Apple gains injunction on the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus phone cannot be sold in the United States after judge Lucy Koh ruled that it infringes on some of Apple's patents.

Critics have suggested that Apple is using its patents to aggressively damage its competitors - in this case Google and Samsung.

Google's Chrome web-browser has arrived for iOS devices, and is now available in the App Store.

This will be good news if you are already using Chrome on your computer, because you'll now be able to sync open tabs, bookmarks, and so on.

Now with a 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200 display

Acer has begun shipping its new Iconia Tab A700 loaded with Android 4.0 a.k.a Ice Cream Sandwich.  This is their first tablet to feature a display which is capable of playing back full HD video at 1080p resolution - one good reason to take a closer look at this device, and perhaps the only remarkable feature.

Other features include front and rear cameras, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad Core Mobile Processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 1GB of DDR2 system memory, and 32GB of internal storage.

The A700 is currently priced at $449.99 on Acer's own website.

RIM's Blackberry 10 software was due out later this year, but RIM has announced that the date has been put back to early 2013.

The troubled telephone maker has just reported a $513m loss on a turnover of $2.8bn, and plans to shed a further 5,000 employees as part of cost-reduction measures.

The Verge have got their hands-on a Nexus 7 tablet PC which is running the new Android 4.1 operating system, a.k.a Jelly Bean.

Take a look here for more.

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Today, Google announced their new own-brand tablet the Nexus 7.

The Nexus 7 will run the Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system, features a Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and 1GB of system memory.

Pressure-sensitive keyboard could bring analog buttons to the masses

When Microsoft first unveiled a pair of smartcovers with integrated keyboards as a key part of its Windows 8 tablet strategy last week, most commentators saw the move as an attempt to position the tablet computers more directly against standard laptops. But for gamers, the Touch Cover in particular could open up some interesting new control options for PC games, if Microsoft and developers are savvy enough to capitalize on its potential.

From DailyTech:

Current Windows Phone 7.x users will have to make do with Windows Phone 7.8

From Bit-tech:

It's time for the latest installment of Mod Gods - our series of articles looking back at work from the best modders in the business that have showcased their work on bit-tech. We've had some spectacular mods and scratchbuilds on show in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. We've got more of the same this time as we delve deep into bit-tech's past and into the depths of our project log forum.

From Wired:

Forget about operating systems. Forget about mice, keyboards and snoozy computer accessories. Microsoft is now a full-fledged, no-excuses mobile computing manufacturer. On 18 June a team of excited executives showed off Microsoft Surface -- a pair of Windows tablets accompanied by clever keyboard covers that aspire to true innovation in the mobile space.