small electronic component patented by computer engineering professor Theodore D. Moustakas in 1997 is included in the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air.

“Defendant’s acts of infringement have caused and will continue to cause substantial and irreparable damage to the University,” BU alleges in its complaint.

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Transfer your Gmail Messages to Another Email Address

Written by Modar HIJAZI 8:59 am on 5 July, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Transfer Gmail

 

Say you have an old Gmail account and you would like to transfer all the existing email messages from the old account to your new email address. The new address could be on @gmail.com, @outlook.com, Google Apps (@yourcompany.com) or anywhere else.

Gmail does include the useful Mail Fetcher utility to help you automatically transfer mails between Gmail accounts or between Gmail and Outlook accounts.

If you are however planning to transfer your existing Gmail messages to another email service that doesn’t support POP3 based importing, you can make use of a simple Google Script that will auto-forward all your old messages, one by one, to your new email address.

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Most used web browser by country

Written by Modar HIJAZI 12:39 pm on 2 July, 2013 — Leave a Comment

If you care to see what is the most used browser in your country, you can check the following graph:

Green:   Chrome.
Blue:      Internet Explorer.
Orange: Firefox.
Red:       Opera.
Grey:      Safari.

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Mind Over Mechanics

Written by Modar HIJAZI 12:48 pm on 6 June, 2013 — Leave a Comment

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How to hack your Unlock the Secret “Pro” Features of Your Canon Point-and-Shoot with CHDK

Written by Modar HIJAZI 1:24 pm on 31 May, 2013 — 1 Comment

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Unlock the Secret "Pro" Features of Your Canon Point-and-Shoot with CHDK

You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars on a camera just for features like motion sensing, time lapse, RAW images, and control over exposure and shutter speeds. If you have a simple Canon point-and-shoot, you can customize it with these features and a whole lot more using the CHDK enhancement.

CHDK stands for the Canon Hacker’s Development Kit, and it’s a firmware enhancement that adds a ton of new features—particularly those available on more expensive, professional DSLRs—to Canon point-and-shoot cameras. It’s incredibly simple to install and doesn’t modify anything on your camera, so you have very little to lose by trying it out. Plus, it supports a ton of different cameras, and only takes a few minutes to set up. Here’s how it works. Read more »

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