Oracle's lawyers have made their final pitch to paint Google as a copyright outlaw, and the decision is now up to a 10-person jury. The jurors are deliberating in a room on the 19th floor of the US Federal Courthouse in San Francisco. Deliberations have gone on for two days now, and the jury will return...
How Oracle made its case against Google, in pictures
Apple holds steadfast, refuses to help feds unlock seized iPhone in NY drug case
On Friday, Apple formally responded to the government’s demand that the company help unlock a seized iPhone in New York, which pre-dates the debacle that played out earlier this year in San Bernardino.
As Ars reported last month, federal prosecutors have asked a more senior judge, known as a district judge, to countermand a...
GeekWire Deals: Eliminate your wallet with the help of this iPhone case
Sure, today’s GeekWire Deals offer may add a bit of bulk to your iPhone. But every two years, when Apple debuts a new, thinner iPhone, there are plenty of people saying they don’t need a thinner device and they’d rather have one with...
Wait… we sued who?! Patent troll drops case one day after Newegg’s lawyer calls
A shell company that sued dozens of computer peripheral makers has quickly dropped Newegg house brand Rosewill from its list of defendants. The motion to dismiss, filed yesterday, comes just days after Newegg's...
Supreme Court takes up copyright case over resold textbooks—again
Supap Kirtsaeng built himself a business on eBay buying textbooks in Asia and reselling them to students in the US. That practice made him the target of a copyright lawsuit by John Wiley & Sons, a large textbook company that didn't like Kirtsaeng undercutting their US prices. Lawyers for Wiley said...
Xbox 360 scratched discs: Why the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case, a decade later
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the console caused their game discs to be scratched, making them unplayable. The overall dispute goes back nearly 10 years, to when the Xbox 360 was still the hot...
GeekWire Deals: Save your MacBook charger with this smart case
If you’ve been an Apple user for a while, you know that the most poorly engineered part of any Apple product is usually the charger. Or, more accurately, the cable that provides power to your device. From kinks to fraying cords, the chargers seem...
Mini-review: A week with Apple’s lumpy new iPhone battery case
GeekWire Deals: Get an iPhone charger case that doesn’t look like a charger case
There are plenty of charger cases out there that extend your phone’s battery life without having to carry around a separate power brick. But most of them, from popular Mophie cases to Apple’s own bulging battery case, have an ugly chin jutting out from the back. While they...