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The United Arab Emirates gave the go-ahead for construction work to begin on the country’s first nuclear power plant
India was hit by a second day of power cuts
Nasa’s Curiosity rover landed safely on Mars, to start its search for clues about possible past life
IBM opened a research lab in Kenya
Christopher Stringer described the industrial design team as a group of around 16 “maniacal” individuals
10 July
Russia’s version of Wikipedia was closed in a one-day protest against amendments to the country’s information law. It said the amendments could become a “basis for real censorship on the Internet”. Supporters of the amendments say changes are necessary to protect children from harmful sites. http://bit.ly/M4p4QD
17 July
Security experts Seculert and Kaspersky Lab said they had uncovered a cyber espionage campaign targeting Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. More than 800 victims had been targeted by the operation, which was the first such campaign using communication tools written in Persian, the experts said. Mahdi Trojan lets remote attackers steal files from infected PCs and monitor emails and instant messages. http://bit.ly/Ny2Ns0
18 July
The United Arab Emirates gave the go-ahead for construction work to begin on the country’s first nuclear power plant. A consortium of South Korean companies led by Korea Electric Power Corp would build and operate four nuclear 1,400MW reactors, with the first expected to start operating in 2017. http://bit.ly/NymmQW
31 July
India was hit by a second day of power cuts. Coal miners were left trapped, train travellers stranded and hospitals were plunged into darkness from the outage, which stretched from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and north-western deserts of Rajasthan. Power minister Sushilkumar Shinde blamed the system collapse on some states drawing more than their share of electricity from the over-burdened grid. http://bit.ly/OB0JAk
3 August
The IET’s annual skills survey said businesses were finding it harder to recruit engineers than in 2011. The report, which surveyed 400 organisations in the UK, found there was demand for new recruits but employers were struggling to find staff. http://bit.ly/N33EUu
6 August
Nasa’s Curiosity rover landed safely on Mars, to start its search for clues about possible past life in a crater that might have once been filled with water. Curiosity will spend two years exploring Gale Crater, an unusual three-mile high mountain consisting of what appears to be sediments rising from the crater’s floor. http://bit.ly/Rsvtbl
9 August
A small Australian town is asking Xstrata to pay it at least A$100m if the company decides to go ahead with a coal mine in the area. Wandoan, with a population of 380 people, would use the money to pay for some of the infrastructure needed to host a mine including an airport, roads and water and sewerage networks, said Ray Brown, the mayor of the Western Downs Regional Council. http://bit.ly/TkeFBT
10 August
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Google would pay $22.5m to settle charges it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple’s Safari browser. The deal ends an FTC probe into allegations that Google used ‘cookies’ to trick the Safari browser on iPhones and iPads so it could monitor users who had blocked such tracking. The settlement did not constitute an admission of wrongdoing and Google was not required to admit any liability. http://bit.ly/RFnpUU
13 August
IBM opened a research lab in Kenya, which it hopes will save the country money by developing technology to improve delivery of public services. IBM said it would invest a “significant” amount, but did not say how much. Kenya would contribute $2m annually over five years. http://bit.ly/P9FTuN
13 August
The Olympic Park is set to reopen to the public from 27 July next year. The newly named and new-look Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has been earmarked to become a leading centre for technology, design and research which could generate more than 4,000 jobs. http://bit.ly/Pe4jUS
Samsung vs Apple
10 July
Samsung won a patent battle against Apple when a UK judge ruled its Galaxy tablets did not infringe Apple iPad designs as they were “not as cool”. The High Court ruling said that consumers were not likely to get the two tablet computers mixed up and ruled the Samsung tablets did not infringe Apple’s registered design. http://bit.ly/M4pTZG
24 July
Apple and Samsung failed to agree on patent values during settlement talks ahead of a high-profile patent trial in California, according to sources. Top executives including Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Samsung’s Vice Chairman Choi Gee-sung participated in the court-directed mediation process, with a settlement unlikely to come ahead of the trial, the sources added. http://bit.ly/O7BwRb
30 July
The two companies geared up for one of the biggest intellectual property trials of its kind this week after accusing each other of patent violations. The fight began when Apple sued Samsung last year, accusing the company of copying the iPhone and iPad, while Samsung argued Apple is trying to stifle competition to maintain “exorbitant” profits. http://bit.ly/T0G23N
1 August
Apple design veteran Christopher Stringer described the industrial design team as a group of around 16 “maniacal” individuals as he was called as Apple’s first witness in the trial. The team, headed by British-born creative guru Sir Jonathan Ive, has earned a reputation for blending the aesthetically pleasing with the functional. http://bit.ly/MbdM9J
8 August
A former Apple designer called Samsung gadgets “confusingly similar” after scrutinising 11 of the South Korean company’s phones. Apple has accused Samsung of copying its design and features, contending that buyers may confuse Samsung devices with the iPhone. Samsung in turn has accused Apple of violating its wireless technology patents. http://bit.ly/Qh9z5n
14 August
Apple claimed that more than a quarter of Samsung’s $30.4bn in US smartphone and tablet sales result from infringing patents for the iPhone and iPad. The company is demanding up to $2.75bn from Samsung, which has argued in turn that Apple’s evidence is not enough to garner such an award. http://bit.ly/P9MUfa
15 August
An expert witness called by Samsung said that Apple’s iPhone and iPad violate three of Samsung’s patents. Dr Woodward Yang testified that Apple’s products use Samsung-patented features, after Apple had brought on experts who said that Samsung phones and tablets violated Apple’s patents. Apple is asking for a sales ban in addition to monetary damages. http://bit.ly/Pmjuv9
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