Cablevision and Viacom Settle Lawsuit over Live Television On IPad

Well, that was anticlimactic. Viacom shortly sued Cablevision after the Optimum for iPad (now on iPhone and iPod Touch) app launched and allowed cable prospects to stream the complete channel lineup on their tablets, but now they've resolved that and "an unrelated enterprise matter". Viacom's case towards Time Warner's comparable providing is on hold whereas they also attempt to work out a deal, however Cablevision's stance from the start is that its strategy fell inside the present agreements and they seem to have gotten their method. Similar to most different channel carriage disputes, it was seemingly a deal on the supposedly unrelated concern that bought issues moving, but so long as we can keep watching Teen Mom within the kitchen, bathroom or out on the patio it does not actually matter. Check the official statement from both firms after the break. Bethpage and New York, NY - August 10, 2011 - Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) and Viacom Inc. (NYSE: Via, Via.B) at present reached an settlement to resolve litigation filed in the Southern District of new York associated to Cablevision's Optimum Apps.

Before there were Ultrabooks, there was the Samsung Series 9. When it arrived on the scene final yr, measuring .64 inches thick, weighing 2.8 pounds and packing a blazing SSD, it appeared to supply Windows customers the closest factor to a no-compromise experience -- supplied, of course, they had been keen to pony up the requisite $1,649. As it turns out, the Series 9 was great -- memorable, even -- but not with out flaws. A year later, Samsung is back with a second-technology laptop computer that promises to right all of these shortcomings, and ushers in a fair thinner, even lighter design. Make that two laptops: Sammy's selling a 15-inch Ultrabook, too. And truly, there's nothing quite like it: nothing quite this thin, with this giant a display. As at all times, although, luxurious doesn't come cheap. The 15-inch Series 9 will cost $1,500 when it ships at the tip of this month (the 13-inch model is out there for an additionally-pricey $1,400, although we have not gotten to take that model for a spin but.) Ultimately, then, are the Series 9's elegant aluminum design and 1600 x 900 matte show sufficient to justify the premium you may pay over other Ultrabooks?

And does the 15-inch version offer lengthy sufficient battery life to match its larger size? As tough as it is being an Engadget editor, watching hot-headed readers run amok within the comments section, it have to be that much more agonizing to be a product manager, the man whose baby gets eviscerated by nameless individuals on the internet who really cannot stand 1366 x 768 resolution, man. If not for the sake of politeness, you superb of us in the peanut gallery might want to choose your words rigorously: Samsung's product group attracts some of its consumer feedback from the feedback left here and on other tech websites. In actual fact, says Samsung's design staff, Engadget's comment part was one of many locations it turned when it got down to retool the Series 9. Based on what it discovered there, a pair things became clear: customers weren't fond of the shiny plastic bits, and there wasn't much love lost for those launch buttons and port covers both. ᠎This da​ta was w᠎ri​tten  by G SA Con tent G ener at᠎or Dem oversion!

That explains what we have right here: a clear, minimalist machine fashioned out of unibody aluminum (sorry, no aircraft-grade duraluminum this time). The trackpad now blends in with the rest of the palm relaxation. Save for a small, discreet power button above the keyboard, you will not discover any hardware keys. Even the LED lights (all two of them) are tiny. All advised, it's a refreshing strategy: as a substitute of obvious tropes like brushed metallic (or plastic painted to look like brushed metallic), Samsung is relying almost fully on construct quality to influence customers this is a luxury merchandise. This laptop computer's skinny form, rock-strong construct, bright show and clear design converse for themselves, and the consequence shouldn't be only sexy, but eminently tasteful, too. What really makes this notebook special, though, is how absurdly skinny it is. We know, we all know: there's been a flood of svelte Ultrabooks introduced over the previous six months, and dozens extra are on the best way. But even the jaded among you cannot say you've got seen anything quite like this: a 15-inch laptop weighing simply 3.3 3.5 pounds and measuring .Fifty eight inches thick.

This is way and away the skinniest 15-inch laptop we are able to remember seeing. To put that it context, it's nearly as skinny because the 13-inch Series 9, which measures a wispy half an inch thick. It should go without saying, then, that it handily trumps all mainstream laptops, even the Dell XPS 15z, which at 5.54-pounds / .Ninety seven inches thick is in any other case skinny for its class. The problem with being this lean, though, is that without any love handles there isn't room for all of the ports you'd expect to seek out on a 15-inch laptop computer. You will not discover an Ethernet jack, and there is not any full-sized HDMI port. You will find a micro-HDMI socket and miniature VGA /LAN ports, together with an included Ethernet adapter, though that's not fairly as handy, is it? On the plus aspect, it comes bearing two USB 3.Zero ports, along with one of many 2.0 selection. There's also a mixed headphone /mic jack and a 4-in-1 reminiscence card reader, positioned beneath a door hidden on the laptop's proper facet. Con᠎te​nt was g ener​ated  by G᠎SA Con tent G en erator Demov​er᠎sion.

Looks like Samsung's engineers also heard your complaints in regards to the final-gen mannequin's absent SD slot. The power brick that ships with the Series 9 is notably skinny, although it's not modular the way in which the HP Envy 14 Spectre's is. You additionally will not find as many luxurious goodies within the field: while it comes with that Ethernet adapter, there is no case -- one thing you will get with the $1,four hundred Spectre and even the $1,100 ASUS Zenbook UX31. Nobody ever said a machine this skinny would come without compromises. One such trade-off seems to be the keyboard, whose backlit keys are quite shallow, even for an Ultrabook. We suspect most of you will be able to do with out that further bit of tactile feedback, especially since the keys are properly-spaced with a clean, nice end. The arrow buttons, too, are a bit larger than what you will find on smaller-screened Ultrabooks, and needs to be easy to faucet without trying away from the display.