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Announced today,Dolby Laboratorieshas sued Research in Motion (RIM) for patent infringement in the U.S. and Germany. The company is suing to halt sales of unlicensedBlackBerryand Playbook devices as well as monetary damages for past use. “Litigation was regrettably our last resort after RIM declined to pay for the use of Dolby’s technology,” said Andy Sherman, executive vice president and general counsel of Dolby. “We have a duty to protect our intellectual property....

Dolphin Browser, a popular alternative browser for Android phones and tablets, has accidentally leaked thousands of emails of its beta testers, reportsDigitizor. In an email sent out to private beta testers ofDolphin Browser 6, the company accidentally included a massive list of emails of other testers. This leak does not appear to include any private information other than emails, but if you’re a Dolphin Browser beta tester then everyone on that list most likely has your email now....

Hill Taylor, a 23 year old from the University of Texas is nicknamed “Dolphin Man” for his ability to swim underwater for long periods of time. In the video below, during a 50-meter backstroke, Hill swam the entire event underwater in an impressive 23.1 seconds. The world record for the fastest backstroke is 24.04 seconds and if Hill hadn’t been disqualified, he would have broke the record. AsWiredpoints out, his stunt was technically illegal because based on the sport’s official backstroke rules set byFINA, swimmers are not allowed to stay underwater for longer than 15 meters throughout the race....

Lissn, a startup with a product it describes as a social conversation tool, has been forced to pick up on a new web address after a domain hijacking forced the company out of its old home,CNET reports. Hijackers managed to get into the company’s registrar account and transfer their domain at Lissn.com out from under them. The process for getting the domain back requires time and money they just don’t have,said founder Myke Armstrong....

Pizza company Domino’s India suffereda data breach in Aprilthat contained 180 million customers’ order records, and a data dump weighing in total of 13TB data dump. Now that data has come to the fore in terms of a searchable portal. You can search for your phone number or email address to check the orders you’ve placed. The dreaded part is that the data contains information about your order location, apart from your phone number and email ID....