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To: zax who wrote (22362)	10/3/2012 10:41:46 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32692

Microsoft Prepares For Massive Holiday Push With 32 New Pop-Up Stores Just In Time For Windows 8 DARRELL ETHERINGTON posted 3 hours ago 5 Comments techcrunch.com Microsoft’s retail efforts continue to grow, with its first permanent international store opening in the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto in November, and now the company has also confirmed that temporary stores will be cropping up across the U.S. and Canada to try to capitalize on holiday demand. These stores will open on October 26, and will appear in 32 locations across both countries. The retail push from Microsoft will help the tech company push its Windows 8 operating system, which it recently revealed will also debut on October 26. Having stores, with retail staff and computers running the new OS, will help the software giant educate consumers about the product. Now, more than ever, that might be necessary – Windows 8 represents a significant shift from previous incarnations of the desktop operating system, one that finally shifts focus away from the actual desktop itself as the primary place of interaction. Instead, a new tile-based interface based on Windows Phone 7's mobile OS takes over, and that’s something some users have had trouble adjusting to. These pop-up stores will help Microsoft expand its in-person reach, more than doubling its existing and planned permanent physical retail reach. Of course, outside of North America, this move obviously won’t have much of an impact. In any case, it’ll be interesting to see how users respond to Windows 8 when it gets wide release, and whether expanded retail presence hurries adoption, or helps users get over potential growing pains with Win 8's radical redesign.

To: zax who wrote (22362)	10/3/2012 12:57:08 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

Samsung claims jury misconduct, demands retrial against Apple Head juror was 'untruthful' and 'biased', according to Samsung court filing By Loek Essers October 3, 2012 09:51 AM ET http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231988/Samsung_claims_jury_misconduct_demands_retrial_against_Apple Excerpt: Jury foreman Velvin Hogan, "failed to answer truthfully during 'voir dire,'" Samsung's lawyers said in a document filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California on Tuesday. Voir dire is a legal term that refers to the court procedure of questioning prospective jurors to determine whether they may be biased before they are allowed to take part in the jury. According to Samsung, Hogan was biased and failed to mention important details during the voir dire hearing. When asked if he, or someone close to him, had ever been involved in a lawsuit he disclosed one lawsuit, but failed to disclose two others, Samsung's lawyers state. One withheld lawsuit is particularly important because Hogan was sued by his former employer, hard drive manufacturer Seagate, for breach of contract after he failed to repay a promissory note in 1993 and filed for bankruptcy six months later, according to the filing. Samsung has a "substantial strategic relationship with Seagate," it said.