Thursday, January 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 21/01/2010



Sony Delays PlayStation 3's Motion Controller (PC World)
PC World - Sony has pushed back the launch of its motion controller for the PlayStation 3 console by six months citing a desire to have more software available at launch.
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PlayStation 3's Motion Controller Coming This Fall (PC World)
PC World - Sony will launch worldwide a motion controller for its PlayStation 3 in the fall of this year alongside an "extensive" line-up of compatible software titles, it said Wednesday.
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Security Researcher IDs China Link in Google Hack (PC World)
PC World - The malicious software used to steal information from companies such as Google contains code that links it to China, a security researcher said Tuesday
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Microsoft patching IE hole used by China cyber spies (AFP)

A man surfs the internet in the street in Beijing. Microsoft said Tuesday it is working around the clock to patch an Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) software hole through which China-based cyber spies attacked Google and other firms.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Microsoft said Tuesday it is working around the clock to patch an Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) software hole through which China-based cyber spies attacked Google and other firms.



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Apache hones Java RIA effort (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Apache Software Foundation on Tuesday is making Apache Pivot, a platform for building rich Internet applications in Java, an Apache Top-Level Project and also is releasing version 1.4 of the technology, the organization said Tuesday.
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Firefox 3.6 Receives a Second Release Candidate (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - This past Sunday, users of the nearly-completed test software received a message when starting up the Mozilla browser that they should upgrade to Release Candidate 2.
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Microsoft to cut time holds internet search data (AFP)

Software giant Microsoft said it would slash by two thirds the time it holds Internet users' personal data gathered from search queries.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Software giant Microsoft said it would slash by two thirds the time it holds Internet users' personal data gathered from search queries.



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Software developers gladly hop on the cloud bandwagon (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Is mass acceptance of cloud computing inevitable, given that most major IT vendors are shouting it from the rooftops and IBM even talks about the cloud in a TV commercial?
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Fox News "Confirms" Apple Tablet, iLife 2010 & Next iPhone OS (PC World)
PC World - Fox News posted an article Monday claiming that not only will next week's now-confirmed Apple event play host to the long-rumored tablet unveiling, but it will also see the next iteration of Apple's iLife software on show. Fox's report also claims that Apple will discuss the next iPhone OS update.
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Fox News 'Confirms' Apple Tablet, iLife 2010, and Next iPhone OS (PC World)
PC World - Fox News posted an article Monday claiming that not only will next week's now-confirmed Apple event play host to the long-rumored tablet unveiling, but it will also see the next iteration of Apple's iLife software on show. Fox's report also claims that Apple will discuss the next iPhone OS update.
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Nokia Shares A Glimpse At Symbian 4 (PC World)
PC World - Nokia first revealed details of it's upcoming mobile operating system (OS), Symbian^4, during the summer of last year, however the communications company submitted a proposal on Friday with a visual guide to how the new mobile OS may look.
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Zimbra Customers Applaud VMware Acquisition (PC World)
PC World - Zimbra customers, on an emotional roller-coaster ride since it was acquired by Yahoo, welcome VMware's plans to buy the open-source e-mail, calendar and collaboration software vendor.
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Software Will Be the E-Reader's Kingmaker (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In my last post, I talked about the display technology that makes e-readers possible. But I'm convinced that, as in most cases these days, it's the software that will drive the hardware and determine the eventual winners and losers in this market.
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NPD: Record-Breaking Wii, PS3 Sales in December (PC World)
PC World - Welcome back, big sales figures, making December 2009 a gala month for video gaming all around. NPD Group's retail data posted last night and brought warm news after months of sales declines, revealing sales increases in all categories save for game software, which dropped 7 percent from $2.8 to $2.2 billion, year over year.
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US videogame sales hit record high in December (AFP)

Copies of video game AFP - NPD Group reported that US sales of videogame hardware and software hit 5.53 billion dollars in December, setting a new monthly record and giving a blockbuster end to a lackluster year.



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US Video Game Market Shrank 8 Percent in 2009 (PC World)
PC World - Sales of video game hardware and software in the U.S. declined 8 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, as consumers reined in spending during the tough economic conditions, NPD Group said Thursday.
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U.S. video game sales up 4 percent in December: NPD (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States rose 4 percent in December to a record $5.5 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, as the industry closed out a difficult year on an upbeat note.
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Ballmer: Microsoft Will Stay in China (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft does not plan to follow Google's lead in pulling out of China, the software giant's CEO told news outlets on Thursday.
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CDC Software withdraws offer to buy Chordiant (AP)
AP - CDC Software Corp., a Chinese business software developer, said Thursday that it withdrew a recent offer to buy Chordiant Software Inc. and sold its 1.3 percent stake in the company.
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Last of Python 2.x language line moves forward (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Python 2.7, expected to be the last major version in the 2.x series of the dynamic language, was released as a second alpha earlier this month by the Python Software Foundation, with the final release set for June.
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