Soon MPs and ministers in Parliament would be reading the business listed against their names not from a sheet of paper but iPads.

The Parliament Standing Committee on IT had during the monsoon session made this recommendation and the idea was to make Parliamentary work hassle free and paper free.

Based on this recommendation, the Parliament Secretariat decided to sanction a maximum of Rs 50,000 to buy an Apple iPad 2 or Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The scheme has first been implemented in the Rajya Sabha within a fortnight. The Lok Sabha Secretariat is planning to roll out the scheme to the members of the lower House.

The injunction refers to a specific patent that the Galaxy smartphones violate, and it can be enforced in some, but not all European countries. The countries that Samsung has dodged a bullet in include Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain, thanks to Apple’s failure to register the patent properly in those countries. Additionally, the block on the sale of the smartphones only applies to Samsung’s Netherlands subsidiaries, not to the Korean company as a whole. Samsung does most of its European distribution through the Netherlands, however, so this will cause a significant shakeup in the flow of Galaxy smartphones in Europe.

The decision handed down by the courts is due to go into effect in mid-October, which gives Samsung time to rearrange its distribution network. The patent in question applies to the photo galleries in Android, so Samsung may be able to work around it with a software update. Apple has also accused Samsung of violating other patents related to scrolling and unlocking the phone, though the court did not include them in this injunction.

[Via: FOSS Patents]

Movieplex is a video space and users can enjoy licensed full-length movies for free. The portal has collaborated with production houses for the same and will be offering movies like “Rock On”, “Rann”, and “Dil To Baccha Hai Ji”.

According to a report by market research leaderComScore, the Indian audience is currently spending over 9.1 billion minutes watching online videos each month with entertainment as the leading category in online video content consumption ahead of news and sports content.

Arun Tadanki, managing director, Yahoo, feels Movieplex would be successful in providing guilt-free entertainment to the consumers.

“Over 30 million internet users consume 1.7 billion videos every month across India. With the increasing demand for online video, both consumers and content providers are looking for a trusted destination where quality content can be consumed in a piracy-free environment at their leisure,” he said.

The Duesseldorf regional court said it was questionable whether its authority extended to international companies operating outside Germany, so it restricted a preliminary ban imposed last week on Samsung Electronics to Germany.

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab line of tablet computers is considered the most credible alternative to Apple’s iPad, which has taken the market by storm, selling about 30 million since its launch a year and a half ago.

Apple and others have moved aggressively to defend their intellectual property in maturing markets, especially against Google’s Android software platform, on which the new Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet is built.

Android, a latecomer to the mobile market, has become a target by rapidly turning into the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Google is relatively defenseless because it owns few wireless patents, in contrast to older rivals.

On Monday, Google agreed to buy Motorola Mobility, the descendant company of cellular phone pioneer Motorola, for $12.5 billion, largely for its vast patent library.

Evidently, the white version will launch in Korea today but global availability is unknown at the moment.