Damien Gayle for the Daily Mail:

Apple and Samsung have both infringed each other’s patents on mobile devices, a South Korean court ruled today. Judges in Seoul said U.S. based Apple had infringed two patents held by Samsung, while the Korean technology giant had violated one of Apple’s patents.

While most of the tech blogosphere was focused squarely on the Apple/Samsung case verdict in California, judgment was returned in another case in Samsung’s home turf of South Korea.

Apple was ordered to remove the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2 from sale in South Korea; the panel of judges said that Apple infringed two of Samsung’s wireless technology patents.

A split decision ruled that Samsung violated Apple’s “bounce back” patent, which affects scrolling functionality – Samsung was ordered to pull the Galaxy S2 and other devices that use that feature.

“Today’s verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer,” Samsung said in a statement. “It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies. Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple’s claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer.”

“Samsung will continue to innovate?” I’d be satisfied with starting to innovate.

Ina Fried for All Things D:

A federal jury in San Jose, Calif., has found Samsung guilty of infringing a number of Apple patents and said that the Korean electronics giant should pay more than $1 billion in damages.

Good thing. Poor beleaguered Apple needs cash.

The Verge has live coverage of the jury verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung trial. As we post this, Samsung has been found to be in violation of a number of Apple patents with its products – but not all of them, and it’s not guilty of everything it was accused of. It’s a complicated verdict, so read on for details.

Jeff Scott:

Promoting violence between political parties while using the presidential candidates as fighters in the game is disrespectful. Possibly even dangerous considering the current extremely heightened anger between real-life political parties. It’s irresponsible for Rock the Vote! to attach their name to this and degrading for a well respected game development house like Chair Entertainment to release it.

When I was a kid, I had a fascination with origami but like so many things I’m fascinated by, I could never master it. But the instructions to make this “Dollar Bill Shirt” look easy enough that even I can do it. The site also has instructions on how to make a “Dollar Shirt (with cuffs) and Pants” and even a “Dollar Bill Digital Camera”!

Chris Lando for The Tekserve blog:

What better way to celebrate the release of Mountain Lion than with tiny “mountain lions”? With the recent release of OS X Mountain Lion, much of our time this week has been spent playing with all of the new features. Since you need to know how to use the latest features anyway, we thought we’d make it as adorable as possible for you. Thanks to the Animal Haven Shelter for loaning us kittens.

This goes back to July, but I missed it until Twitter user Tom Schmidt alerted me to it today. Absolutely adorable.

My latest column on Techpinions looks at what I think will happen to the tablet market after Apple releases a 7-inch iPad.

This week, Dan and Jim discuss a potential release date for the next iPhone, Mat Honan of Wired’s hacking experience and Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec, the company’s current host of lawsuits, vintage guitars, and more!Sponsored by Hover (use coupon DANSENTME for 10% off), Igloo Software, and Sourcebits.

Matt Gemmell takes a very detailed look at releasing an app independently versus using Apple’s Mac App Store and the decisions developers must face.

Horace Dediu:

The irony is that by thinking small, Apple became the biggest company that ever was.

First it’s a bowl of water, now pebbles in the stream. The next product will be based on volcanic rocks and The Greatest Hits of Captain and Tennille.

Analyst Andy Hargreaves said this morning that he believes an “Apple Television would be ‘extremely unlikely’ in the near term.” Not that I disagree with his assertion, but the way he arrived at it is a bit sketchy to me.

He came to the conclusion after a meeting with Apple’s Eddy Cue. Basically Cue said Apple will enter a market when its damn good and ready and there are problems with the current television setup. These are the same things Steve Jobs said publicly about television, so there is really nothing new there.

We also don’t know what “near term” is. Next week, next month, two years from now. Hargreaves note just seemed odd to me and not based on anything factual.

Oopsie.

For those that are interested, the ToS has been posted.

I’d like to thank Squarespace for sponsoring The Loop’s RSS feed this week.

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The twin-brother to the G3 line, Crunching Numbers G4 is also custom-made and individually hand-crafted from retired Macintosh G4s and up to 70% reclaimed materials. Because the reclaimed materials can vary in shape and size, the different combinations make every table we create truly one-of-a-kind.

Cool.

Tim Edwards:

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Windows 8 is the worst computing experience I’ve ever had. As a desktop operating system, it’s annoying, frustrating, irritating, and baffling to use. I’ve tried on many occasions to explain exactly why it’s so awful to use day-to-day, and most of the time, smoke starts pouring out of my ears. I thought it would be better to get down exactly what the issues are and why you should avoid it.

And that was the nice thing he had to say.

Rob Pegoraro wrote an interesting piece on how stories can, and have, gone wrong.

John Gruber:

I’m thinking it makes more sense for Apple to hold two events. First, an iPhone event, focused solely on the new iPhone and iOS 6. Then, the iPhone ships nine days later, and there’s another wave of iPhone-focused attention as the reviews come out. Then, in the first or second week of October, Apple holds its traditional “music event”, exactly along the lines of the events at which they’ve been debuting new iPods for the last decade.

Oh that Gruber is a smart fellow.

If you’re a retro gamer—or if you want to try out the games long-time gamers are always going on about, there’s never been a better time than now to indulge your passion for vintage video games. There are lots of good ways to do feed your jones, and even a few that don’t cost too much money.

Sega!

Ms. Giménez said she had worked on the fresco using a 10-year-old picture of it, but she eventually left Jesus with a half-beard and, some say, a monkeylike appearance.

Wow. Just wow.

The update contains the following changes:

• Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
• Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
• Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
• Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
• Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
• Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
• Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
• Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials

As soon as you sign up with Facebook, Twitter or G+, we start learning about you and connecting you with the most interesting stories. Prismatic is a smart personal newsfeed with simple layouts that creates a delightful reading experience.

I downloaded this and it looks great. I like an app that learns with me and gives me news that I want to read.

Update: I just noticed that The Loop is included as one of the publishers in the app, so be sure and add it.

VMware Fusion 5 has been designed to work on Mountain Lion and integrate to some of its key features. You can now get VMware Fusion updates directly in Mountain Lion’s notification center or search for your favorite Windows programs in Launchpad. And if you have an Apple TV, you can even use “AirPlay Mirroring” to view your Windows environment on your HDTV.

I talked to the folks at VMware earlier this week and it looks like a great update. Not only Mountain Lion and Retina support, but also lots of performance enhancements too. There’s also upgrade pricing.

“I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan’s use of my song ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ as recorded by my band Twisted Sister.”

Om Malik:

Dell, in fact, is no different than HP which also has blown the shift to mobile and now is trying to do a comb-over by using cloud and enterprise as its areas of focus.

Om’s story on HP and Dell cuts deep, but he’s right on.

Dan Wineman talking about App.net:

Most of this criticism stems from a perception of the service as a Twitter clone that costs money. Which is totally fair because right now, that’s all it is. But it’s also a bit like calling the web in 1993 an AOL clone for rich white college students. Fair, but entirely missing the point.

Dan brings up some great points.

The folks over at Webdesigner Depot wrote about this bug in their Disqus commenting system today. Incredible.

Update: Disqus posted a knowledge base article on their Web site addressing this issue.