Wednesday, January 14, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 14/01/2009

Yahoo chooses Carol Bartz to replace Yang as CEO
Almost two months after announcing Jerry Yang's departure, Yahoo has ended its search for a new CEO. As the Associated Press reports, former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz will be taking up the web company's reins. The AP describes Bartz as an outspoken person with a no-nonsense approach to businessآ—and...
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New Atom for netbooks coming later this year
Netbooks based on a new, slightly faster Atom processor will start hitting stores some time between April and September, according to DigiTimes. Intel will dub this updated chip Atom N280, and Asus, Acer, and Gigabyte should all release notebooks equipped with it. What makes the Atom N280 different? Reportedly, the...
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OCZ intros new mid-range SSDs
If there's one thing OCZ doesn't skimp on, it's product diversity. The company has added yet another item to its growing line of solid-state drives: the Apex series. OCZ says these new drives fit in the center of its SSD range, right between the high-end Vertex series and the...
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Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday Yahoo names software exec Carol Bartz as new CEO Yahoo CEO pick makes Microsoft (search) deal more likely Psystar: We bought Mac OS fair and square TG Daily on ruling: Amazon and Overstock...
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Nvidia cuts quarterly revenue forecast
Yet another tech company has had to update its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter. Today's victim is Nvidia, which says revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter will be down "40 percent to 50 percent" compared to the quarter before. Nvidia posted revenue of $897.7 million in its third...
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2TB Western Digital hard drive may arrive this week
Seagate might not remain the only company with a shipping 500GB-per-platter hard drive for very long. According to reports from both Fudzilla and Expreview, Western Digital will soon lift the veil on a new Caviar Green hard drive with a whopping 2TB capacity. This drive already popped up in...
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Via (still) prepping Nano-based netbooks, improved Nano CPUs
We have been semi-patiently awaiting the arrival of netbooks based on Via's Nano processor, and Via was happy to tease us once again with the prospect at CES. The firm had a host of netbook designs on display, a handful of which were based on the Nano rather than...
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