A jury in San Francisco has decided that Samsung should pay Apple US$290 million in damages for its patent infringement, bringing the total award from Korea to Cupertino to around US$930 million. (Credit: CBSi) Despite Samsung claiming it should only have to pay around US$52 million, saying that Apple doesn’t own a patent on “beautiful …

Updated November 2013! In television technology trifecta of LED LCD, plasma, and LCD, which comes out on top? The subject of countless debates and diatribes, the better question is: which works best? Or more precisely, which works best for you? When you cut through the hype and the fanboys, each tech has different benefits and costs. So to help you …

LG is working on a fix that will stop its smart TVs sharing individual customers’ viewing habits and private media file names and sending the data to LG servers. One of LG’s smart TVs. (Credit: CNET) The worrying information was first made public by UK blogger Doctor Beet, who published a blog post with his findings, using the Wireshark packet …

Sainsbury’s is ditching online sales of DVDs, books and games for digital downloads across the board. But with no high-definition video on offer, Sainsbury’s must be off its trolley taking on Tesco’s Blinkbox. Sainsbury’s will now only sell and rent digital downloads for films, music and books, with actual physical media and products limited to stores. The supermarket can still …

Qualcomm on Wednesday unveiled several new processors designed to widen its lead in the mobile market. The first, the Snapdragon 805, is geared at mobile devices and 4K, Ultra HD TVs. The chip is part of the company’s high-end mobile chip line and was designed to “deliver the highest-quality mobile video, imaging, and graphics experiences.” Qualcomm noted it’s the company’s …

HTC One owners in the UK mark your calendars. HTC has confirmed that its flagship smartphone will get an update to Android 4.4 KitKat in a few months’ time. Yesterday HTC tweeted: “We’re working with our local carriers to begin the rollout of Android 4.4 and Sense 5.5 for the #HTCOne from end of January 2014.” That likely means we’ll …

Google scooped up Quickoffice back in June 2012, then made the iOS and Android document editor free in September of this year. Now the app has been bundled with KitKat, giving Android 4.4 users the ability to create and edit Microsoft Office files without even having to open up the Play Store. Google Drive is still present and correct, of …

It could be said that Nokia is late to the market with the Lumia 2520, a 10-inch tablet running Windows RT that launches in the US on Wednesday. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find that the $500 slate is something of a return to a form. By today’s definition, 2005’s Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, with its 4.1-inch WVGA …

Tesco is piling the Moto G high and flogging it cheap, with the more capacious 16GB model of Motorola’s new budget blower going for a mere £129 on the supermarket’s website. A search results page also lists the 8GB Moto G for the staggeringly inexpensive price of £99, but the link just redirects to another page, indicating that version has …

Those of you aiming to buy the Xbox One can download a companion SmartGlass app onto your mobile device. Released or updated on Tuesday for iOS, Android, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows Phone, Xbox One SmartGlass ties in with the Xbox One in a few different ways. You can use the app as a remote control device for the gaming console, …