IBM Products Found to Directly Infringe Claims of Overland Storage Partitioning Patent

- Alert) TL2000 and TL4000 tape libraries, which are manufactured by BDT, "directly infringe" all '766 claims asserted by Overland Storage.

According to the Initial Determination, there are various important discoveries about Overland Storage's U.S. Patent No. 6,328,766. This is related to partitioning media elements as it relates to automated data storage and retrieval systems methods. This will allow two computers to store and retrieve data without interfering with one another, the company stated in a press release.

“Innovation is the driving force of technology companies, and the ability to create and protect their intellectual property is critical to companies as they develop new products and protect existing assets. After twenty-one months of investigation, it is satisfying to have the ITC rule that infringement has occurred," said Mr. Eric Kelly, president and CEO of Overland Storage. "These patented technologies are central to protecting data deployed in enterprises around the world.”

Recently, the company announced its new family of SnapSAN solutions for high performance computing. With 99.999 percent availability and setting a new benchmark for enterprise level automation and performance capabilities, The SnapSAN 3000 and SnapSAN 5000 are scalable to 288TBs and are completely redundant systems. The new SnapSAN provides multidimensional tiers that maintain optimal performance and provisioning without IT intervention, with an easy-to-use interface for performing transparent, non-disruptive data movement.

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WSJ Claims Next iPhone Will Have Thinner Screen Thanks to In-Cell Technology

It seems we'll never again have any surprises from an iPhone release, thanks to incessant rumors about nearly every little detail finding its way to our eyes and ears months ahead of time. And now it's going to have a thinner screen, too.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple's next iPhone "currently being manufactured by Asian component makers" will arrive this fall with a thinner screen than ever before, thanks to the combined might of Sharp, LG Display and Japan Display Inc.

"The technology integrates touch sensors into the LCD, making it unnecessary to have a separate touch-screen layer," explains DisplaySearch analyst Hiroshi Hayase on the new in-cell technology. "The absence of the layer, usually about half a millimeter thick, not only makes the whole screen thinner, but the quality of displayed images would improve."

In-cell technology comes at a convenient time for Apple as rival Samsung is pushing "organic light-emitting displays" as a key feature of its latest Galaxy S III Android handset, which features a 4.8-inch OLED screen, yet is even thinner than the current iPhone 4S.

"A thinner screen in the next iPhone could make the whole device slimmer, or make extra room available for other components such as batteries," the report reveals, which could be crucial if rumors that the handset will use 4G LTE data prove true.

"But in-cell touch screens are harder to manufacture than conventional LCD screens," the report continues. "The people familiar with the situation said that LCD makers are finding the manufacturing process challenging and time-consuming as they scramble to achieve high yield rates."

The next iPhone is widely expected to include a 4.0-inch display, which is made possible by elongating the vertical height of the handset.

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Fitch Claims South American Cablevision is Disputable

- Alert) reports that Fitch changed their outlook of the company and this stems from a series of factors involving Argentina’s political climate, the company’s outstanding debt of $648 million, as well as, “ongoing weak and hostile regulatory framework

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Chinese Blog Claims New iPad Could Launch in China on July 27

Apple has finally put the Proview trademark lawsuit behind it, which means the company can start to focus on releasing the new iPad in China at long last. According to one blog in that country, Cupertino may be planning to do just that on July 27.

The Next Web is reporting that Apple may have already pinned a date on the calendar for the debut of its third-generation iPad in China, and it's looking like July 27, 2012.

Apple received regulatory approval for the new iPad back in March for the Wi-Fi only model and in May for the Wi-Fi

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OnRamp Claims 100 Percent Uptime Despite Anticipated Texas Power Grid Shortages

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New Report Claims Individuals Have Lost Trust in Business and Governments to Protect Personal Data

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New Yorker Claims iTunes Double Billing, Seeks Class Action Lawsuit

A New Yorker is suing Apple, claiming the company double billed him for an iTunes music purchase and then refused to offer a refund, citing its own Terms of Service -- and if he gets his way, it will become a class action.

Justia.com is reporting that New York resident Robert Herskowitz is all fired up at Apple and the iTunes Store, which he claims charged his account twice for the same song. After finding no love with iTunes support, he’s decided to sue the company and is now seeking class-action status for his lawsuit.

As soon as Herskowitz found the duplicate charge, he claims to have contacted iTunes support. The following day, he received a response -- but it certainly wasn’t the one he was hoping for.



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New Contest Awards Software Developers Who Smooth Out Medicare Claims Process

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Iran Claims Internet Restriction Reports Was a Hoax

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Mitchell and Universal SmartComp Improve Claims Processing Solutions

By Calvin AzuriTMCnet Contributor Mitchell recently announced the availability of its SmartAdvisor Partner Bridge platform across the physical medicine network of Universal SmartComp, a national physical medicine Services Company within the workers compensation sector.

Medical bill review organizations leveraging the SmartAdvisor Partner Bridge solution from Mitchell can easily carry out instant network contract repricing and benefit from improved savings audits. With the SmartAdvisor-SmartComp Partner Bridge offering, insurance payers will be able to better control costs while ensuring improved patient outcomes via enhanced operational efficiencies facilitated via the Mitchell SmartAdvisor medical bill review platform.In a release, Nina Smith-Garmon, senior vice president and general manager of the Mitchell Workers' Compensation Solutions Division said that, "Mitchell Workers' Compensation Solutions welcomes SmartComp to the SmartAdvisor medical bill review platform, which partners with best-of-breed healthcare technology innovators to optimize claims processing solutions. SmartComp is as committed as we are to streamlining medical claims operations and improving cost containment for insurance payers and others in the workers' compensation marketplace."
SmartAdvisor Partner Bridge also enables medical bill review organizations to bring down the time for bill reviewing which offers payers increased performance and process visibility via advanced and accurate provider contracts as well as repricing data. Designed with standard XML file formats, the Partner Bridge platform provides users with the latest repricing data from networks and negotiation partners, and specialty reviewers. Ken Hannigan, president and chief operating officer of Universal SmartComp, said that, "SmartComp looks forward to helping Mitchell SmartAdvisor clients contain physical medicine claim costs. We share a common vision of reducing workers' compensation medical costs with technology solutions - proprietary treatment benchmarks, quality providers and a pricing model specific to physical medicine - proven to reduce over-utilization, treatment duration and to expedite employees' return to work."The SmartAdvisor bill review solution for workers' compensation has been designed with a robust offering of performance software and client services and best-in-class partnerships. The solution comes with personalized workflow modeling, and strong business decision rules engine, in addition to data analytics and reporting tools, and a Claims Examiner Portal for enabling quick access to bill data. All of these capabilities have been integrated into a single technology platform which helps users reduce cost and improve process efficiencies.



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