Published scoops

The court, in the western city of Duesseldorf, said Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 computer, a rival to Apple’s iconic iPad, had infringed key patent laws.

Facebook's f8 developer conference is going on today, and Andy Samberg Mark Zuckerberg has just revealed another part of his master plan for the social network. Open Graph will now integrate many of your favorite news and music services, including Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio and MOG onto your Facebook page with custom apps, and will also bring video from Vevo, Netflix, Hulu and many more.

AT&T will offer the Acer Iconia Tab A501 for $329.99 on Sept. 18, with a two-year data plan. The data plan is $35 a month for 3GB of service. The A501 will run on AT&T's 4G HSPA+ network and will feature the Android Honeycomb mobile operating system.

Time Warner Cable has announced that it will offer some subscribers a free $300 Slingbox that enables users to watch their cable TV programming when away from home.

HD Report story says that Sony Pictures is offering $10 e-coupons which can be used on any Blu-ray Disc in the Sony Rewards catalog. To get a $10 coupon, you must join the Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club (free membership) and register ten BD-Live enabled BDs. Along with the coupon, you’ll get 10% off any electronics in the Rewards Catalog.

Consumer awareness of 3D TVs and Blu-ray 3D players has jumped by double digits in only six months, according to a study in February by market research company The NPD Group’s 3D 360º Monitor. Consumers aware of 3D plasma TV awareness jumped from 21 percent in September 2010 to 32 percent in February, while awareness of 3D Blu-ray players went from 15 percent to 26 percent...

Kicking off in mid-April, the Gears of War 3 public multiplayer beta will give players a chance to experience three new Versus Multiplayer modes on four new maps, and help shape the year’s biggest blockbuster, set to launch worldwide on Sept. 20 and in Japan on Sept. 22.

he official MLB baseball season isn’t here yet, but that doesn’t stop MLB.com from streaming spring training games over the internet. The first stream will begin with the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the New York Yankees at 1:05 p.m. Eastern.

Starting today, Feb. 17, if you’re a Verizon FiOS TV customer you’ll be able to stream ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and Buzzer Beater to your computer from verizon.com/fiostvcentral or ESPNnetworks.com using your Verizon username and password.

Warner Home Video has informed that the Blu-ray release of the Spike Lee movie Malcolm X (which had been announced for January 25), has been cancelled due to a rights issue regarding the music cues used in the movie.