Welcome to the Friday Tech Roundup! Contained herein is a weekly dose of some of the best tech news from across the internet, rounded up for your edification and entertainment. Read on for all the details of how researchers at MIT have created genetic circuits which function as Boolean logic gates, how we’re expecting a 7nm process technology as soon as 2017, and how Gamestop feels about the idea of consoles that block used game sales.

Welcome to the Friday Tech Roundup! Contained herein is a weekly dose of some of the best tech news from across the internet, rounded up for your edification and entertainment. Read on for all the details of how Intel are slashing power draw on their latest SSDs in half, carbon nanotube chips from IBM that are expected to be five to ten times faster than current processors can even dream of, and possibly the snarkiest thing Apple has ever done.

The jury sitting on the closely-watched Apple V. Samsung trial has handed down their verdict on Friday afternoon U.S. time, ruling in favour of Apple and finding that Samsung have infringed six out of seven patents owned by the massive company related to scrollback, multitouch gestures, zooming, and more. As a result, Samsung have been ordered to pay one billion dollars in damages.

Apple have also filed for a preliminary injunction against Samsung to order that they cease sales of the offending devices in the USA, whereas Samsung for their part have already announced that they will appeal. The case is a huge blow against Samsung, who have gone on record as saying that Apple do not own the rights to “rectangles with rounded corners” and that this will stifle innovation in the market.

Meanwhile, Apple continues to be Samsung’s biggest customers for microprocessor units that are central to most of Apple’s devices. It’s enough to do your head in.

Source: Tweaktown, TUAW (thanks, PalZer0)

Welcome to the Friday Tech Roundup! Contained herein is a weekly dose of some of the best tech news from across the internet, rounded up for your edification and entertainment. Read on for all the details of BIOS updates to the Gigabyte 670 OC, why Microsoft are dropping the name ‘Metro’ from Windows 8, and how Samsung put together a 132-page document instructing their staff to copy the iPhone.

Welcome to the Friday Tech Roundup! Contained herein is a weekly dose of some of the best tech news from across the internet, rounded up for your edification and entertainment. Read on for all the details of when Apple’s new game controller patents, more details on the nVidia GeForce GTX 660, and Google’s plan to enter the ISP market with Google Fiber.