By now you might have heard about Samsung’s monumental loss in court. If not, let me give you the score: 1,051,855,0001,049,343,540 to 0. The first number, you know, the one with all the commas; that one goes to Apple. Samsung — NO SOUP FOR YOU! The jury handed down a verdict today in the case of Apple vs. Samsung, and let’s just say Samsung was on the wrong end of it. Samsung was found guilty of willfully infringing on a majority of Apple’s various software and hardware design patents, as well as trade-dress dilution, and thus ordered to pay damages in the amount of $1,051,855,000$1,049,343,540 (WOWZERS).

We’ve just gotten word that the jury in the Apple vs. Samsung case has reached a verdict. We’re all on the edge of our seats, waiting to hear what they have to say. As soon we hear the verdict, we’ll let you know.

[Update] The jury has basically ruled in favor of Apple. They’re running through all the patents, but it’s safe to say Samsung lost. There you go folks, who’s ready for the sequel?

It appears Apple’s arrogance is getting in the way of protecting its users from a long standing SMS exploit that could allow potential hackers to spoof a reply-to number, causing the recipient to think he/she is replying to a legitimate contact, when in reality, their information is being sent to the hackers designated address. As you can imagine, this is quite troublesome, yet Apple has brushed it away despite numerous pleas made by a well known iOS hacker (pod2g):

ASUS rolled out Jelly Bean to TF300 users a few days ago but to the dismay of those in the U.K., they weren’t included. Thankfully, ASUS, — being the company that they are — quickly got to work and are now pushing out the Android 4.1 update to our friends across the pond. We can’t praise ASUS enough for the amazing job they’ve done getting updates out to their users and this is just another testament to their commitment.

Amazon will be holding a press event on September 6th to reveal what we can only assume will be the next line of Kindles. The invitations have been arriving in press inboxes everywhere but give no details in regards to what will be announced. With the holiday season a few month away, Amazon will be getting a head start and it will be interesting to see how their new offerings compare to the current budget tablet leader, the Nexus 7.