Apple iPhone 5 lawsuit/release date

Apparently, the iPhone maker is not content with their success in the patent dispute with rival Samsung. Apple has now filed a motion to ban four more devices, including the Galaxy S III smartphone. On Friday, the U.S. technology group struggled in federal court in California for a new trial because they consider four additional Samsung devices infringe their patents. A week ago, a court in San Jose just a few kilometers from Apple headquarters, found Samsung in violation of Apple's patents. Apple was awarded damages in the amount of more than one billion dollars.

On Friday, a Japanese court again rejected a lawsuit from Apple. The competent Tokyo judge rejected the argument from Apple as being inaccurate. In their battle for supremacy in the growing market for mobile devices, Apple and Samsung have been around the world with patent lawsuits. The Americans accuse the South Koreans to have mainly copied the blockbuster iPhone. The Asians countered with accusations that Apple illegally used Samsung technology.

Samsung plans retaliation

Recent reports are now talking of backlash on the part of Samsung. Reportedly, the manufacturer is planning for a stop on the sale of the iPhone 5. According to a report in the Korea Times, Samsung has several LTE patent rights, and the Apple iPhone 5 will probably be equipped with such. Samsung wants, as reported by the Korea Times, Apple sued in this regard.

Patent litigation without end?

Samsung will proceed with "all means necessary" against the new iPhone 5. Established under previous information, the LTE chip in the new Apple device infringes on existing Samsung patents. Apparently, Samsung will not sue for royalties from Apple, but hopes to achieve a complete ban on the sale of the mobile device in court (U.S. is now included).

Criticism of the judgments

Meanwhile, more and more increasingly appear to doubt whether the judgment of the California court is correct. Both Apple and Samsung, in the past, have been worldwide with various patent lawsuits. Samsung has now taken dominance of the mobile device market. Apple hopes to gain ground with the iPhone 5 release date, which is scheduled for Sept. 21st.

Erin DiMeglio becomes first female quarterback in Florida varsity football history

With 1:40 remaining in Friday night's season opening football game between South Plantation (Fla.) High and Nova (Fla.) High there didn't seem to be much time left for major drama. Nursing a 31-14 lead and marching the ball down the field to kill time, South Plantation could easily have let the game run out and moved on to week two. Instead, Paladins coach Doug Gatewood decided to break through a metaphorical glass ceiling, inserting his backup quarterback for two snaps. Her name is Erin DiMeglio, and she is believed to have become the first girl in state history to play quarterback in a varsity high school football game as a result. According to the Associated Press, some 500 girls have played for Florida football teams, but none have ever entered the game as a quarterback.

There are no official records of other girls who have played quarterback in varsity games in other states, so it remains unknown if DiMeglio is just the first girl to play the position at a varsity level in Florida or the first girl to play the position anywhere in the nation. Either way, the accomplishment is a notable one.

Prep Rally and others have profiled DiMeglio's passing talent in recent weeks as the specter of her historic first loomed. Still, there was no sense that she would get on the field as early as week one. Her odds seemed even more remote in the first half, with host Nova jumping out to a 14-10 halftime lead.  All of that changed with a big second half from South Plantation, with DiMeglio eventually entering for a pair of shotgun snaps on which she handed the ball off each time.

Afterwards, Gatewood was quick to praise the senior, who made the team as a third quarterback following an impressive summer stint in summer 7-on-7 events with the Paladins (she once threw five touchdowns in a single game); DiMeglio also serves as the quarterback for South Plantation's flag football team in the spring.

"God bless her," Gatewood told the press. "She handles it better than anybody else. When she goes on the field, she's single-minded focus, but it's crazy. Great publicity for the school -- it's a positive thing -- but at the end of the day it's not why we did it. We did it because she's a legitimate third-string quarterback."

On Friday, DiMeglio's duties were limited to handing off the ball as her team whittled away time with a lead after a deceptively tight game. That remit essentially eliminated the prospect of any passing plays for the senior, who has said her dream is to throw a touchdown pass in a varsity game.

Given the likelihood of further one-sided wins, and the crowd's appetite to see a female quarterback on the field -- the crowd at Nova on Friday night chanted "Put Erin in! Put Erin in!" throughout the later stages of the fourth quarter -- it seems likely that DiMeglio will eventually get a chance to make that dream come true. Until then, the senior plans to keep training and proving herself with her teammates, something she's succeeded at quite well so far in her lone varsity football campaign.

"[Having the crowd chant her name is] a great feeling, but I think it should be a whole team," Dimeglio told the Miami Herald. "It's a team effort, not just me. I'm just out here to prove myself. Just prove by doing it on the field and not by saying anything. Don't give up on your dreams. Keep dreaming and work at it."

FACT ATTACK!!!

1. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
2. 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
3. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
4. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
5. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
6. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
7. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
8. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there.
9. A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average.
10. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
11. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
12. A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
13. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
14. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
15. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.