Samsung asks to see next-gen Apple devices

Samsung's legal team has asked Apple to hand over next-generation versions of the iPhone and iPad, to make sure its own future devices will not be subjected to the same infringement claims the company currently faces as part of Apple's lawsuit from last month, writes Cnet.

The motion, filed on Friday with the US District Court in San Jose, California, and discovered by This Is My Next, asks the court to make Apple provide samples of the “final, commercial version(s)” of the iPhone and iPad, along with whatever retail packaging those products come in.

The news comes a week after Apple filed a motion to see final production samples of a number of announced, though unreleased, Samsung products, including the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 tablets, and smartphones like the Galaxy S II, Droid Charge, and Infuse 4G.

US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber attack, which took place last week, reports the BBC.

Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programs had been compromised.

The Pentagon said it is working to establish the extent of the breach. Lockheed makes fighter jets, warships and multibillion-dollar weapons systems sold worldwide.

BT and TalkTalk are asking the Court of Appeal to reconsider their concerns with the Digital Economy Act, after the High Court ruled in April that the legislation is legal, notes V3.co.uk.

The two firms' initial challenge failed when the judge agreed only to their concerns that Internet service providers should not have to pay any of the cost of setting up a system of monitoring and enforcement of alleged copyright infringers.

In other respects, judge Kenneth Parker argued that the Digital Economy Act is a credible system for combating copyright infringement.

An English local authority said yesterday it had taken US micro-blogging site Twitter to court in California and forced it to release the details of a British user, reports AFP.

South Tyneside Council, in northeast England, took the legal action in a bid to discover the identity of a blogger behind allegedly libellous statements. The blogger, known as “Mr Monkey”, has levelled a stream of criticism and allegations against councillors and council officers.

A council spokesman confirmed Twitter had released information after the council took the case to the Superior Court of California.