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Jury says Samsung infringed Apple patents 05/07/2014 12:10am • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A California jury awarded Apple $119 million -- far less than it demanded -- in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsu The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 05/06/2014 03:40pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 5, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Blek, Denis Mikan2. A Dark Room, Amirali Rajan3. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.4. Afterlight, Simon Filip5. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang6. Sumotori Dreams, gravitysensation.com7. Sleep Cycle alarm MONA President Resigns Over ‘Cyber-Bullying’ 05/06/2014 10:00am • The president of Mothers of North Arlington resigned this weekend over members of the popular email listserv engaging in what she called “inappropriate and hateful speech.” Tammy Burke Stember sent out an email to the MONA Yahoo! Group on Sunday afternoon declaring that she was resi Woman raped on Northwest Branch Trail 05/06/2014 07:51am • SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A woman was raped at knifepoint Monday afternoon on a popular Montgomery County jogging and biking trail, the third notable attack on a woman in the Washington area in less than 48 hours. Maryland-National Capital Park Police say the woman punched her attacker in the face o Libertarian Throws Hat Into 8th District Race 05/05/2014 03:35pm • The race to replace retiring Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) in Congress became even more crowded today, with the announcement that libertarian Jeffrey Carson is seeking a slot on the ballot. Carson’s website says he is a former captain in the U.S. Army and used to work as a consultant for Google befor Local girl selected as Google Doodle contest finalist 05/03/2014 01:04pm • WASHINGTON -- Sometimes it pays off to sit and doodle. Silver Spring, Maryland's Shashi Arnold, a fifth grader at East Silver Spring Elementary School in Montgomery County, is a finalist in the Doodle 4 Google competition. The Google logo on its homepage often gets a new look or topical theme, Police Release Surveillance Photos Of Bethesda Burglary Suspect 05/02/2014 03:15pm • Montgomery County Police on Friday released surveillance photos of the man they said is responsible for four office burglaries in one downtown Bethesda building. The Bethesda Office Center (4520 East-West Highway) was the site of four office burglaries from April 4 to April 7, police said. Police al Arlington cab drivers rally against UberX 05/01/2014 05:15pm • (Updated at 5:25 p.m.) Nearly a hundred Arlington (Va.) taxi drivers crowded into the County Board offices Thursday afternoon, asking county policymakers to take action against UberX. UberX, which launched in D.C. last summer, is a smartphone app that connects users with drivers wh Beware: Read this before hitting copy-paste 05/01/2014 08:51am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Anonymous asks: I got a notice of copyright infringement via Fedex from a company called Masterfile for an image that I have posted on my website. They want $2,500 as compensation; is this a scam, or should I take this seriously? The Internet mak 7 things to know before using Bitcoin 04/30/2014 10:51am • WASHINGTON -- With the growing popularity and interest in virtual currencies, including Bitcoin comes the risk of using a nascent and volatile system that operates largely on its own. As more businesses and organizations choose to accept Bitcoin for goods and services, Maryland Attorney General Displaced MMA Studio to Move Across from W-L High School 04/29/2014 01:45pm • Northern Virginia Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness, the martial arts and Crossfit studio next to Wilson Tavern in Courthouse, is moving to a studio across the street from Washington-Lee High School. The new location, at 1425 N. Quincy Street, was necessitated by the plans to tear down Nova MMA’s b Major security flaw affects more than half of Internet users 04/28/2014 04:37pm • WASHINGTON -- A major security flaw in the web browser Internet Explorer has put more than 50 percent of all Internet users at risk. "The fear is it will allow an attacker to essentially take over your machine," says Allan Friedman, a research scientist at George Washington University and co- au Politics Roundup: Trachtenberg’s Labor Support, Leggett’s Big-Name Fundraiser 04/28/2014 12:35pm • Major County Labor Union Does 180 On Trachtenberg – Four years ago, members of some of the county’s major public employee unions happily took responsibility for Duchy Trachtenberg’s failure to get re-elected as an at-large member of the County Council. On Monday, UFCW Local 19 Is Google Glass worth owning? 04/28/2014 09:31am • PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Troy asks: "I missed the one-day sale on Google Glass; do you know when they will be available to the general public? What have you found them useful for? Google Glass is essentially a development project that was initially released on an invitation-only basis to help develo Google Helpouts: Expert help on virtually everything 04/24/2014 07:18am • Data Doctors